Ann Kaplan, CEO and President, iFinance Canada Inc.
Ann Kaplan is the CEO and President of iFinance Canada Inc., the parent company to Medicard, Petcard and Dentalcard – a $100M business that she founded in 1996. Ms Kaplan was also the host of Global's NYtv and is a regular guest speaker at events throughout North America. Ann has also been featured in over 300 publications to date including as a University textbook case study on entrepreneurship. Ms Kaplan is the recipient of the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2000 and the Peak Award of Excellence in Finance, 2001, as well as four times on the Canada's Profit 100 list for growth and four times placement on the Canada W100 list for revenue, she was also recognized as one of Canada's most inspirational women in 2007. Ann has an MBA, a Corporate Governance Degree (ICI.d) and is a PhD researcher. She resides in Toronto and is the mother of six.