Biography
Aly Dhalla, CEO & Co-Founder, Finaeo
Aly brings with him over a decade of experience spanning financial services, executive leadership and entrepreneurship. He has spent his career at the fulcrum of technology and financial advisory. Currently, he is the CEO/Co-Founder of Finaeo, a venture-backed startup building the future of distribution for the life/health insurance industry.
Prior to launching FInaeo in 2016, Aly started his career at TD Canada Trust as a Financial Planner serving families and small businesses through the 08/09 financial collapse. He held several roles in retail banking before joining TD’s first innovation group helping to reimagine the banking experience for clients across Canada. Aly was an area manager for business banking and received several awards/allocates during his tenure at TD. Aly moved on to join an InsurTech startup building a voluntary benefits exchange platform for employee benefits which was acquired by Benefits by Design, one of Canada’s top group insurance wholesalers, where he served as Managing Partner helping BBD grow to over $100M in premium revenue over two years.
Aly also co-founded TriCelerate, a not-for-profit incubator program in Vancouver helping communities reinvent libraries into innovation centres. Aly is a volunteer mentor at TechStars Canada and serves as a formal advisor to other fintech startups.