Bruce Hodges

Bruce has had a diverse and progressive international career in all areas of financial services; Banking, Insurance Investments with more than half of his career focused on technology with a particular focus on transformation.
Its main role is transformation, both digital and financial. Bruce has built, executed, and overseen more than a dozen transformations of various flavors, the largest being the modernization of ING Insurance’s IT footprint. After his last stint in Europe as CIDO (Chief Information Digital Officer) at Generali, overseeing IT, Operations and Digital for the insurer, Bruce returned to Canada in mid-2018.After his return, Bruce was COO of Foresters Financial, a Canadian fraternal insurer and EVP Transformation at CIBC, one of Canada’s top 5 banks. Since leaving CIBC in April 2021, Bruce has been working at a start-up to disrupt the financial wellness space and is preparing to launch what he calls “the financial services platoon.”