Sonja Volpe

As Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas in Canada since 2018, Sonja Volpe is responsible for leading the Canadian client strategy, overseeing the Canadian Services Center and all aspects of regulatory and internal controls compliance. Sonja is a member of the CIB Americas Leadership Committee, the CIB Americas Commercial Leadership Forum, the Americas GTS Leaders Forum and the BNP Paribas G100 (the Group’s top 100 executives). Sonja first joined BNP Paribas in 2015 as Head of Financial Institutions Coverage in Canada. In this role, she was responsible for the firm’s global client relationships with the Canadian banks, insurance companies, pension plans and the government sector. She has been instrumental in building a strong client franchise across each client industry segment and establishing a high performance coverage team. Sonja has over 20 years of experience covering Canadian financial institutions and public sector clients. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, she was a Senior Banker at Citibank Canada where she covered a number of large global client relationships in the financial services sector.

Sonja is a member of the Advisory Board of the France Canada Chamber of Commerce of Ontario, the Canadian Bankers Association Board, and the Dean’s Advisory Group for DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Honours Modern Languages and Linguistics and an MBA from McMaster University.