Tuula Jalasjaa
Acting Managing Director, NCB (Cayman) Ltd. & NCB Capital Markets (Cayman) Ltd
Tuula is a financial services and wealth management senior executive with extensive experience domestically and internationally, spanning 25 years successfully managing various retail, commercial and corporate businesses for a major global financial institution. She has run several key wealth management businesses including HollisWealth, Scotia Private Investment Counsel and Institutional Investment management distribution and, Scotia Asset Management U.S. She has pioneered and led a number of advancement of women initiatives throughout her career and is a tremendous advocate for achieving more diversity in business for women and raising the number of female leaders and board directors globally. She is also passionate about empowering women with their finances and financial futures with a keen focus on increasing female financial literacy rates around the globe. To this end, she recently founded The Women’s Collection to empower Canadian women to make sound financial choices to achieve their goals and financial wellness. The program uses a combination of “education, networking, tools, and resources” as well as a digital investment platform (a.k.a. robo-advisor) “designed for women, by women.” This robo advisor, called Smart Money for Her, was recently launched by Tuula and is Canada’s first and only robo-adviser platform for women. She is also working with senior leaders to help shape and guide the strategic direction of wealth management across the Caribbean including NCB Cayman, and thus is currently spending a good portion of her time in Cayman. Tuula holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and an International MBA from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto. She has also earned the ICD designation from the Rotman School of Management Corporate Directors Program.
