Zemfira Khisaeva

Zemfira Khisaeva brings over a dozen years of corporate governance and successful strategy creation and execution experience. She co-founded yWhales after having worked as a senior finance executive at Scotiabank, one of Canada's largest financial institutions. An exposure to new and emerging technologies combined with the challenges of Web2.0 adoption by traditional banking has made her shift her attention to Web3.0, a foundational building block of the future of finance. In the past decade, Khisaeva has successfully invested and advised a number of Web3.0 companies. Her experience in creating top performing teams and being at the forefront of disruption has been widely recognized externally. She is a founding member of Singularity University Canada and has been named one of Canada's top women in Fintech in 2019. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Khisaeva was a consultant at McKinsey & Co, where she initially advised enterprises on strategy, investment due diligence and M&A, later specializing in business turnarounds and operations. She holds a PhD in solids mechanics from McGill University in Canada and a Candidate of Science degree in materials science from Ufa Petroleum University in Russia. Her early career involved co-founding a nanotechnology start-up in Russia, building Space Antenna structures at MDA Space Missions in Canada and designing the next generation aircraft at Bombardier Aerospace in Canada and China. Khisaeva is passionate about making the world a better place.