Jacques (Jac) Van Dyk

Jac Van Dyk is a highly accomplished executive leader with over 25 years of experience revolutionizing international banking. He has made significant contributions as an internal employee, external consultant, and service provider for several Domestic and Global Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs & G-SIBs). As a certified professional in SAFe, Project Management Professional (PMP), and Change Management, Jac brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table. He has taken on leadership roles in Business Agility and Customer Experience Advisory Councils, showcasing his commitment to driving innovation in the industry. With a proven track record of managing large profit-and-loss statements, cultivating strategic client relationships, and successfully executing complex global programs.

• Agile
• Change Management

1. Managing Director, Large-Scale Projects

   Arteria AI (Startup)

   Jan 2026 to Aug 2026

   Toronto

   • Executive program leadership of the largest and most strategic clients • Single point of accountability for SaaS implementations and delivery • Coordinate cross-client teams to deliver on executed SOWs/SLAs • Ensure alignment across Client, Technical, Product, Sales, and Engineering teams • Oversight of delivery resource trade-offs ensuring predictable high-value outcomes

2. Director, Consulting Services

   CGI Inc, Banking and Financial Services

   Sep 2021 to Jan 2026

   Toronto

   • Responsible for new business, delivery, and client relationships • Managed an $8MM P&L and a team of 30+ direct reports on the BMO account • Collaborated with banking clients to identify business needs and pitched solutions • Established a Business Agility practice at CGI • Responsible for a CGI Collections IP, business process optimization, and project delivery

3. Director, Consulting Expert

   CGI Inc, Banking and Financial Services

   Jan 2020 to Sep 2021

   Toronto, Canada

   • Program Manager for BMO’s overall Canadian Bank Digitization Program • Led an enterprise-wide 9 workstreams - 4 Agile/5 waterfall/40-member team • Digitized documents through OCR, eForms, eSign, and expedited customer onboarding • Delivered $27MM cost reduction and $174MM revenue lift through F15-F19

4. Senior Consultant

   Tramore Group Consulting

   Nov 2012 to Jan 2020

   Toronto, Canada

   CGI acquired 2020 • Engagement Lead for a Manulife Financial assessment of a $165MM Agile methodology revamp program across 40 squads, 5 foundational streams, and 4 feature streams • Engagement Lead of 3 senior consultants on a BMO Harris Digital Channels banking platform revamp program ($110 MM/17 vendors/1.2 MM customers) to assist the Capco project team in identifying delivery and organizational change management gaps • Program Lead for RBC’s RDARR (Risk Data and Regulatory Reporting) program and remediated 43 internal audit findings prior to OSFI-regulated deadline • Implemented industry-first Remote Deposit Capture cheque clearing in Canadian market

5. Senior Project Manager

   TD, Securities

   Jun 2011 to Nov 2012

   Toronto, Canada

   • Managed $15MM replacement of TD Securities' obsolete Trade Finance back office (Tiger/SunGard) with industry-standard BankTrade 12.1 and ClientTrade 6.0, modernizing client-facing capabilities and operational infrastructure.

6. Delivery Manager

   BNS, Regulatory Risk Management

   Nov 2010 to Jun 2011

   Toronto, Canada

   • Led Basel II NCR consolidation across multiple legal entities, including Mexico, managing System Analysts and Finance/Basel SMEs to architect regulatory data solutions from Mexico data centres. Ensured compliance with global regulatory reporting standards across cross-border operations.

7. Program Manager

   RBC, Investors Services

   Jul 2006 to Nov 2010

   Toronto, Canada

   • Program Manager responsible for global leadership of a €25MM integration of all FX trading desks on one platform, managing a vendor, Thomson Reuters’ Kondor+ apps.

1. University of South Africa

   Business Information Systems

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• SAFe® 5.0 with Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)

• SAFe® 5.0 with Release Train Engineer (RTE)

• Change Management Certification (CMP)

  Acuity Institute