Samra Zafar is a Director, Business Finance of the BMO Financial Group. Ms Zafar is also an award-winning international speaker, author, scholar, and social entrepreneur who advocates for equity, inclusion, human rights, youth, and life after trauma. Her recent memoir, A Good Wife, was named a top-10 read by the Washington Post. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Brave Beginnings, an organization dedicated to helping women find personalized mentorship, friendship and support to rebuild their lives after oppression and abuse and an Ambassador for Plan International Canada.

Ms Zafar holds an HBSc and MA in Economics from the University of Toronto.