Bio

Rasha Katabi is the Founder & CEO of Brim Financial. Brim is one of the fastest growing fintechs, and ranked best-in-class Credit Card as a Service Platform provider globally. Brim is a global leader in embedded finance and banking as a service, and it offers a full suite of products for both consumers and businesses, robust functionalities and comprehensive end-to-end ecosystem including fully integrated enterprise workflow platforms. Rasha has over 20 years experience in capital markets. She began her career at TD Bank with the CFO's office. She joined Merrill Lynch (BAML) in 2002 where she was Managing Director and Group Head of the Cross Asset Strategic Solutions Group. Rasha led the Debt and Equity Structured Solutions for both cash and derivatives structuring, and was a senior trusted advisor to Canadian pension funds, global sovereign wealth funds, and large institutional clients. She established Merrill Lynch as the leading bank in asset securitization in Canada, focusing on financial services and consumer finance, and built the largest non-bank residential mortgage funding business. Rasha served as President and Chair of the Mortgage-Backed Securities Issuers Association (MBSIA) for 2 consecutive terms, and as Director of the Board at Russell Investments in Canada, and part of the Russell Investments Audit Committee. Rasha holds a Master of Science degree in Financial Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from McGill University.