Jenny Chen

2025 Trailblazer of the Year Awardee & 40 Under 40 Rising Star | CEO | Catalyst for Change | Strategic ✨ThinkTank✨ | Podcast Host🎙️| Keynote Speaker

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

About

I help organizations solve complex human problems through systems change. As Founder & CEO of Catalais Consulting Ltd. and a former top-ranking investment professional turned enterprise leader in finance, I advise leaders on organizational transformation, workforce modernization, leadership accountability, equity, and belonging. My work spans financial services, public sector, healthcare, philanthropy, education, sport, hospitality, and nonprofit organizations. I have supported senior leaders in complex, highly regulated environments, including enterprise work across a global institution of approximately 57,000 employees. Today, I work with executive teams, government leaders, community organizations, and institutions navigating change, culture, trust, and performance. My experience includes engagements with the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence, Employment and Social Development Canada, Parliament Hill, healthcare foundations, national associations, and community organizations across Canada. My writing, media features, podcast, speaking engagements, and recent work can be found here: https://catalais.com 🎙 Host, Tune Up Your Warrior Podcast 🏥 Campaign Cabinet Member, Ottawa Hospital Foundation 🎤 Speaker, Facilitator & Executive Advisor 🏆 Wealth Professional Female Trailblazer Excellence Awardee | Top 40 Under 40 Rising Star | Women of Influence Nominee Let’s build stronger systems, stronger leaders, and stronger communities.

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Catalais Consulting Ltd.
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    • Advising organizations on the intersection of business strategy, workforce transformation, leadership effectiveness, and culture. • Helping leaders navigate growth, change, and complexity while strengthening organizational performance and accountability. • Designing people and talent strategies that support innovation, retention, succession planning, and long-term organizational success.

  • BMO (16 yrs)
    • North American Director of Inclusive Business Enablement, Private Wealth
      Jul 2024 - Oct 2024 · 4 mos

      Responsible for providing strategic leadership and counsel in the development and implementation of inclusive business growth initiatives to further enhance Private Wealth’s strategic objectives - including BMO for Women.

    • Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, BMO Wealth Management
      Sep 2021 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • BMO Wealth Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board
      Jan 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Volunteer Board Member - Vice President Strategic Initiatives at Women's Business Network of the National Capital Region (WBN)
    Sep 2020 - Apr 2021 · 8 mos