The Team
Ryan Chen-Wing
Ryan is a Waterloo alumnus and current part-time student and works as a copy editor at the Waterloo Region Record. In his student career he led the Engineering Society, Waterloo Engineering Endowment Foundation, and co-founded the not-for-profit The uwstudent.org Media Corporation. He also served on the university Senate and Board of Governors. He hold two President’s Awards and a Paul Plummer Award from Engineering Society and a Feds Leadership Award and honorary membership from the Federation of Students. Ryan has a strong affinity for the university and is an active proponent of Waterloo’s culture of experiential learning and its enterprising spirit.
Megan Chan
Megan recently completed her Masters of Accounting at Waterloo. She has worked in consulting, internal audit, and external audit roles, and has an interest in microfinance and social innovation. She won the 2009 Go Green Challenge from TD Friends of the Environment for her proposal to microfinance loans to enable homeowners to finance green renovations. During her time at the University of Waterloo, she was involved in the Sustainable Technology Education Project. She is now working towards the CA designation, and plans to one day start a social enterprise.
Abhi Jayakumar
Abhi is a 3rd year student pursuing a degree in Mechatronics Engineering. Over the past three years Abhi has been involved with the Federation of Students, the Engineering Society and has volunteered as an Orientation Leader. Currently he is working for Enflick Inc. — an app development company based in Waterloo.
Abhi believes that a student-oriented banking solution will benefit Waterloo’s strong student community. Thus, a student-run credit union will be a great addition to and will nurture Waterloo’s entrepreneurial community.