Leading through change requires more than keeping pace with disruption. It means knowing where to evolve, what to preserve, and how to create momentum through uncertainty. In this special episode of the Innovators’ Exchange, recorded at the TMX Market Centre, Hiten Patel sits down with John McKenzie, CEO of TMX Group, to explore leadership, resilience, growth, and the future of capital markets.

During the conversation, McKenzie reflects on the experiences that shaped his journey from finance professional to CEO and the strategic choices behind TMX’s evolution. He also looks ahead to the forces redefining capital markets — from AI and tokenization to global expansion — and shares his perspective on how leaders can navigate change while building for the future.

As geopolitical tensions, sanctions, supply chain disruption, and AI reshape global trade, demand for trusted maritime intelligence has never been greater. In this episode of The Innovators Exchange, Waqas Samad, CEO of Lloyd’s List Intelligence, discusses his transition from financial markets to maritime intelligence and explains why shipping data is becoming increasingly important in a world shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, sanctions, supply chain disruption, and AI. Waqas shares his vision for transforming Lloyd’s List Intelligence from a data provider into an intelligence platform, drawing parallels between the evolution of maritime analytics today and the rise of data-driven decision-making in financial markets. The conversation also explores digitalization, AI, leadership, and the critical but often overlooked role of seafarers in enabling global trade.

This episode is part of Innovators’ Exchange, a series that explores the financial infrastructure and technology landscape. Tune in for more captivating discussions on leadership through transformation, the strategic value of data, and how geopolitics and AI are reshaping workflows, products, and decision-making across the financial ecosystem: https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/podcasts/innovators-exchange/future-of-maritime-intelligence.html?utm_source=ow-podcasts&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcast-innovators%27-exchange&utm_content=2026-07-30&utm_id=cmp-16225-h8z4z2

As AI reshapes financial information services, organizations are rethinking how they manage data, build products, and create competitive advantage. Companies with trusted proprietary data have an opportunity to lead, but only if they modernize the infrastructure and operating models that support it. In this episode of the Innovators' Exchange, Hiten Patel interviews Saugata Saha, president of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Chief Data Officer. Saugata reflects on his career journey from India to the U.S., his progression through consulting and leadership roles, and his 12-year tenure at S&P Global during a period of dramatic transformation. Together they discuss how AI is reshaping financial information services, the strategic importance of proprietary data, and S&P Global’s efforts to modernize its data infrastructure, helping it scale from a $20 billion to a $125 billion market cap company.

Tune in for more captivating discussions on leadership through transformation, the strategic value of data, and how AI is reshaping workflows, products, and decision-making across the financial ecosystem.