Americas’ transaction banking banker of the year 2026: Scotiabank’s Chad Wallace
For Chad Wallace, transaction banking at Scotiabank starts with how clients run their businesses – listening to their needs, working alongside engineers and treating technology as part of banking rather than a function behind it.
Since becoming Scotiabank’s head of global transaction banking in March 2025, his focus has been on connecting the bank’s existing capabilities across the Americas, bringing its local businesses together around the needs of clients operating across borders.
Wallace’s leadership style appears to follow the same logic as his product strategy – bring different disciplines together, then make it easier for them to deliver.
