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Dr. Marry Gunaratnam1

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Dr. Marry Gunaratnam is the Senior Vice President of IT at Northern Credit Union. Marry is known as a strategic technology, data, and payments executive with 20+ years of experience. In her role at Northern Credit Union, Marry has led a multi-year modernization portfolio encompassing core banking transformation and payments.

Throughout Marry’s career, she has established herself as a trusted advisor to CEOs, executive leadership teams, and boards within complex, highly regulated financial services and public-interest environments, with over a decade at the executive level providing enterprise-wide oversight of technology, data, cybersecurity, and digital platforms for member-owned and systemically important institutions.

Marry is a proven leader of enterprise-scale transformation impacting payments-adjacent platforms, core and shared services modernization, data and analytics operating models, responsible AI governance, and cloud, network, and infrastructure resilience. She connects technology strategy with financial performance, regulatory expectations, and enterprise risk, translating complexity into clear, actionable insight that supports effective governance and sustainable growth.

Marry has broad experience across global banking, cooperative financial institutions, and regulated service ecosystems, including executive leadership experience at JP Morgan and within the Canadian credit union system. Marry’s combination of strategic oversight, operational depth and sector-specific expertise strongly aligns with Central 1’s Board of Directors mandate at this pivotal moment of growth, modernization and industry transition.

Areas of Expertise: Financial Services | Technology and Innovation | Business Transformation and Innovation | Emerging and Innovative Technology Business Experience

Professional Experience:

  • Senior Vice President of IT (REMOTE), Northern Credit Union, April 2023 – Present
  • Senior Leader – IT & KM (REMOTE), Healthcare Excellence Canada, September 2018 – March 2023
  • Vice President – Business Management, JP Morgan Chase (Chase Paymentech), August 2017 – September 2018
  • Vice President – Implementation (PMO), JP Morgan Chase (Chase Paymentech), August 2015 – September 2017
  • Business Analytics and Reporting Manager, JP Morgan Chase, April 2014 – July 2015
  • Technical Communication Manager, JP Morgan Chase, May 2013 – April 2014
  • SharePoint Specialist, Technical Lead, Project Manager, Champlain Community Care Access Centre, Dec 2010 – Apr 2013
  • SharePoint Application Developer, Champlain Local Health Integration Network, May 2010 – Nov 2010
  • Forensic Software Developer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Apr 2009 – June 2010
  • Software Developer, Canadian Bank Note Company Limited, May 2008 – Dec 2008
  • Hardware Technician, Computing and Communication Services, Sept 2005 – Feb 2006

Board Experience:

  • Committee Member of Strategic Credit Union Advisory Committee (National)
  • Board Advisory on CIO America 2026
  • Board Advisory on Hi2AI