Christopher Villegas-Cho

Recovering policy wonk with a soft spot for finance + tech

Work

Co-founder
2024- Teamvest
Teamvest streamlines the process for small business owners looking to sell to their employees
Senior Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Foresight
2021-2024 TMX Group
Focus on corporate strategy, strategic foresight, partnerships, and various ad-hoc initiatives
Manager, Product Strategy
2021 Zafin
Supporting sales & marketing function targeting banks globally, giving them next-gen capabilities without the next-gen tech stack
Senior Manager, Strategy & Transformation
2017-2021 RBC
Strategy / Research within Technology & Operations, with focus on fintech
Co-founder
2016-2017 Vicis Labs
Consumer fintech focused on using nudging and technology to help Canadians save more effectively
Policy Researcher
2016 Policy Horizons Canada
Government of Canada’s centre of excellence in foresight, bringing a future lens to a broad range of policy questions

Side Quests

Advisor
2020- Requity Homes
Requity Homes offers a modernized rent-to-own platform that helps Canadians save up for a down payment one month at a time while living in their dream home today
Product Lead
2017-2019 Pave
Career exploration tool helping students filter careers based on education requirements, salary outcomes, skills, and automation risk

About

I'm a firm believer the most amazing things in life come at the intersections of domains and interests. Currently cofounder of Teamvest focused on providing retiring small business owners an alternative option for exiting: selling to their employees!

Other passions include economics & public policy, anything fintech, and board games.

Contact

Best bet to contact me is email.