Paul Parisi

Paul Parisi leads Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian business as Head of Canada. In this role, he provides leadership and strategic oversight for Silicon Valley Bank’s activities across Canada, including business development, operations and corporate governance.

Paul has more than 20 years of financial services experience and direct experience in the technology sector. He was previously President of PayPal Canada where he was responsible for the risk, regulatory, operations, sales and go-to-market functions across the business. Prior to PayPal, he was Vice President and General Manager of global commercial payments at American Express Canada. He developed and drove business strategy for corporate payments and small business services and held key leadership positions in Canada, the US and the UK.

Paul earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Guelph.