Anilisa Sainani serves as EQB’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. She brings more than two decades of leadership experience in banking and finance at globally recognized institutions. She is responsible for setting and executing EQ’s financial strategy with discipline and foresight to drive long-term growth, operational scale and sustainable value creation.
Anilisa has a proven track record of delivering transformative strategic priorities, driving efficiency and leading with confidence and clarity through complexity. She joined EQ in 2025, after nearly a decade of progressively senior financial leadership roles at RBC. Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer, CFO Group, and previously as global Chief Accountant. In these roles, she led global teams across Canada, the United States and Europe and was a strategic partner in major initiatives.
Her impressive strategic acumen and global financial expertise, combined with deep community involvement and advocacy for diversity and inclusion, earned her national recognition as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation and Kingsway College School.
Anilisa is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario and holds a Bachelor of Mathematics and Master of Accounting from the University of Waterloo.