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Ann is the CEO and President of iFinance Canada Inc., the parent company to Medicard, Petcard and Dentalcard - a national consumer finance company which recognizes over 25M in revenues per annum.

Ms. Kaplan is the recipient of the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the year Award, 2000; the Peak Award of Excellence in Finance, 2001; as well as five times on the Canada’s Profit 100 list for growth; four times placement on the Canadian W100 list for revenue; she was also recognized as one of Canada’s most inspirational women in 2007 and more recently as one of Canada’s top three Female Business Leaders and as Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, 2009; Canada’s Mompreneur of The Year 2009 and is the recipient of A Stevie Woman Entrepreneur of the Year, 2009 award.

Ms. Kaplan has a MBA, a Corporate Governance Designation (ICD.d) and is completing her PhD Thesis in Business and MSc and Doctor of Business at Henley University. She has written two books If You Don’t Laugh, You’ll Cry and “Best Practices.” She resides in Toronto.