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Jennifer Hutcheon

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Head, Vancity Community Investment Bank, Syndications and Commercial Real Estate at Vancity
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jennifer Hutcheon is the Head of Vancity Community Investment Bank, specializing in financing social purpose real estate, community infrastructure, and climate projects. An expert in credit risk and strategic leadership, she leverages her Executive Education in Strategy from Queens University to build high-performance teams and drive impactful investments across Canada.

Jennifers work is driven by the belief that finance can create a sustainable and equitable future. She is a frequent speaker on sustainable finance and is passionate about supporting projects that have a significant positive impact on communities and the planet.

She serves as a credit expert on the Investment Committee for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund, helping finance municipal environmental projects.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Head, Vancity Community Investment Bank, Syndications and Commercial Real Estate
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Personality Overview

How Jennifer shows up

ROI Conscious
Demanding
Judgemental

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Priorities

Topics Jennifer cares about

Sustainable Finance
A core focus of her role and a topic she speaks on at events like the Canadian Lenders Association's Sustainable Finance Summit, reflecting deep personal and professional commitment.
Social Purpose Real Estate
Leads Vancity's strategy in this area and has publicly commented on the importance of innovative financing partnerships to solve the affordable housing crisis.
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Career

Work history

12-2025
Head, Vancity Community Investment Bank, Syndications and Commercial Real Estate
Vancity
2-2023
Investment Committee Member
Green Municipal Fund
7-2022 - 12-2025
Vice President
Vancity Community Investment Bank
8-2011 - 7-2022
Vice President, Loan Operations and Customer Relations
Infrastructure Ontario
10-2009 - 9-2011
Manager of Lending Services
Northern Birch Credit Union
In the press

Media appearances

Jennifer Hutcheon announced as Vice President of VCIB. Featured in Vancity Community Investment Bank
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Education
2014 - 2014
School of Business - Executive Education
Queen's University
1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Queen's University
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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