Matt Lister is an employee benefits and insurtech entrepreneur with an experienced background in employee benefits advising. He is widely regarded as an innovator and disruptor in the employee benefits and insurance industries.

Lister graduated from the University of British Columbia in 2009 with a bachelor of human kinetics and a minor in commerce. After graduation, he pursued an opportunity to combine his understanding of health and business to work as an employee benefits advisor, earning his Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation (CEBS). He excelled in this field for eight years before turning his attention to a wider concern across the benefits industry.

In 2015, Lister co-founded CloudAdvisors, Canada’s Employee Benefits Marketplace. He utilizes his extensive employee benefits experience to develop technology that supports advisors and their employer clients across the country. He helps both advisors and employers evaluate and make decisions that optimize their benefit packages, using data, machine learning and a cloud-based delivery system.