Michelle Braden is passionate about learning and development – and, about using her business-savvy and leadership expertise to look beyond typical adult learning strategies and towards innovative talent development approaches that drive true business impact. She is laser-focused on enabling team members of WEX to grow as individuals and professionals in their careers, while delivering upon business goals and providing world-class services and solutions in the financial technology industry.

Michelle recently left TELUS International after serving as their Chief Learning Officer and Vice President of Global Learning Excellence for 6 ½ years. There, along with her globally-based team, Michelle built a multi-award-winning learning strategy, which has fundamentally changed how the organization built and maintained a robust leadership pipeline to support its fast growth while providing team members with a comprehensive learning journey throughout their TI career. During her tenure at TELUS International, she was featured in the November 2018 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.

With 25 years of successful management experience in and around leadership and talent development, instructional design/development, information technology and sales domains in companies that include Xerox and SAP, Michelle understands the impact that proficient and fulfilled employees have on engagement, attrition, and business performance. Michelle has an MBA with a Leadership specialty and a BA in Management/Communication with a minor in Information Technology.