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John Shmuel

John Shmuel

Director of Content and SEO

John is the Director of Content and SEO at Surex. He has a passion for taking complex financial topics and making them easy to understand for everyone. John is an experienced marketing leader, having led content teams at several insurance and finance-focused companies. John also regularly appears in the media as a financial expert, including making appearances in the Globe and Mail, CTV and CBC. He was formerly a business reporter at the National Post and is a graduate of the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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