Cherif Habib

Co-founder & CEO, Dialogue

Health techMontrealOn TechTO stages since 2021

Cherif Habib co-founded Dialogue in Montreal in 2016 and still runs it. He took the virtual-care company public on the TSX in March 2021 and through Sun Life's C$5.15-per-share take-private, completed October 2023. Before Dialogue he led EMcision, acquired by Boston Scientific, and consulted at McKinsey.

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Understanding IPO (Initial Public Offering) | Dialogue Technologies

TechTO · July 2021

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Understanding IPO (Initial Public Offering) | Dialogue TechnologiesTechTO Together · mentions Cherif

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The virtual-care entrepreneur (Concordia 50 Under 50)Concordia University News

2023

Quick answers

What is Cherif Habib known for?

Co-founding and leading Dialogue, the virtual care platform that reached nearly 2.8 million members across 50,000 organizations by the time Sun Life acquired it in October 2023.

Does Cherif Habib still run Dialogue?

Yes. He remained CEO through the Sun Life acquisition and was quoted as CEO in Dialogue's March 2026 Healthiest Workplace Awards announcement.

What did he speak about at TechTO?

Taking a company public — the mechanics and trade-offs of an IPO — with Alex Norman and Jason Goldlist in July 2021, months after Dialogue listed on the TSX as CARE.

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