Member Profile

Zaheera Soomar

Industry Professional

Zaheera Soomar Advisory

Mississauga, ON, Canada

Business: Consulting, Mining and Metals, Oil and Gas, Education, Health, Govt and Public Sector

15+ Years of Experience

MBA, Graduate School of Business,
University of Caoe Town

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Speaks about

  • Social Impact
  • Sustainability
  • DEI
  • EDUCATION
  • HEALTH
  • Project management
  • Client relations
  • Startup
  • Founder

About Me

17 years of corporate experience spanning a few different sectors namely mining, oil and gas, education, health, public sector, consulting. Manages 3 starts up from the beginning and helped scale and grow. Launched a new tech startup focused on bridging the gap between academia and business at scale.

Completed my MBA in 2012. Currently pursuing my Doctorate (TBC 2022).

Wife and mother of 3 kids (16, 11,3)

Sit on 3 advisory boards.

Available For

  • Conferences / panels
  • In-class lectures
  • Keynotes
  • Media interviews
  • Online engagements
  • Q&A sessions

Online Presence

Speaker's Experience

Gender and women empowerment

Women's global conference - 07/2020

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Psychological safety and inclusion

Online eventbrite - 05/2021

Online, Online

Social impact measurement

Online - 09/2020

Academic OR Industry Research Collaboration Interests

No details are available.

Awards and Accomplishments

Reading, religion, advocacy, diversity and inclusion, poverty eradication, donations and fundraising

Alumni Associations

Bain and Company
UCT GSB
Haskayne business school

Language(s) of Delivery

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No documents have been uploaded.

No videos are available.

Books and Publications

Coming soon...

Primary Skills

StemWomen empowermentMentorDiversityInclusionSocial impactPoverty alleviationMother

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