Who we are

Shiraz Mohideen (CIP, CAIB) - President

Shiraz is a Chartered Insurance Professional as well as a Canadian Accredited
Insurance Broker. Shiraz is also a founder member of a well established
Mosque in Toronto. Shiraz is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal 2012; The Canadian medal awarded to individuals who had
been deemed to have made a significant contribution to their fellow citizens,
their community or to Canada

Seyad Mubarak, (BASc) – Vice President

Seyad Mubarak obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He was the Head of Science Department at Zahira College, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He moved to Canada in early 90s’ and is currently employed at Rogers Communication as Technical Support Consultant. Seyad is also a founding member of a leading Islamic Organisation in Toronto. He has served the community for over three decades at all levels of community and social activities.

Rimzy Kuthubdeen, (CPA) - Director

Rimzy Kuthubdeen is a certified Public Accountant (CPA) by profession. He is currently the Director of Finance and Administration at a Provincial sports organization. Rimzy is passionate about helping others and he has been an active community volunteer for the last 20 years. He is also a founder member of a reputed masjid in Toronto.

Fazal Mashood (BComm) – Secretary

Fazal Mashood obtained his Bachelor’s degree at Ryerson University, and is currently working for the Federal Government since 2016. He is also an active member of several community organizations.

Shiham Ghouse, (CPA) – Treasurer

Shiham is a Certified Public Accountant of Canada. Currently serves as VP Finance of an Investment company in the apparel Industry. He has over 20 years of experience in various Financial & Accounting roles in industry in Canada & theUSA. Shiham is passionate about volunteering and serving for the betterment of society.

Farhath Inhaam, (Barrister and Solicitor) – Assistant Secretary

Farhath Inhaam is a Lawyer, with over 20 years of Legal experience and is actively involved in promoting the welfare of women and children through various NGOs and charities.

Imthiyas Majeed, (CPA) – Director

Imthiyas is Chartered Professional Accountant with over 15 years of experience in budgeting, costing, KPI setting and drive operations efficiency by Continuous Improvements (CI). Currently attached to a leading multinational public auto parts manufacturer in Toronto. Imthiyas is actively involved in one of Toronto’s not for profit charity organizations and always willing to be part of a community that focuses on betterment of less fortunates.

Dr. Aslam Hasana Lebbe (MD, CCFP ) - Director

Dr. Aslam Hasana Lebbe is a family physician trained in Russia, with over 10 years of experience in the medical field. He has worked in rural parts of Sri Lanka and was actively involved with UNICEF in preventing Gender Based Violence. He is an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan and currently practices family medicine at the Cobourg clinic and emergency medicine at the Northumberland Hills hospital. He is a strong advocate for his patients and is passionate about charitable activities.

Anees Gaffoor - Assistant Treasurer

Anees Gaffoor is an accountant with over 20 years of experience in the Financial Sector. He is an Associate member of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and brings a wealth of experience in audit & assurance, due diligence, relationship management and project management in the financial sector. He currently holds a senior leadership role in one of the largest hedge fund administrators in the world and also an active scouter with Scouts Canada. He is passionate in helping out the less fortunate around the world and lives in Toronto, Canada with his family.

Ihthisam Ismail - BSc (Hons) Com Sc (UK), PG(UK), MBCS, MSCE, CCNA. - Director

Ihthisham Ismail is a Senior Systems Engineer at Government of Canada and a Microsoft Charter Member with over two decades of IT professional experience in Canada, United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. He has experience working in Public, Private and None-Profit Organizations in various sectors such as Defence, Energy, Telecom, Pharmaceutical, Engineering and Education. Ihthisham is an active member of Ottawa Community and volunteers for benevolent causes.

Aqif Hassen - Director

Aqif Hassen is an executive at a multinational semiconductor company with two decades of experience volunteering with national and international not for profit humanitarian organizations.

Fareeha Aziz, (Barrister and Solicitor, LLM ) - Director

Fareeha Aziz is a lawyer with over 15 years of experience working in the areas of social justice, law reform and transitional justice. She brings her years of experience working with the South Asian community in providing legal representation, promoting human rights and peacebuilding. She is an active member of several not-for-profit organizations.

Shaznaa Malikul CPA, PGD (IIBI-UK), Dip. Psych. - Director

Shaznaa Malikul is an active member of Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Canada. She is currently serving the Provincial Government of Ontario. She possesses over a decade of experience in business management, project management and financial services. She passionately contributes to the society by serving in many volunteer roles based on key domains of education and economic empowerment, in partnership with many non-profit organizations.

Shaznaa voluntarily delivers and facilitates; employment and settlement mentoring, free awareness workshops, administrative services to a registered charitable organization, member of the women's advisory committee at the Toronto West Quadrant Local Immigration Partnership (TWQ LIP), addressing newcomer women’s needs and challenges and many more services.

Sameem Mohamed, (BASc, P. Eng ) - Director

Sameem Mohamed is a Professional Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Real Estate Broker, philanthropist and a Community Leader. He migrated to Toronto in 1988 as a student and completed his secondary school education from Milliken Mills High School. In 1992, he was accepted in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Waterloo, where completed his degree in 1998. Sameem worked for 5 years as an Engineer in the Aerospace and Automotive manufacturing industry. Subsequently he decided to carve a career in Real Estate, a career choice that blossomed into a chain of companies in the last 10 years. He owns and operates multiple businesses in GTA namely Century21 Innovative Realty which is one of the top ten brokerages in Canada has 275+ agents and 3 offices. Sameem Mohamed is a dedicated community leader, involved in many community activities and has recently received an award from a local community organization for 20 Years of Service.

Rishard Rameez (PhD in Nanotechnology) - Director

Rishard Rameez is a Ph.D candidate in Nanotechnology - University of Waterloo, BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering/ Biomedical Engineering. He has over 7 years of experience in managing and leading high tech teams to success including South Dakota State CubeSat team (NASA). He has also held multiple leadership positions within the community including the president of graduate student association (MME) at the university of Waterloo, President of Waterloo institute of nanotechnology and many more. has also contributed toward a patent pending technology in Li-ion battery health monitoring. He is currently the Vice President of operations at Facedrive Health.