Ms. Waheeda Rahman, the expert from Canada

🏅 Educational Background

• Master of Arts in Immigration and Settlement Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University (2008)
• Master's Certificate in Organisational Development and Change, York University (2014)
• Executive Leadership Development Program, University of Toronto (2011)
  

💼 Working Experience

• Over 20 years of leadership experience in finance, government and healthcare.
• Previously served as Director of Diversity, Equity and Human Rights at the City of Toronto, where she led the team that developed strategies and policies related to diversity and equity.
• Founder and CEO of Waheeda Rahman Consultancy, which provides consulting services on talent management and leadership development.

Ms. Tricia Mumby, the expert from Canada

🏅 Educational Background

• MBA from University of Waterloo
  

💼 Working Experience

• Key Mentor of the D2C Strategy Project.
• Partner of Mabel's Labels Inc., which produces and distributes labels and tags for kids - but is also great for all ages!
• Partner of McMaster University's business incubator, welcoming startups across multiple industries and at all stages, from idea to development employer.

Ms. Danielle Rockel, Expert from Canada

🏅 Educational Background

• BA from Simon Fraser University
• MBA from Royal Roads University

💼 Working Experience

• A startup expert with 20 years of experience, has helped many startups from idea to success in Canada.
• Founder and CEO of Rockel Group, a startup consulting firm that provides services such as strategy development, fundraising, and marketing.
• Co-founder of Startup Grind, a global startup community with over 500 chapters in 100 countries.

Ms. Monica Lent

🏅 Educational Background

• PhD at Durham University, UK.
• Retired in 2022 after nearly 30 years of teaching, during which she was Professor in the Department of Management.

💼 Working Experience

• To a teaching and research focus on entrepreneurship, she continues to pursue this passion through her role as a Volunteer Advisor at Catalyste+.
• Her teaching approach emphasizes practical learning, through which she has delivered entrepreneurship and small business training courses in a variety of contexts and countries, including women-specific courses in Canada, as well as in Ghana, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
• Monica's research focuses on understanding how entrepreneurship develops in individuals, organizations, and rural communities.
• Her research has been published in numerous journals and presented at academic conferences in Canada, the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.