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International Professionals
accompany into program with us

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.
🏅 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.