Amyn Somani is both an economic enabler as well as an agent of change. His personal mission is to drive prosperity across our province, and his work directly and indirectly drives innovation and growth across many industries. He actively works as a strategic advisor to small start-ups through to some of the largest and most accomplished companies in Canada. He also instructs courses in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship track at the SFU Beedie School of Business, helping educate our leaders and innovators of tomorrow.

What Amyn loves most in his work is helping entrepreneurs, management teams and students better envision their dreams and turn those dreams into reality. He is a trusted advisor to business owners and management teams on their strategic plans and operational management initiatives. Amyn also leads client engagements where a team of multi-disciplinary consultants are involved; seamlessly developing a client’s business vision into actionable plans and assisting in the implementation.

Amyn has personally built companies from the ground-up and advised many entrepreneurs on the same journey. He has been a part of the full life cycle from concept, validation, capital funding, scaling/expansion, as well as mergers & acquisitions.

His experiences and current/prior roles include:

• Core Partner at BDC Advisory Services (Business Development Bank of Canada)
• Lecturer for Innovation & Entrepreneurship program at the SFU Beedie School of Business
• Founder & CEO (multiple firms, diverse industries)
• Interim Executive Officer (multiple clients, diverse industries)
• Governance Chair & Director at one of BC’s Largest Financial Institutions
• National Board Member for the Chief Information Officer Association of Canada
• VP/Director/Head of:
  • Customer Service
  • Finance & Administration
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Operations
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Software & Systems integration firms

As an active member of the community, Amyn has volunteered in various in community, education and youth services organizations in roles which include course instructor, sports team coach, not-for-profit board member, and not-for-profit executive officer.

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