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CPBC Board of Directors and Advisors

Douglas Barker
Chairman, CPBC
Mr. Douglas Barker is a lawyer with the renowned law firm Raymond and Honsberger of Toronto. He has been associated with the Council for many years and has been involved in several business transactions between Canadian and Pakistani companies.
   
Andy Merchant
President, CPBC
Mr. Andy Merchant is a semi-retired businessman. He graduated as a textile engineer from Germany. He is a winner of the National Export Award, an active Rotarian, Regional Councillor for TVO, a member of the nominating committee of the Empire Club and a member of the advisory council of Overseas Pakistanis.
 
Samir Dossal
Director, CPBC
Mr. Samir Dossal is President of Linkks Canada Inc. He is currently the President of the Rotary Club of Richmond Hill. In addition, he serves as Vice Chair of the Ontario Chapter of JIBA International and is a Member of the Board of Directors of IDRF.
 
Kevin Wallace
Director, CPBC
Mr. Kevin Wallace is Vice President and General Manager of SNC-Lavalin's Industrial Business Unit in Ontario. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Masters in Business Administration from York University.
 
Nilufer Mama
Director, CPBC
Mrs. Nilufer Mama is the President and owner of Trade Wind Associates and Millennium Travels. She was selected as Businesswoman of the Year (2000) by the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce and is presently a Foundation Board Member of the William Osler Health Centre.
 
Bernard (Bud) Burkom,
Director, CPBC
Bernard (Bud) Burkom, Vice President, CIBC Wood Gundy. Following a 12 year teaching career at Queens University, Bud Burkom became an Investment Advisor in 1983. With his partners and staff, he manages nearly $600,000,000 for high net worth individuals and non profit corporations.
 
Faheem Ataullah Jan
Director, CPBC
Mr. Faheem Ataullah Jan served in the Pakistan Armoured Corps. As sales manager of a multinational beverage company, he earned many national and international awards. He is the president of the Imperial Officers Association, Canada.
 
Dr. Elliot Tepper
Director, CPBC
Dr. Elliot Tepper is a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. He is a Director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy). He provides policy advice to governments and international agencies.
 
Hon. Bryon Wilfert, PC, MP Richmond Hill
Advisor, CPBC
Mr. Bryon Wilfert has Master of Arts degree in Political Economy from the University of Toronto. He is an MP and is currently the Official Opposition Critic for National Defence. In the past, he has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Finance. Today, he also chairs the Canada-Pakistan Parliamentary Association.
 
Dr. Farooque Dawood
Advisor, CPBC
Dr. Farooque Dawood is one of the founding members of CPBC. He is a leading Pakistani businessman specializing in the textile, chemical and electronic industries. He has a PhD in Chemical Engineering. He is also a former chair of the William Osler Health Centre.
 
Charles Coffey
Advisor, CPBC
Mr. Coffey is the former Executive Vice President, Government Affairs and Business Development, for RBC. His leadership, proven record and reputation has earned him an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree from Trent University in 2006. He was appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada in 2004.
 
Naeem Hassan
Advisor, CPBC
H.E. Naeem Hassan heads the South Asia Group, a consulting firm. He is a former ambassador and a former Secretary General of SAARC. He has served in many foreign countries and was also co-ordinator for the OIC-UN corporation agreement.
 
Ashfaq Hussain
Media Advisor, CPBC
Mr. Ashfaq Hussain is associated with ATN, the largest multicultural television network in Canada. He is a renowned poet and author.
 
Javed Mughal
Technology Advisor, CPBC
Mr. Javed Mughal is the Senior Director of Operations at VoxTone Communications Inc., an innovative mobile content firm. He has an extensive background in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science. For the past 28 years he has been involved in the defence, industrial and broadcasting technology sectors.
 
Hon. Sinclair Stevens
Advisor to CPBC
Ho. Sinclair Stevens is former minister of Industries and Chair of Royal Commonwealth Foundation. He is also the Chairman of Planet-Today.
 
 
Riaz Hashmi
Mr. Hashmi is Vice President of RBC and an Honourary Financial Advisor to CPBC.
 
Benjamin Little
Benjamin is Director of Government and International Affairs at Barrick Gold Corporation, the world's leading gold producer. He was educated at Queen's University (Gold Medalist), Oxford University (Masters in International Relations), where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar, and the University of Toronto Law School. He practised corporate law in Toronto for several years prior to joining Barrick, and also served for a period of time as the Senior Policy Advisor to Canada's Minister of Industry.
 
Moez Kassam
Mr. Kassam is a principal of the Texas based Anson Group. The Anson Group acts as the investment manager to a family of US based hedge funds with assets upwards of 150 million dollars USD. In 2007, Moez co-founded The Canadian Institute of Bariatric Options (CIBO) a leading surgical weight loss centre in Toronto, Canada. Over the past five years he has also served as an executive of The Midas Safety Group, a global safety equipment manufacturer with a large presence in Pakistan.
 
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