Afzal Habib
Completing International Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business- Will be joining the Boston Consulting Group in September 2010
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Public Relations |
| Groups: | International Network of Social Entrepreneurs (INSE) |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding mentors, Getting press, Giving back, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company |
| Tags: | akdn, bcg, entrepreneur, ismaili, loran scholar, Microfinance, social entrepreneur |
| Schools: | York University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Emerging Global Leaders Program |
| Position: | Mentor/Speaker Coordinator |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | International project management of 3 international summits for 200+ youth (partnered with Scotiabank). |
| Employer: | GLOBE International Business Conference |
| Position: | Co-Founder & Chair |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Led small team to successful development of annual $30,000 conference (partnered with EDC and PwC).
• Attracted guest speakers like CEO of PwC, VP of EDC, CEO of EWB; Wrote and ran interactive case simulation. |
| Employer: | Youth Challenge International |
| Position: | Volunteer Challenger |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Organized and ran a Youth Skills Summit in an international setting for over 100 underprivileged participants.
• Worked within a diverse team to present workshops in Youth and Community Development at grassroots level. |
| Employer: | Vanwods Microfinance Inc |
| Position: | Experiential Trainee |
| Time period: | July 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | Participated in field work to distribute small loans to budding entrepreneurs and drafted industry trends report. |
| Employer: | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office |
| Position: | Invest HK Intern |
| Time period: | April 2007 - May 2007 |
| Description: | Collaborated on targeting project leading to investments ($400M+) in regional economy by CPPIB and OTPP.
Organized and marketed a national trade workshop to major Canadian tech and finance firms in a small team. |
| Employer: | eTopia Communications Inc |
| Position: | Strategic Planning Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | Consulted start-up with managing growth, and worked with management to save our customers up to $500K.
Developed invoicing system resulting in 35%+ improvement in productivity and collectability of accounts receivable. Created and presented business growth plan and on-boarding document to top management. |
| Employer: | Institute for Canadian Citizenship |
| Position: | Summer Intern |
| Time period: | December 2008 |
| Description: | Researched and drafted project proposal for new initiative to help new immigrants presented to and approved by former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. Pilot project implementation in 2009 with national roll out likely. |
EDUCATION
| University: | York University |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | International Bachelor of Business Administration |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Co-Founder & Chair, GLOBE International Business Conference
Mentor/Speaker Coordinator, Emerging Global Leaders Program (EGLP) Volunteer Challenger, Youth Challenge International–Vanuatu |
Afzal's Startups (1)
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DrinKup©
DrinKup© is a social enterprise which enables local entrepreneurs to provide clean water to those who need it most. These entrepreneurs rent a mobile water filtration unit and have the opportunity to collect and sell clean water to the community.
Afzal is Following (5)
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Bragster
The place to dare your friends, record the challenge, upload evidence and brag about it forever.
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Ruma
RUMA empowers the poor and poorest in Indonesia with pre-packaged and proven business opportunities -- complete with the equipment package, a strong brand, marketing materials, initial training, ongoing mentoring and access to a supply chain.
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Vort Port International
Vort Port International is a social venture nonprofit organization empowering developing communities by building local enterprises building and distributing affordable technologies including biodigesters, bioalgae flashlights, and water purifiers.
Afzal's Contacts (5)
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Adam Camenzuli
Canadian, International Business/Entrepreneurship at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Chair & Founder, GLOBE International Management Conference
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