Toronto – Two graduates of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management were honoured recently for their business achievements.
This week Sahar Saidi, Global Executive MBA’15, Founder & CEO ofLUSBrands, received the Start-Up Award, one of six awards presented by the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.
Earlier this year, Ghazala Parvez, MBA’91, Chief Financial Officer for Nulogy, was named as one of Canada’s 50 Best Executives by Report on Business magazine. She was cited for revamping an outdated pricing model for the company, which is an award-winning provider of agile supply chain software solutions. The winners were featured in the November issue of Report on Business magazine.
Last month Saidi was named as one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40® for 2020. An annual initiative, the program recognizes the exceptional achievements of 40 outstanding Canadians under the age of 40. She is the Founder & CEO of LUS Brands, a Toronto-based direct-to-consumer eCommerce brand. LUS ("Love Ur Self") was launched in 2017 and is devoted to creating innovative products that help consumers embrace and love their own natural features. The company's first product line, Love Ur Curls, provides proprietary formulas customized for consumers with wavy and curly hair. Sahar completed the Y Combinator tech accelerator program in Silicon Valley in 2018, and is backed by some notable VCs and Angels. Sahar completed her Global Executive MBA at the Rotman School in 2015.
Before Nulogy, Parvez held senior finance positions at Intelex Technologies, Adenyo, Lavalife, SNC-Lavalin and BCE Emergis. She is also a volunteer Board Member and Treasurer at the Daily Bread Food Bank. She is a CPA, CA with a degree in Economics from Wellesley College and completed her Full Time MBA at the Rotman School in 1991.
The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and teaching excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights, and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca.
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Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
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