Naheed Henderson

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About Naheed Henderson

Naheed is an experienced and proven senior leader and builder in global business and innovation with a hyper focus on driving growth, creative problem solving, key stakeholder relations, and building human capital. Most recently Naheed was a Senior Executive at one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. Leading with empathy and the growth mindset, Naheed has led significant growth in global companies by applying digital transformation, visioning/building and launching validated innovative products, optimizing operational capacity, while building, empowering and inspiring high performing teams. Furthermore, Naheed's work has touched diverse peoples and organizations ranging from Indigenous Nations, to global jurisdictions, to local advocacy groups. With a bent toward innovation and entrepreneurship and the grit and creative problem solving spawned by days as an athlete and growing up on a farm, Naheed brings a unique and valuable lens and approach to any business. She has built world renowned edtech solutions and global startup acceleration and incubation programs in partnership with key government, Indigenous, and educational partnerships. She has led go to market strategy and execution for leading global brands, built key strategic government and industry stakeholder relations, and led product, programming, sales, marketing and digital teams cross organizationally.