About Us
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Our goal is straightforward: We want to enhance & amplify your organisation to help you deliver the largest impact.
We live by and embody the 4 powerful C's are our core values:
*Culture* Because people come first in everything we do, empathy is our starting point.
*Collaboration* Trusting, ethical relationships are essential to us—we can’t be successful without them.
*Community* We come from and engage in a range of communities. Enriching communities is the core of our being
*Courage* We are willing to go first, to change, and to learn. We challenge our clients and ourselves with hard questions
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Our Team
Natasha Qureshi
Natasha is an experienced business management professional and has held leadership roles at major international firms. Her experience spans healthcare, fintech, consumer goods and non-profits. She has designed and implemented strategic plans, operational plans and brand positioning at large multinational organizations with brands/services such as Lysol, Durex, Citibank etc. Since the last three years she has focused on startups & non-profits to help bring these skills and resources to help drive greater organizational and community impact. She has an MBA and Masters in Computer Science from Cornell University, USA and is also a fulbright scholar.
Soofia Mahmood
Soofia is a Strategic communications, governance, and executive planning leader. Her scope of experience includes marketing and advertising in the corporate sector, and communications, project management, and administration in non-profit and international development sectors. She has worked at Unicef, Ontario Public Service, The 519 and now is the chief of staff at Raising the Village. She is our communications strategy and planning guru, is very creative, loves to meet deadlines, and always enthusiastic about learning. Her two true loves are photography and writing.
Lorraine Agustin Robles
Lorraine is the client representative manager and office administrator. She works behind the scenes and is a maestro in making sure all tasks are organised and that the office is running smoothly even in a remote environment. Lorraine moved to Canada from the Philippines approx 4 years ago. She has a masters in public health administration and has worked at a prior non-profit before joining Sympl solutions.