Nejeed Kassam

Nejeed is the CEO and founder of Keela. He earned a BA from McGill university and a JD from Osgoode Hall law school. Called to the Ontario bar in 2015, Nejeed is the founder and former director of End Poverty Now and Conversations for Change.

Nejeed is a global innovator with experience working for the United Nations and the Senate of Canada. He is also the author of the book High on Life, whose foreword was written by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and the co-producer of the documentary, Conversations for Change.

Nejeed has spoken at conferences around the world, including in Bonn, New York, Montreal, London and Geneva. He is currently a member of the Toronto Global Shapers (which sprang from the World Economic Forum) and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the U.K.