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Andisheh is an EDI Associate at Veza Global. She has experience in community engagement, facilitation, anti-racism, anti-oppression, human rights, as well as mass atrocity prevention and response. She holds a Master of Arts in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Political Science with International Relations from the University of British Columbia. She has worked with and volunteered for numerous organizations, including Simon Fraser University, the International Coalition of the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP), Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, UN Women in Afghanistan, and the North Shore Women’s Centre.
Operations Manager
Sales Consultant
Morgane is the Sales Lead at Veza Global. Her background includes working in Customer Service, Marketing, Sales and Operations. Apart from being a consultant at Veza, Morgane also runs two other businesses in the beauty and in children’s entertainment industries.
“Growing up in the culturally diverse Caribbean islands and moving to Canada as a pre-teen, I learned early on to adapt and learn to understand those around me. Veza’s goal of helping companies through their Equity, Diversity and Inclusion journey is something that I can get behind, as I know it will help make the world a better place.”
Human Resources Associate
Juliane is an HR Associate at Veza Global. Her background includes working in the fields of education, research, non-profit programming, and years of voluntary experiences in grassroots basketball programs. Apart from working at Veza, she is also taking courses to complete her diploma in Human Resources Management at SFU.
“Diversity work has impacted me in ways that perhaps I could not even fully understand. From a young child growing up in the basketball world, being the first, or the few, female and/or BIPOC in that space has profoundly shaped the person I am today. I am eternally grateful for the platform where my diverse background was celebrated and encouraged, while also allowing me to excel and grow as an individual. When I learned the direction and focus of Veza Global, it made me very excited that I could merge my passion for social equity with the work that I do on a daily basis.”
CEO/Founder
Ranked #15 globally on the 2020 EmPower Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list, Manpreet Dhillon is an equity, diversity, and inclusion specialist with a unique lens as a leadership coach for people of culture empowering them for equality of pay and representation. She focuses on creating systemic change to address institutionalized inequalities through representation from the communities being served.
Manpreet has over 20 years of leadership, coaching, human resources, and community development expertise.
Manpreet is the founder/CEO of Veza and an Entrepreneur in Residence with Women’s Enterprise Center. Veza has worked with the following selected notable organizations, including UN affiliates: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, UN Women, BC Cancer Foundation, Allied REIT, HR Tech Group, Immigrant Employers Council of BC, 7-Eleven and Terramera. She also led a trade mission of women entrepreneurs to Croatia – one of the first held by a private company to further the mission of increasing export by women entrepreneurs.
Manpreet has held positions as a board member of Canada India Education Society, liveBIG Society, British Columbia Institute of Technology Alumni Board of Directors, past Board Member of Royal Roads University, and has served on various arts and health boards.
Manpreet is a twice contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Soul, and a contributing author to Forbes, Thrive Global, and Small Business BC.
She received her Masters in Organizational Management and resides in Vancouver, BC, Canada.