Vafa Akhavan has an extensive background as a global executive and management consultant. He currently serves as the Chief Executive of the World Pediatric Project, a non-profit focused on tertiary pediatric healthcare.
He previously served as President and CEO of The Forum Corporation, a global consulting firm based in Boston specializing in leadership, sales, and customer experience development. Previously Vafa was Vice President Global Customer Operations at McGraw Hill’s Information & Media, a $1.2bil segment. Prior, he led the global consulting business of J.D. Power and Associates in the non-automotive verticals.
Vafa has worked with F500 clients around the world covering 7 sectors, 16 countries across 3 continents including Wells Fargo, T-Mobile, Mazda, SunTrust, VW, LAX, Alaska Airlines, Barclays, Comcast, Standard & Poor's, Chrysler, Telecom Italia, BMW, Ricoh, TD Ameritrade, Xerox, CapitalOne, Oracle and MetLife.
Vafa is a senior faculty member at the Schulich Executive Education Center, Schulich Business School, York University, in Toronto, Canada. He serves on the Board of Children Believe, a global non-profit focused on the health and education of children in underserved countries. He also serves on the Audit & Risk as well as the Governance & HR committees of the Board. Vafa has also been a contributing writer to Canada’s Globe & Mail.