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Aliza Lakhani

Managing Director, Global Campuses; Regional Dean & CEO, Toronto, Northeastern University

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Aliza Lakhani is Managing Director of Global Campuses at Northeastern University and regional dean and CEO of its Toronto campus, which she has grown since 2017 into Northeastern's largest campus outside Boston. A University of Waterloo math graduate, she previously led business development at Ryerson's DMZ and spent years in banking at BMO and RBC.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Aliza Lakhani of Northeastern University presents Intersecting technology, ethics and education

TechTO · April 2018
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In their words

they adapted they worked in factories they became office workers because again humans have this incredible ability to adapt and learn

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Around the web ×1

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Northeastern University's Aliza Lakhani overcomes sexism and ageism with confidenceGlory Media
2019

Quick answers

What is Aliza Lakhani known for?

Leading Northeastern University's Toronto campus as regional dean and CEO since 2017 and now serving as Managing Director of its Global Campuses network.

What did Aliza Lakhani do before Northeastern?

She led business development and international at Ryerson's DMZ and spent about seven years at BMO, after starting in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets.

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