Mahmoud Virani, a native of Tanzania, immigrated to Canada in 1976 after obtaining his CA designation in England. He started his own accounting practice in 1991 after leaving an International firm where he had been a partner for 5 years.
Mahmoud has worked closely with not for profit organizations throughout his accounting career and he currently provides auditing, accounting and consulting services to several such Societies in Vancouver. He was the Director of Finance for the Dr Peter AIDS Foundation from 2003 to 2009. In his capacity as Director of Finance for the Institute of Media Policy and Civil Society (IMPACS) from 2001 to 2005, he also worked on and participated in on-site evaluations on International media projects in Cambodia and Afghanistan.
He developed and presented the curriculum for an online course at BCIT called Financial Management for Not for Profit Organizations in 2007.
His community work includes being the Treasurer and then Chairperson of A Loving Spoonful and Vice Chairperson of the Association of Ismaili Businesspersons of BC. He is also one of the senior advisors to the Vancouver Initiative for AIDS Innovation.
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Mahmoud Virani follows in the footsteps of his late father, Vazier Hassanali Kassam virani, originally of Moshi, Tanzania, who was an eminent leader in local government, member of Legislative Council of Tanganyika and three time President of Ismaili Council of Moshi amongst many other offices even East Africawide. May Mahmoud rise to higher levels of the B. C. local society. He has four sisters, all of whom are professionals. Well done Mahmoud.
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