Mike Shaikh
Mike Shaikh | |
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| Born | July 2, 1948 Pakistan |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | FCA – Fellow Chartered Accountant |
Mike Shaikh is a Businessman, Philanthropist, and a Community Leader living in Calgary Alberta Alberta. He served as a Chair of the Calgary Police Commission from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Professionally, he is a chartered accountant having run an accounting practice for over 30 years. He currently holds governance positions in several not for profit organizations.
Police Commission
Mike is the past Chairman of the Calgary Police Commission as well as a former member of the Canadian Association of Police Boards and the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team where he was a driving force behind the national strategy for crime prevention.[1][2][3]
Not-for-profits
Mike Shaikh is past Board of Governors and past Senator of the University of Calgary. Previous roles on non profit boards include Director of Chartered Accountants Education Foundation, President of Kiwanis Club of Calgary, Governor of Alberta Securities Commission, Director of Calgary Parking Authority and Director for Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, where he played a significant role in policy formulation. Current non-profit governance roles include Director of the Alberta Children's Hospital.[4] Founding member of People for Progress Foundation, whose mandate is to achieve sustainable development of essential resources in developing countries by empowering impoverished individuals and communities through education, leadership and partnership.[4] Shaikh is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Education Matters, a trust for Calgary Board of Education.[5] Shaikh is a director of the Paralympic Foundation of Canada where he is the national chair of the ImagiNation campaign. Shaikh is a donor to cardiology research at the University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary Public Library and Calgary Urban Project Society (CUPS).
Committees & boards
Shaikh currently serves as
- Chair of Education Matters, a Calgary public school trust[5]
- Founding member of People for Progress Foundation
- Director of:
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- APEGA Foundation
- Paralympic Foundation of Canada[6]
- Advisory to:
- United Way
- YMCA
Past roles
- Senator for the University of Calgary
- Director of University of Calgary[7]
- Director of Canadian Association of Police Boards[8]
- Director of Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team[9]
- Director of Calgary Parking Authority
- Director of Alberta Securities Commission[10]
- President of Kiwanis Club of Calgary
- Chair and Director of Calgary Police Commission
- Director of Canadian Air Transport Security Authority[11]
- Director of People for Progress Foundation
- Director of Calgary Police Foundation
[12]==Awards==
- Distinguished alumni of University of Calgary MAX award
- Order of University of Calgary
- Fellow of Chartered Accountant
- Integrity award by Rotary International
- Centennial Medal for Outstanding service
- Calgary Immigrant of Distinction Award[13]
- Alberta Centennial Medal of Outstanding Service
- The Queen's Jubilee Diamond Award
- Citizen of the Year, City of Calgary[14][15][16]
- Lifetime Achievement Philanthropist Award[17][18][19]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2011-12-08.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Calloway, Gloria (March 25, 2017). "Former Calgary Police Commission chair sets sights on Senate seat". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Calgary Police Commission News". Calgary Police Commission.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-24. Retrieved 2017-12-20.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "you searched for Mike Shaikh-education matters". educationmatters.ca.
- ↑ "Mike Shaikh Canadian Paralympic Committee". paralympic.ca.
- ↑ "Board of Governers is ready for a new academic year UToday University of Calgary". UCalgary.ca.
- ↑ "Canadian Association of Police Governance". CAPG.
- ↑ "Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team". ALERT.
- ↑ "Alberta Securities Commission". Alberta Securities.
- ↑ "Shaikh, Mike CATSA ACSTA". catsa.gc.ca.
- ↑ "Shaikh named 2010 Management Alumni Excellence award recipient". haskayne.ucalgary.ca.
- ↑ "Immigrants of Distinction Award Recipients". immigrantservicescalgary.ca. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2018-09-02. Unknown parameter
|archivewebsite=ignored (help) - ↑ "2013 Citizen of the Year Winner - Mike Shaikh". youtube.com.
- ↑ "https://www.shaw.ca/ShawTV/Calgary/Shows/CalgaryAwards/". shaw.ca. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "The City is honouring 17 recipients at the 2013 Calgary Awards". newsroom.calgary.ca. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ↑ "Generous Calgary". businessincalgary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ↑ Fortney, Valerie. "Fortney: Awards shine spotlight on Calgarians with the Spirit of Giving". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ Jarvie, Michele. "Student who created a memorial scholarship for a deceased friend among philanthropy award winners". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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