Shamira Madhany

Shamira Madhany

World Education Services (WES)

Managing Director, Canada and Deputy Executive Director

smadhany@wes.org

Shamira Madhany is Managing Director, Canada and Deputy Executive Director at World Education Services (WES). Madhany joined WES in 2018 after more than two decades of public service. She has extensive experience working with licensing bodies, settlement agencies, and higher education and post-secondary sectors in Ontario. She served as the chief architect of several government programs that enable highly skilled immigrants to obtain employment in their fields. Madhany played a key role in the launch of WES Canada in 2000 during her tenure at the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration as provincial lead, access to professions and trades.