Nadia Somani

Nadia is responsible for legal and compliance matters as well as corporate governance and corporate secretarial functions for the Forum group of companies including its funds. She also serves as Forum’s Chief Privacy Officer.

Prior to joining Forum, Nadia worked in Geneva, Switzerland where she served in a senior global legal and compliance role at one of the world’s largest private international development organizations operating in over 20 countries with a mandate to improve the quality of life of those in need, mainly in Asia and Africa. She has also served as Director of Legal Affairs for a network of charitable organizations including a partnership initiative with the Government of Canada. Previously, Nadia was partner at a downtown Toronto law firm where she was a corporate and securities transactional lawyer for private and public companies for several years. Nadia is dually licensed in Canada and the USA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Nadia was called to the Ontario Bar in 2007.

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