British
Columbia Entrepreneur
Before coming to Canada,
1980, Rashid A. Aziz, a native of Peshawar, Pakistan, became a Chartered
Accountant, England, working there and in Iran until unrest in the Islamic
Republic forced him and his wife to return to England. At the time, England
was suffering high inflation and labour unrest, so they immigrated to Canada,
settling, Vancouver, British Columbia, where Rashid worked as a Manager
for Deloitte & Touche, 1980-87, before moving on to Quadra Logic Technologies
as Vice President, 1988-93, and Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals Inc. as Executive
Vice President and Director, 1993-94. That year he elected to open his
own consulting and investment firm, now known as RAA Consulting Services.
A resident of Vancouver, Rashid has been a Director, St. John Ambulance,
Burnaby Branch, Camp Coordinator, French Camps in B.C., and a member of
the Finance Committee of the Children’s Telethon. He is part owner of an
environmental company and a director of four early-stage public companies
in businesses ranging from pharmaceuticals to health and beauty care. In
this view, Rashid Aziz is holidaying in Aix-en-Provence, France, June 1998.
[Photo, courtesy Rashid Aziz]
