Nisa Karan-Aravinth is an Entrepreneur & a Global Safety, Sustainability and Risk leader. Nisa is recognized as one of Canada’s Top Women in Safety for 2023. She has also been appointed by an Order-in-Council by the Minister of Labour, Chair of Cabinet and signed by the Governor General to a Provincial Appeals Tribunal, employing her expertise towards administrative law, fair & just adjudication and regulatory compliance. In her professional career, Nisa has held several executive roles, including, serving as Director to a large regional healthcare network and as a Consultant to the World Health Organization’s ‘Global Plan of Action – Workers Health’ and most recently as President at Cobra Safety, a global leader in risk, safety and sustainability practices.
Nisa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), an Executive Masters of Business Administration from Lang School of Business and Economics from the University of Guelph, had completed a Risk Management Residency Program with the Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada and is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Business Administration from Golden Gate University, in addition to several other specialty specific designations.
Nisa volunteers her time as an international partner of a non-profit social enterprise tackling local socio-economic and environmental challenges in developing nations. She does so through implementing challenge-based learning, grassroots innovation and impact venture building.