Irfhan Rawji is an investor and entrepreneur.  He is Managing Partner at Relay Ventures, and Managing Partner at Realize Capital Partners.  He is also the Founder & Executive Chair of MobSquad, an innovative Canadian firm that focuses on bringing technology talent from around the world to Canada.

Irfhan serves on the boards of The Logic (Chair), National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA), and Wilmington Capital Management (TSX:WCM).  Irfhan is actively involved in civic affairs, currently volunteering as Board Chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Board Chair of CIFAR, Board Member of Business and the Arts, Board Member of the Aga Khan Museum, Member of the Canada Council for the Arts, and Co-Chair of the $205MM Glenbow Reimagined capital campaign.  Additionally, Irfhan serves as a member of the New Economy Advisory Committee of the Alberta Securities Commission, the National Advisory Committee of The Walrus, and is an Advisor to the Canadian Urban Institute, Windmill Microlending as well as Platform Calgary.  Previously Irfhan has served on multiple other boards including the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (Chair), Chatter Research (sold to Stingray Media, TSX:RAY), PBA Land & Development, Glenbow Museum (Chair), Sage Properties (Special Committee Chair; sold to Shepherd’s Care), imagiNation150 (Finance Committee Chair), Venture for Canada (Finance Committee Chair), Creative Calgary (co-Founder and co-Chair), Harvard Business School’s Global Alumni Board, Calgary’s Bid Exploration Committee for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games (Finance Committee Chair), The Organic Box (sold to Calgary Co-Op), and Canadian Western Bank (Special Committee Chair; sold to National Bank of Canada).

Irfhan holds an MBA with High Honors from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar, and also holds a BCom with Honours from the University of British Columbia where he was a Wesbrook Scholar.  He is a recipient of The King Charles III’s Coronation Medal, The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, the Heart & Stroke Foundation’s Award of Merit, the Sauder School of Business’ Teaching Excellence Award, Business and Arts’ Arnold Edinborough Award, and UBC’s Alumni Builder Award.  Irfhan is a Fellow of Glenbow Museum, was a Jarislowsky Fellow with the University of Calgary, and is a member of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 (2017).