Skollar 2008/09
Aaron Pereira's work focuses on the intersection of individuals, finance and change. He founded CanadaHelps and Vartana to inspire more donors to give and to open up new avenues of financing for social sector organisations. CanadaHelps has raised over $50 million for social sector organisations across Canada, engaging over 150,000 people, and has also helped build the capacity of thousands of social sector organisations. Vartana is a new financial institution focused on the Canadian social sector aiming to meet a critical need for the 180,000 organisations that work to strengthen Canada's social fabric.
Aaron decided to do an MBA in order to fill in some gaps in his knowledge base and to plan for his next venture, and chose Oxford because of its international focus and because of the practical compenents built into the one-year MBA programme. Aaron has already been recognised as one of Canada's outstanding social entrepreneurs. At the age of 23, he became the youngest ever Ashoka Fellow. He has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, as well as being recognised by Queen's University. Aaron completed a degree in economics from Queen's University.