Saeed Rahman

Saeed Rahman is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability in the School of Business, University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), Canada. His current research investigates how business innovations can contribute to food security and biodiversity conservation. He works in collaboration with researchers from UFV’s Food and Agriculture Institute, examining how agri-food businesses can develop sustainable strategies based on critical knowledge about the business-nature interface, and the traditional/Indigenous and scientific knowledge on agricultural practices and ecosystem dynamics. Dr. Rahman’s research has been supported by several prestigious research grants, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship and the Graduate Fellowship from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.

Prior to academia, he worked in the development sector for KPMG, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and World Bank, as well as for multinational company Reckitt Benckiser. Dr. Rahman earned an MBA from the University of Windsor, Canada, and a PhD in strategy and sustainability from the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria. He can be reached at Saeed.Rahman@ufv.ca