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CIMA Canada Board Members and By-Laws

Below is an annual breakdown of all of our CIMA Canada board members

2021 Board
President/Chair Keren Stephen
Deputy Chair Ranil Mendis
Vice Chair Vijay Bonnell
Secretary Jennifer Harwood
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan 
Immediate Past Chair Martin Buckle
CIMA Council representative Martix Saxton
Chair of Members & students services committee Eugenia Malamud
Chair of CPD Committee John Couto
Chair of mentoring committee Vidhyaah Manohara
Chair of branding & PR committee Deshan Gamage
Chair of conference committee Julia Lesnykh
Chair of the Advisory Board Dave Flitton
Board Members

Wing Fun On Yong (Winny)
Inji Mekhemer
Carleen Dehaney 

2020 Board
President/Chair Martin Buckle
Deputy Chair Keren Stephen
Vice Chair Ranil Mendes
Secretary Melanie Hoyer
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan 
Immediate Past Chair Helen Berhane
CIMA council representative Martix Saxton
Chair of Members & students services committee Eugenia Malamud
Chair of CPD Committee Vijay Bonnell
Chair of mentoring committee Inji Mekhemer
Chair of branding & PR committee Kusela Samanjith Wickramasinha
Chair of conference committee Julia Lesnykh
Chair of the Advisory Board Dave Flitton
Board Members

Wing Fun On Yong (Winny)
Veena Venkatraman
Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fairooz
Vidhyaah Manohara

2019 board
President/Chair Martin Buckle
Deputy Chair Keren Stephen
Vice Chair Ranil Mendes
Secretary Melanie Hoyer
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan 
Immediate Past Chair Helen Berhane
CIMA council representative Martix Saxton
Chair of Members & students services committee Eugenia Malamud
Chair of CPD Committee Vijay Bonnell
Chair of mentoring committee Inji Mekhemer
Chair of branding & PR committee Kusela Samanjith Wickramasinha
Chair of conference committee Julia Lesnykh
Chair of the Advisory Board Dave Flitton
Board Members

Anthea DeSouza

Wing Fun On Yong (Winny)

Abdul Hameed Mohamed Fairooz

2018 board
President/Chair Helen Berhane
Deputy Chair Martin Buckle
Vice Chair Keren Stephen
Secretary Arumugam Ahilesan
Treasurer Anthea DeSouza
Immediate Past Chair Michael Lam
CIMA council representative Martix Saxton
Chair of Members & students services committee Eugenia Malamud
Chair of CPD Committee Vijay Bonnell
Chair of mentoring committee Inji Mekhemer
Chair of branding & PR committee Noel Muttupulle
Chair of conference committee Dave Flitton
Board Members

Ranil Mendes

Melanie Hoyer

Kusela Samanjith Wickramasinha

2017 Board
President/Chair Helen Berhane
Deputy Chair Martin Buckle
Vice Chair Keren Stephen
Secretary Arumugam Ahilesan
Treasurer Anthea DeSouza
Board Members

Dave Flitton

Eugenia Malamud

Inji Mekhemer

Michael Lam

Noel Muttupulle

Priyantha Aponso

Ranil Mendis

Vijay Bonnell

2016 Board
President/Chair Michael Lam
Deputy Chair Helen Berhane
Vice Chair Martin Buckle
Secretary Keren Stephen
Treasurer Anthea DeSouza
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Arumugam Ahilesan

Dave Flitton

Eugenia Malamud

Inji Mekhemer

Martin Saxton

Noel Muttupulle

Priyantha Aponso

Ranil Mendis

Vijay Bonnell

2015 Board
President/Chair Michael Lam
Deputy Chair Helen Berhane
Vice Chair Martin Buckle
Secretary Keren Stephen
Treasurer Dushy Killivalavan
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Anthea DeSouza

Arumugam Ahilesan

Dave Flitton

Inji Mekhemer

Martin Saxton

Noel Muttupulle

Priyantha Aponso

Ranil Mendis

Vijay Bonnell

2014 Board
President/Chair Martin Saxton
Deputy Chair Michael Lam
Vice Chair Helen Berhane
Secretary Keren Stephen
Treasurer Dushy Killivalavan
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Anthea DeSouza

Arumugam Ahilesan

Dave Flitton

Martin Buckle

Noel Muttupulle

Priyantha Aponso

Ranil Mendis

Shayesteh Mahdi

Vijay Bonnell

2013 Board
President/Chair Martin Saxton
Deputy Chair Michael Lam
Vice Chair Helen Berhane
Secretary Keren Stephen
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Anthea DeSouza

Dave Flitton

Dave Woolley

Dushy Killivalavan

Homita De Silva

Martin Buckle

Noel Muttupulle

Priyantha Aponso

Ranil Mendis

Shayesteh Mahdi

2012 Board
President/Chair Amal Ratnayake
Deputy Chair Martin Saxton
Vice Chair Michael Lam
Secretary Helen Berhane
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan
Board Members

Dane King

Dave Flitton

Dave Woolley

Homita De Silva

Kanish Thevarasa

Keren Stephen

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Martin Buckle

Noel Muttupulle

Ranil Mendis

2011 Board
President/Chair Amal Ratnayake
Deputy Chair Martin Saxton
Vice Chair Michael Lam
Secretary Helen Berhane
Treasurer Arumugam Ahilesan
Board Members

Dane King

Dave Flitton

Dave Woolley

Homita De Silva

Kanish Thevarasa

Keren Stephen

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Martin Buckle

Melanie Hoyer

Ranil Mendis

2010 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Deputy Chair Amal Ratnayake
Vice Chair Veena Venkatraman
Secretary Martin Saxton
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Arumugam Ahilesan

Dane King

Helen Berhane

Homita De Silva

Kalyan Subramaniam

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Ranil Mendis

2009 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Deputy Chair Amal Ratnayake
Vice Chair Veena Venkatraman
Secretary Martin Saxton
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Arumugam Ahilesan

Dane King

Helen Berhane

Homita De Silva

Kalyan Subramaniam

Kishanth Seevaratnam

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Mumtaz Khan

Ranil Mendis

2008 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Veena Venkatraman
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Arumugam Ahilesan

Chandresh Seth

Colin Shaw

Dane King

Helen Berhane

Homita De Silva

Kalyan Subramaniam

Kishanth Seevaratnam

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Martin Saxton

Mumtaz Khan

Ranil Mendis

Shanti McLelland

Sonia Bedi

2007 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Veena Venkatraman
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Amal Ratnayake

Homita De Silva

Kalyan Subramaniam

Mahes Wickramasinghe

Martin Saxton

Ranil Mendis

Shanti McLelland

Tony Thompson

2006 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Veena Venkatraman
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Martin Saxton

Homita De Silva

Ranil Mendis

Amal Ratnayake

Kalyan Subramaniam

Shanti McLelland

2005 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Veena Venkatraman
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Martin Saxton

Homita De Silva

Ranil Mendis

Amal Ratnayake

Kalyan Subramaniam

Raji Kanagasabei

2004 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Martin Saxton

Homita De Silva

Amal Ratnayake

Kalyan Subramaniam

Veena Venkatraman

2003 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Martin Saxton

Kalyan Subramaniam

Veena Venkatraman

2002 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Martin Saxton

Kalyan Subramaniam

Veena Venkatraman

2001 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Martin Saxton

Munir Talib

Kalyan Subramaniam

Aloka Wijayawardhana

Ravishankar Ratnasingam

Tony Thompson

2000 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Deputy Chair Kumar Sukumar
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Martin Saxton

Kalyan Subramaniam

Elvis Rose

Munir Talib

Tony Thompson

1999 Board
President/Chair Kanish Thevarasa
Deputy Chair Kumar Sukumar
Secretary Michael Lam
Treasurer Ranil Mendis
Board Members

Martin Saxton

Allison McIver

Kalyan Subramaniam

Elvis Rose

Munir Talib

Tony Thompson

1998 Board
President/Chair Munir Talib
Secretary Kumari Kahagalle
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Kanish Thevarasa

Ranil Mendis

Elvis Rose

Terence Charles

Francis Huang

1997 Board
President/Chair Munir Talib
Secretary Kumari Kahagalle
Treasurer Michael Lam
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Francis Huang

Thenali Thiruschelvam

Parameswaran Rajadurai

1996 Board
President/Chair Ivan Simon Rasiah
Deputy Chair Kim Chua
Secretary Munir Talib
Treasurer Kumari Kahagalle
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Rukshani Rabbani

Parameswaran Rajadurai

1995 Board
President/Chair Shahid Masud
Deputy Chair Ivan Simon Rasiah
Secretary Kim S Chua
Treasurer Munir Talib
Board Members

Kumari Kahagalle

Sharmini Casinader

Shantha Murugesan

Noel Mutupulle

Tony Thompson

1994 Board
President/Chair Shahid Masud
Deputy Chair Ernest Fernando
Secretary Kim S Chua
Treasurer Munir Talib
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Roger Beach

Mehboob Rehemtulla

Eknath Weerasinghe

Shantha Murugesen 

Sharmini Csinader

Ivan Simon Rasiah

1993 Board
President/Chair Tony Thompson
Deputy Chair Shahid Masud
Secretary Ernest Fernando
Treasurer Henry Chow
Board Members

Ivan Simon Rasiah

Reggie Canagasingham

Munir Talib

Mehboob Rehemtulla

Roger Beach

Ashok Patel

Eknath Weerasinghe

Shantha Murugesen 

Sharmini Csinader

1992 Board
President/Chair Roger Beach
Deputy Chair Tony Thompson
Secretary Ernest Fernando
Treasurer Shahid Masud
Board Members

Tony Samotus

Ivan Simon Rasiah

Reggie Canagasingham

Clifford Denny

Munir Talib

Mehboob Rehemtulla

Ashok Patel

Henry Chow

1991 Board
President/Chair Paul Sharman
Deputy Chair Tony Samotus
Secretary Bob Irwin
Treasurer Tony Thompson
Board Members

John Mottram

Ernest Fernando

Roger Beach

Henry Chow

Rita Bastiampillai

Ashok Patel

Mehboob Rehemtulla

Shahid Masud

Clifford Denny

Reggie Canagasingham

Ivan Simon Rasiah

1990 Board
President/Chair John Mottram
Deputy Chair Roger Beach
Secretary Henry Chow
Treasurer Antony Samotus
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Ernest Fernando

Mehboob Rehemtulla

Shahid Masud

Clifford Denny

Reggie Canagasingham

Paul Sharman

Ivan Simon Rasiah

1989 Board
President/Chair John Mottram
Secretary Roger Beach
Treasurer Antony Samotus
Board Members

Tony Thompson

Ivan Simon Rasiah

1988 Board
President/Chair Bill Stevenson
Secretary Roger Beach
Treasurer Tony Thompson
Board Members

Ivan Simon Rasiah

John Mottram

1987 Board
President/Chair Bill Stevenson
Secretary Jack Garland
Treasurer Tony Thompson
Board Members

Abid Raza

John Mottram

Christopher Reed

Ivan Simon Rasiah

Clifford Denny

K. Rafizadeh

M. Gnanapragasam

1986 Board
President/Chair Bill Stevenson
Secretary Abid Raza
Treasurer Tony Thompson
Board Members

Chris Reed

Jan Shah

John Mottram

Ivan Simon Rasiah

1985 Board
President/Chair John Harvie
Secretary Jack Garland
Treasurer Tony Thompson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Tom Carney

Tom Stevenson

Ken Foley

Chris Reed

Bill Stevenson

Alan Crotty

Abid Raza

John Richardson

1984 Board
President/Chair Ken Foley
Deputy Chair John Harvie
Secretary Alan Crotty
Treasurer Tom Stevenson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Abid Raza

John Richardson

1983 Board
President/Chair Ken Foley
Deputy Chair John Harvie
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Tom Stevenson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Alan Crotty

Abid Raza

John Richardson

1982 Board
President/Chair John Richardson
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Tom Stevenson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Alan Crotty

Abid Raza

John Harvie

1981 Board
President/Chair John Richardson
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Tom Stevenson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Alan Crotty

Allan Taitz

John Harvie

1980 Board
President/Chair John Harvie
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Tom Stevenson
Board Members

Jan Shah

Alan Crotty

Allan Taitz

1979 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

C. Prodger

Jan Shah

Tom Stevenson

John Richardson

1978 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair John Harvie
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Ted Stephens

Ken Calder

Jan Shah

Tom Stevenson

B. Telfer

1977 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Ted Stephens

Ken Calder

Jan Shah

Tom Stevenson

B. Telfer

1976 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Secretary Robert Hoey
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Ted Stephens

Ken Calder

B. Telfer

Jack Garand

1975 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Alfred Arne Tepper

James Lane

1974 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Alfred Arne Tepper

James Lane

1973 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Alfred Arne Tepper

James Lane

1972 Board
President/Chair Lester Wood
Deputy Chair Tom Carney
Treasurer Brian Coombes
Board Members

Alfred Arne Tepper

James Lane

Please take a look at our By-laws:

CIMA Canada By-Laws (PDF 144 KB)

Please take a look at our By-laws:

CIMA Canada By-Laws (PDF 144 KB)

CIMA Canada Board Elections 2022

All candidates will need to submit completed nomination forms on or before 11 April 2022. Please use the link below for the full nomination process.

Nomination Notice 2022