Fawad advises boards, CEOs, CHROs, COOs, and technology leaders on strategic leadership and succession decisions. His clients include publicly listed companies, as well as growth companies backed by private equity and venture capital in the lifesciences, financial services, and technology sectors. He also leads the Global Operations & Supply Chain practice and the Global AI, Analytics, and Data practice for Russell Reynolds Associates.

Fawad started his professional journey as a robotics engineer. Subsequently, as a management consultant with Deloitte and Kearney, he advised management and investor teams on strategy, technology, and operations-related topics, including corporate strategy, digital transformation, analytics applications, operations optimization, and M&A.

Fawad received his Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering, specializing in mechatronics, from the University of Toronto, and his Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, in France and Singapore. He has served on the Board of Directors of OPCC and continues to mentor young alumni as part of the INSEAD and University of Toronto Alumni Associations.