Zaheen Ahmed
Sports & Entertainment Business | Football/Soccer Passionate
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About
I operate at the intersection of sport & entertainment, partnerships, and commercial strategy — combining sales expertise, marketing thinking, and an ownership mindset to help turn ideas into reality. My background blends high-performance sales and business development with operations, sponsorship activation, marketing, media and entrepreneurial leadership. Through corporate roles at Global Payments - a Fortune 500 company and UEAT Technologies - a Moneris Company, I developed the discipline to identify opportunity, structure deals, negotiate strategically, and drive revenue in competitive environments. That commercial lens shapes how I approach everything I do. Over time, my focus has deliberately shifted toward the business of sport & entertainment. I’ve worked across event management, matchday operations, broadcasting, live-stream and national programming with Ontario Soccer and Canada Soccer, and currently lead Sponsorships (Ontario) for the Canadian Street Soccer Association — supporting partner engagement and revenue development. I also serve as the Soccer League Convenor for the York Region Soccer League with DG Sports. I am a member of the Sponsorship Marketing Council of C
Experience
Feb 2026
Oct 2025
Jul 2025
Oct 2019 to May 2023
Jan 2018 to Sep 2018
May 2017 to Sep 2017
Jan 2017 to Apr 2017
Education
Professional Certification Sport Business Management
2025 to 2025
Advanced Diploma Business Administration
2014 to 2018
High School Diploma
2012 to 2014
High School Diploma
2009 to 2012