Nadir Mohamed, a former Rogers executive and CPPIB board director, died Thursday.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Nadir Mohamed, a prominent business leader and former President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., has died.
Mr. Mohamed was chair of Alignvest Management Corp. and a director of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board until last year. He was active in Canada’s entrepreneurship community and was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2019.
In a note to current and former members of the Vector Institute, Alan Veerman, chief operations and finance officer, said Mr. Mohamed passed away Thursday.
“Nadir was a member of the founding Board of Directors for the Vector Institute all the way from day one on February 9, 2017, to the date he finally stepped down on September 25, 2024. We are grateful for his service to Vector, as well as Canada more broadly, and will miss him deeply,” Mr. Veerman said.
Mr. Mohamed was President and CEO of Rogers Communications from March, 2009, to December, 2013.
He joined Rogers in August, 2000, and served as President and CEO of Rogers Wireless from 2001 through 2005, when he was appointed President and COO of Rogers Communications Group.
Mr. Mohamed has been engaged in a variety of community organizations and over the past few years had focused on advancing innovation in Canada.
“Nadir possessed a rare combination of deep intelligence, intellectual curiosity, and humility that will be sorely missed” said John Ruffolo, founder and managing partner of Maverix Private Equity.
More to come
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of John Ruffolo.