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Matt Davison

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Matt has worked in operations for 20 years and has held senior management positions with many Fortune 500 companies including Sprint Canada and Rogers Communications. Matt’s expertise stems from managing complex call center – BPO environments and handling full-scale operations for large field sales teams inclusive of logistics, dispatch and client management. Matt has a proven track record of success in the implementation and growth of IBTM, OBTM and Field Sales Campaigns running upwards of 100,000 products per year respectively. Matt’s experience as Director of Campaign Management, Canada for Cydcor for 3 years gave him the direct knowledge and expertise to develop, lead and run all operational activities for Globalfaces since inception.

Sharad Goenka

Chief Operating Officer

Sharad is a well-rounded business executive with 20 years of leadership experience across the spectrum in operations, strategy, investment & commercial roles. He has worked in global geographies spanning Canada, USA, Europe, SE Asia and India with a focus on business growth, transformation and integration. Most recently he was the Country Head for OYO Hotels – a fast growing hotel chain and launched their business in Canada. Sharad started his career at Schlumberger as a field engineer working on oil rigs and rose through the ranks. Subsequently, he was an investment professional at 3i Plc and a business leader at Cairn Oil & Gas. He also has management consulting experience at The Boston Consulting Group and Monitor Deloitte. Sharad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Bombay.

Cameron Nott

Chief Acquisition Officer

Cameron our Chief Acquisition Officer, started his career with Globalfaces 6 years ago in Donor Acquisition, working on multiple charities and meeting face-to-face with donors. Cam was a huge contributor to Globalfaces success in opening multiple office locations for our canvassing teams across North America. Cam started his career in construction as a Journeyman Carpenter, changing careers paths early on, recognizing the growth and opportunity Globalfaces offered working with some of North America’s largest charities. Cam is currently residing in Phoenix, Arizona, combining his love for our industry and his love for golf all in one location!

Nabila Tisha, CFRE

VP of Operations

Nabila brings over a decade of revenue-driving experience in the nonprofit space having overseen fund development portfolios of upwards of $7M annually at ME to WE. She also served as a fundraising consultant to hundreds of US nonprofits while working at Salesforce. At Globalfaces, Nabila guides all contact with donors for telephonic solicitation, verification and stewardship leading a multidisciplinary team of 80 employees. As a passionate animal advocate, Nabila serves as a Board Director at Toronto Wildlife Center and the Toronto Humane Society.

Carolyn Soro

VP of Marketing & Donor Engagement

Carolyn is leading our newly developed marketing department. Carolyn comes to Globalfaces with over 20 years of leadership and marketing experience in both non-profit and for-profit organizations, previously at Plan International Canada, UNICEF and Bell Canada. Prior to Globalfaces Carolyn provided strategic direction for donor acquisition at Plan across face-to-face, digital, telemarketing and innovative channels, such as text and tap. Carolyn started at Globalfaces in 2019 as VP Customer Success, and now with her move over to Marketing, Carolyn continues to engage with charities to develop marketing and value-add initiatives such as digital fundraising offerings, innovations in the donor journey and delivering content to our channels.

Josh Dhanpal

VP of Business Development

Josh is the VP of Business Development for Globalfaces and has been with the company since July 2015. Josh began his career here as a Customer Success Manager, building relationships and actioning day-to-day deliverables for more than a dozen of the company’s F2F partners. In late 2017, Josh changed directions and began focusing on new client acquisition for Globalfaces’ upcoming American launch. Since then, his role has centered on building a robust business development department which focuses on new client acquisition, relationship building and strategic advancement across North America. Josh graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 2013 and continues to be an active member of the alumni community. Prior to joining Globalfaces, Josh worked with a sports analytics start-up for two years, where he had the opportunity to pursue his passion in sports and develop his entrepreneurial skills.

Michael Blakely

VP Business Development

Michael’s sales background and success in cold calling led to the 2008 founding of HCB, a contact centre speciating in charity and non-profit programs. Michael’s vision was to turn traditional tele-fundraising into a more intimate, creative and donor focused process. Starting from a small team of 6 outbound callers, Michael grew HCB into a full service inbound/outbound contact centre offering donor centered programs for charities across North America. After the acquisition of HCB by Globalfaces in 2022, Michael now serves as the VP Business Development – North America with a focus on new client acquisition and building long term partner relationships. With over 15 year experience in the non-profit and call centre space Michael is ideally positioned to help his clients create effective, donor focused, donor acquisition solutions.

Aaron Sapra

Vice President of Customer Success

Aaron is Globalfaces’ Vice President of Customer Success, leading the team responsible for ensuring the overall satisfaction of Globalfaces’ large and varied customer base. A specialist in the areas of relationship management, partnership oversight, account stewardship and people development, Aaron’s 15 year career has seen him shepherd the account teams for numerous organizations in verticals ranging from travel to consumer technology to non-profits. Aaron obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brock University, majoring in the field of Economics.

Keegan Nikiforuk

VP of Sales Enablement

Keegan is the Vice President of Sales Enablement for Globalfaces. Keegan has over 5 years experience leading and managing large teams in the face-to-face industry. He began his career in November 2016 on the west coast of Canada as a fundraising representative. Over the years Keegan has operated as a sales leader in the space, driving growth and enabling donor acquisition both across Canada and the US.

Kenneth Liao

VP of Technology

Kenneth is an entrepreneurial IT executive with a proven track record in servicing clientele in broad areas of IT. Ken has worked with clients such as KPMG Canada, KPMG International, SickKids – KidsHealth, FlipGive, Mazda Canada and Excelion Technologies. With 23 years of IT-related work and management experience Ken has a proven track record of success and demonstrated skills in areas such as Project Management, Product Development, Customer Service, and Business Operations. As VP of IT, Ken is responsible for managing a broad IT team focused on providing technology solutions and services to different business units. Ken ensures that projects are delivered efficiently and effectively and oversees overall IT operations for Globalfaces.

Sharon Khan-Torrance

Director of Human Resources

As Globalfaces’ Director of Human Resources, Sharon provides strategy and leadership in the development, implementation and management of Globalfaces’ comprehensive human resources programs. Leveraging her 8+ years in HR, she has led strategic and operational HR activities in Compliance, Leadership Development, Training, Recruitment, Health & Safety as well as Organizational Behavior across various industries including Software Development, Media & Insurance. Curious and always open to new thinking, Sharon fosters Globalfaces’ culture and provides leadership to ensure that HR activities support the achievement of our business strategy. As a long-term donor to SickKids Foundation, she fundamentally understands the need for connecting people to good things, and that is why she gets excited about going to work at Globalfaces every. Single. Day!

Amit Sharma

Director of Finance

Amit leads the Finance and Accounting team at Globalfaces. He started his career as a financial auditor at a Big 4 firm and moved on to a UAE based public listed hotel developer as a corporate Analyst actively handling multi billion dollar property developments. He later worked at a Toronto based retail franchisor before joining Globalfaces. He’s a fellow member of The ACCA, UK and a Member of CPA Canada.