Waheed Hirji

Elected to the Board in 2022, Waheed is a member of First West Credit Union’s Risk, Investment and Loan, and Audit and Conduct Review committees. He brings over 20 years’ experience working with Canadian financial institutions, steadily and successfully growing provincially and federally regulated financial institutions.

Waheed grew up in the lower mainland, attending the University of British Columbia and graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in accounting. During his time with a global, professional accounting firm in audit and risk management where several credit unions were his clients, Waheed also obtained the IT risk (CISA) accreditation.

Having held executive positions in provincial and federal financial institutions as the head of finance, Waheed’s responsibilities included strategy, reporting, treasury, tax, procurement and project management preparing him well to make meaningful contributions to First West’s Board.