Rann Sharma

Rann serves as the Global Human Resources Director for Free The Children. She has worked with staff across Canada, India, Kenya and most recently, expanding to the US and the UK. She has ensured the recognition of Free The Children as Canada’s Top Employer for Young People and Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures in 2013.

Rann has been awarded admission into the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Wisdom II Mentorship Program featuring Canada’s most influential female audience. She serves on the University of Toronto’s Career Centre Advisory Board and has contributed as a speaker for programs like First in Family Peer Mentor Program, Start Me Up Series for Young Entrepreneurs: "Think Like an Entrepreneur and Get Hired", Perspectives on the Labour Market.

In 2014, Rann has been selected as one of twenty Canadians to serve as Action Canada fellow, a premiere leadership development and public policy program that builds leadership for Canada’s future. She also serves as a Board of Governor at Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures, founded and presented by Waterstone Human Capital.

Rann holds master’s degrees from Lancaster University and Trent University. She has worked on the Japan Exchange & Teaching Programme held in partnership through the Japanese and Canadian governments and has the global perspective of travel to over 20 plus countries.

Rann has been profiled in Maclean’s magazine University Rankings Edition, Education Today, Charity Village and The National Post. Rann also serves as a mentor to a Top 20 Under 20 recipient and volunteers reading to new Canadian children.