Behnam Esfahanizadeh

Mr. Behnam Esfahanizadeh graduated in 1989 with a degree in Electrical Engineering from Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran. He ran a successful IT consulting firm in Iran for several years, and moved to Toronto in 1997.

Since 2001, Behnam has worked as the founder and lead director at CASPIAN Information Systems, with offices in downtown Toronto. The company has dozens of clients in the legal, financial, and non-profit sectors.

Behnam is a board member and founder of the Toronto Iranians Community Group since 2005, Iranian Fire Festival Committee (since 2006), Bam-Iran Earthquake Relief Committee (since 2004), and a board member the Iranian Canadian Congress (since 2008). Behnam has worked as a volunteer for many organizations since 2001 and has been awarded for his 5 years of contribution by Ontario's Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

Behnam was one of the volunteers who worked on behalf of Toronto Iranians with Red Cross Canada in 2004 to raise funds for the victims of the Tsunami in Asia. Behnam was one of the organizers of the One People Concert held on Nov 2005 (Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert) which was a cultural event involving different communities.

Behnam was one of the organizers of the first Nowrouz party (Iranian New Year) at Queens Park on March 22, 2007 and has worked very closely with Ontario's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to have more than 300 Iranian stakeholders and MPP’s for the Nowrouz celebration which was recognized as “Nowrooz” in 2008.

Behnam was elected as a president of Iranian Canadian Congress in 2010.