Ven Virah

Ven Virah

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Vancouver, British Columbia

Award Winning Speaker, Energetic Emcee, Millennial Leadership and Change Management Expert

Ven Virah is a strategy consultant, award-winning inspirational and motivational speaker, management consultant and a certified "World Class" speaking coach. Ven Virah has experience in diverse industries including banking, aerospace, academic institutions and the government and also enjoys hosting conferences, educational and charitable events.

VEN VIRAH BIOGRAPHY

Ven Virah is an award-winning bilingual speaker, a global expert in workforce solutions, a charismatic emcee, and a certified “World Class” speaking coach. Leading experiential sessions with corporate leaders, Ven Virah brings people together and encourages them to think differently. Ven Virah exudes a lot of passion and energy and was coined by an executive as “the Brown Tony Robbins”. Ven Virah holds more than 15 years of experience working with large and reputable organizations such as IBM, BMO, Siemens, GE, Concordia University, and the Government of Alberta.

Ven Virah’s experience ranges across various industries including banking, healthcare, aerospace, academia and the government. Ven Virah’s experiences have equipped him with best-in-class practices to transform organizations, shift behaviors and deliver high-impact outcomes. Ven Virah also leads keynotes, workshops, and advises clients from around the world on how to lead, communicate and influence in a manner that transforms lives. He is involved as a member of both the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) and the Global Speakers Federation (GSF), and he was a 1st place winner of Speaker Slam, North America’s largest inspirational speaking competition.

Following his business degree and post-graduate studies, Ven seized the opportunity to give back to his university by serving on the Board of Directors of the Concordia University Alumni Association. 8 years later, Ven transitioned to a new opportunity where he served a 4-year term as the National Young Adults Leader for his spiritual organization, SSIO Canada. Ven enjoys hosting conferences, educational and charitable events and now serves as an executive of the Concordia University alumni chapter in Vancouver, Canada. Ven Virah currently leads as a global expert in workforce solutions culminating many years of serving as a leader in the industry.

He shares lots of insights leaning on the latest research and his own lens as a millennial navigating the corporate ladder, leading in organizations, and serving on boards as a director. He recently shared the stage at the Staffing Industry Analyst (SIA) annual healthcare staffing summit in Boston, USA, discussing his thoughts and predictions on market trends, operational best practices, and lessons learned. Ven Virah has a successful TED talk on men’s health where his compelling story, filled with humor, life lessons and many obvious double-entendres, has been warmly received.

This resulted in a lot of positive feedback and numerous requests from both men and women requesting him to share further on his personal journey triumphing over shame and guilt. Ven Virah radiates uplifting energy as a certified Laughter Yoga instructor. Ven provides his audience with simple tools to reduce stress and reclaim joy. With this effective practice, Ven leads participants into a space of transformative upliftment within minutes. He’s received raving reviews from this offering for successfully lifting the energy in academic, public, and corporate environments.

Ven Virah has experience in working with a variety of clients globally within many different industries and sectors. He has consulted multiple organizations on creativity, leadership, emotional intelligence, influence, negotiation, communication and diversity. Many clients are absolutely elated by Ven’s likeable onstage personality and original humor. Ven speaks both English and French and has been hired by event planners, corporate leaders and academics to bring insight to what is out of sight, and raise the energy at their events across North America, Europe and Asia.

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  • How would your next event look like if it was led with structure and high-octane energy? How relieved would you be to know that a professional emcee is keeping your event on time? Driving everyone’s attention where it needs to be. Bringing flexibility to steer any unforeseen last-minute event changes with ease in execution.

    Supporting your event in buying some extra time by sprinkling some original comic relief for good measure. Look no further. Many clients are absolutely elated by Ven Virah’s likeable onstage personality and original humor. Ven speaks both English and French and has been hired by event planners, corporate leaders and academics to raise the energy at their events across Canada, and in the United States, Europe and Asia.

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men’s health

future of work

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Testimonials

Ven Virah is one of the most brilliant person I’ve ever met. His energy, enthusiasm and authenticity spread like wildfire. A must.

Serge Labelle

Olympian / Cirque du Soleil

Ven is very comfortable at the stage, and is able break the ice with the audience thanks to his assertive style and smart jokes.

Fatih Yegul

Conestoga College

Ven is an extremely gifted speaker, who blew the audience away. He was adaptable to the situation, and captured the audiences attention appropriately each and every time.

Sayenden Supramaniyam

Data Sciences

We had our 6th Annual Ascend Fall Conference this past October where Ven was the Master of Ceremony. Ven opened the evening with the very original Ascend Talk ”Shift Happens”. His personal anecdotes put the audience at ease and the room was full of laughter within seconds! Ven was very smooth in transitioning from speaker to speaker, and his ability to take moments from the evening and bring them to life with a relevant story really made the event! Ven was a delight to work with – professional, funny and very flexible with some of the last minute changes we had. It was an absolute pleasure working with Ven, and I hope he will join us again in the future!

Avni Shah

TD Bank Group

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