Stephen Thomas: Marketing for a Better World

Taslim Somani
Account Director
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As Account Director at Stephen Thomas, Taslim Somani combines her experience in strategic and integrated marketing with a passion for making the world a better place.

Taslim graduated from the International Development Studies program at the University of Toronto, and gained overseas experience with Aga Khan Health Services in India. Back in Canada, she landed at the Canadian Red Cross Society Ontario, where she built their Diversity program, and was nominated for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation Award of Excellence for her work.

Realizing there was more to learn, Taslim completed an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. Here, she discovered her enthusiasm and propensity for marketing. Taslim gained a solid foundation in interactive marketing working for a start-up at the height of the Internet boom, and then went on to transform FedEx.ca from a website that had limited information and functionality, to the #1 customer touch point at FedEx Canada. With successes in the online space, Taslim branched out to lead the Strategic Marketing team at FedEx, and then spearheaded branding and marketing communications functions for a new health services company.

For Taslim, working at Stephen Thomas is a great opportunity to use her corporate marketing experience to help make the world a better place. “Strategically, we must expand our reach by finding new ways to engage new audiences. If we do this right, we could find ourselves with a whole new nation of ambassadors for our cause.”