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Mustafa Aryan is the current President of the Toronto Branch of the Canadian International Council. Previously a Programming Chair and Member-at-Large of the Toronto Branch, Mustafa was a Research Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Prior to the fall of the Afghan government, he served as the Director of Regional and International Affairs of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation. He holds a MA in International Security from the University of Reading in the UK.

Ben has served as the CIC Toronto Branch Vice President since 2024 and is currently working at Catalyze4, a a strategic advisory and leadership development firm. Ben was previously the President of the wider Canadian International Council and from 1993 to 2013 served as a Canadian diplomat, including as Canadian Ambassador to Venezuela and Deputy Head of Mission to Afghanistan.

Stuart is a Program Assistant at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center in Washington, DC. A graduate of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Stuart has served on the CIC Toronto Executive Committee since September 2023 supporting the Branch’s digital and communications efforts. He is a frequent commentator on European affairs and EU-Canada relations.

Kristian Kennedy was the former President CIC Toronto Branch from 2023-2025. A longtime CIC member, he works in the public safety administration space and was previously the manager of government relations at the Technical Standards and Safety Authority. He holds a Master of Science from the London School of Economics.

For the past 11 years, Tina has been part of Cuso International’s communications and marketing team. She previously served as the Membership Chair of the CIC Toronto Branch. She creates spaces to strengthen global citizenship and social inclusion while amplifying the voices and stories of those around the world. Tina is a former executive board member of the CIC Toronto branch and a member of The Program Advisory Committee for the International Development program at Centennial College. In 2019 Tina was awarded Canada’s 100 Black Women to Watch by the Canada International Black Women Event.