AUTHOR BIO

Chief operations officer Venesia Yacoub currently oversees eight midsize companies. Her background is in business analysis, financial services, and business management. Previously she was in a management role at a brokerage firm where she acquired knowledge in various complex trading systems and stock markets. Prior to that, she worked in a payroll services firm and in the banking sector.

Venesia is Assyrian, and she was five years old when her family left Iraq. She grew up in Ontario, Canada, and she attributes her family’s strong values and upbringing in upholding their annual traditions and to still have the ability to speak Assyrian today. Her dream is to visit her homeland one day.