Ameera Ameerullah
Nominated for the award: Entrepreneurship and Business
Company: Canada Mortgage & Financial Group
Position: Founder
Biography: Ameera Ameerullah is an award-winning Mortgage Broker, Business Entrepreneur and Human Rights Advocate. She has built several companies from the ground up including the multiple award-winning brokerage, Canada Mortgage & Financial Group (CMFG). This heart-centered leader has been breaking barriers, working tirelessly with a drive to succeed and ranked her up, setting unique benchmarks in a male-dominated industry. Her secret to success is her “Never Give Up” attitude. She is a woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it. Most importantly, she’s a true leader who lifts people up and never settles for the status quo.
After humble beginnings in Guyana, Ameera immigrated to Canada in 1999 and soon began making a name for herself in the mortgage industry before stepping up and founding CMFG, a mortgage brokerage and lending firm that quickly expanded to cover many markets with innovative products to meet consumers demand. Ameera has created alternative programs that are not offered by any of the banks or subprime lenders in Canada, such as the Purchasers Deposit Program and Shariah Program. Ameera specializes in managing investors capital, private mortgage investments, construction loans, alternative lending, asset management, residential and commercial mortgages, business for self, non-resident borrowers, real estate development, and structuring complex transactions for funding. To date, she has assessed, structure and facilitated funding on some of the most recognizable brands and structures in Canada and abroad.
To date, Ameera has maintained a blemished free record with regulators, lenders and investors. She has received several accolades for her outstanding humanitarian work and contribution to the mortgage industry. To name a few – "Top Commercial Brokers, Alternative Broker Specialist, Best and Brightest Stars, Top Broker, Best Alternative Lending Broker of the Year, Excellence in Community Service & Philanthropy, Good Samaritan, Woman of Influence, and Community Leader - Human Rights Advocate".
Ameera was also featured in the Canadian Mortgage Professional Magazine, Lifestyle Magazine, Toronto Star newspaper, On the Go Magazine, Mortgage Brokers News, REP Magazine, Tour of Duty - Police Association, MyBusiness, Mortgage Journal, Eastern Eye newspaper from the United Kingdom, and so many more!
On a personal front, Ameera is a social service worker, philanthropist, and a strong advocate for human rights. She is also the Founder of The Homeless & Orphan Foundation of Canada, HCS Innovative Healthcare Services Inc., and a committed supporter and advisor to many organizations.
Ameera’s purpose in life is to be the voice for those that are vulnerable, provide child care from nurturing to education, keep build affordable housing, educating women and children about financial literacy, eradicate abuse and injustice. She volunteers her time working with orphaned children, victims of sex trafficking, survivors of sexual and physical abuse, youths in the criminal justice system, the homeless, the elderly, individual’s living with addiction and mental illness, and women entrepreneurs.
Ameera is aiming to launch her new talk show “Life Happens...One day at time” April 2019.
Earlier this year, she launched a program to invest in new start-up companies for Women who are struggling financially or those with any setbacks. Ameera believes with more Women Leaders, the world will be a kinder place. From her own profit earnings, she’s investing into new start-up companies for Women Entrepreneurs. Each woman will receive up to $5000.
This extraordinary woman is not only a Business Entrepreneur but a Leader who has demonstrated compassion and care through her involvement in changing lives and contribution to humanity on a global level. She is a Champion in her field and has developed a team with the same attributes that transcend in their work environment.
www.cmfg.ca l ameera@cmfg.ca