Sheikh Nahyaan

Sheikh Nahyaan is Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer at Toronto Hydro. He oversees all aspects of asset strategy and integrated planning for grid modernization, electrification and resilience; grid operations and emergency response, design and construction of distribution system and customer investments, and technology programs.

Mr. Nahyaan’s career has been focused within the energy sector as a proven and self-driven visionary leader. He has lead transformations driving efficiency and productivity through expert change management, process improvements and technology deployments while enabling a service culture. He possesses extensive experience in strategy, engineering and operational functions, including asset planning, metering, contracts, standards and policy, and control centre, customer and technology functions.

Mr. Nahyaan holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Master of Engineering Design from McMaster University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Schulich School of Business at York University. He is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the Province of Ontario.