Our Leadership Team

Riaz Mamdani is founder and CEO of Strategic Group. Under his leadership Strategic Group has experienced impressive diversification and growth. Riaz holds a degree in pharmacy from the University of Manitoba and is a graduate of the University of Calgary, Law School. During his years in legal practice he focused on corporate, commercial and securities law.

Riaz is an active financier and founder of numerous companies. He has steered two private companies from concept stage to international public corporations listed on the Nasdaq National Market with multi-billion dollar market capitalizations.

As COO of Strategic Group, Randy Ferguson leads and further develops a high-performance team of real estate professionals. His focus includes property management, construction, leasing, marketing and value-added services. Randy’s expertise is in process driven core functions and the deployment of technology as a means of improving productivity and creating capacity at Strategic Group. Randy also performs the role of senior development advisor to the CEO and the development team.

Mike Irvine oversees the financial management, corporate compliance and governance for Strategic Group. His portfolio includes a full range of financial services, human resources and reporting processes, ensuring best practices are in place. He is a chartered accountant and holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees. Mike has over 15 years of experience directing corporate financial operations, tax strategies and investment vehicles.

Elise Bacon is responsible for directing the financial matters of Strategic Group’s corporate accounting team as well as providing financial stewardship over all of Strategic Group’s development projects. Elise has over 20 years of experience in a variety of accounting roles in the oil and gas and high tech sectors, including Fortune 500 companies.

Robert is responsible for leading the private equity and venture capital division of Strategic Group. Robert is also actively involved in a leadership capacity in all of Strategic Group’s subsidiary companies. Robert has over twenty years’ experience in consulting and private industry. He specializes in integrating and optimizing business and technology operations, processes and systems, with the goal of long term business continuity, and effective cost management. He is considered an expert in organizational design, cost management, project management and relationship management.

Active in the community, Robert has supported the not-for-profit sector across Alberta for over 15 years and shares his business acumen in developing strategies for fund development, communications and business development.

Sean McCullough is responsible for leading Strategic Group’s team of leasing professionals and maximizing all forms of revenue derived from commercial real estate. He also provides leadership to the construction team at Strategic Maintenance Ltd. to closely align our construction practices with our tenant's requirements. Sean has 20 years of experience in management, leasing, development, construction, financing and acquisition of retail, industrial and office properties in a number of portfolios ranging from one to five million square feet.

Gudrun Seredynski is responsible for directing the financial matters of the real estate operations of Strategic Group. She provides the necessary internal reporting and financial information to the executive team that guides and calibrates the financial decision-making within Strategic Group. Gudrun brings over 17 years of financial accounting experience in the real estate industry and nine years in public practice to the role. She is Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree.