Dr Soheil Abedian is a pioneer and not just in the prestige property industry. The Iranian-born developer has now been recognised as a leader in philanthropy and higher education.
With wife Anne, Dr Abedian created the Abedian Foundation Griffith Futures Scholarship which supports 60 individual student scholarships a year. The six year commitment is at an investment of nearly one million dollars.
An unshakeable passion for helping students and improving opportunities for those in higher education has led to Dr Abedian being awarded the Queensland Community Foundation (QCF) Higher Education Philanthropist of the Year.
His nomination was put forward by Griffith University.
“To be nominated was an honour but to be recognised in this way with the award was a tremendous bounty and I hope I can inspire others to invest in our future through philanthropy”, Dr Abedian said
He is indeed a man of action and also his word.
“I say be remarkable in love, be remarkable in