Inspector Nashed graduated as a Veterinarian from University of Khartoum, Sudan. He successfully completed his Veterinary Internship in Vienna, Austria under the supervision of the University of Vienna. Inspector Nashed also holds a post graduate diploma in Homeopathic Medicine and Science from the Homeopathic College of Canada.

Inspector Nashed has been an inspector with the Federal Government of Canada for over 24 years. In early 2005, he was promoted to a Good Clinical Practices (GCP) Compliance Specialist with Health Canada (his current position), where he conducts inspections and compliance verifications under Division 5 of the Canadian Food and Drugs Regulations. Inspector Nashed was actively involved in the specialized training of new inspectors in the GCP programme and was also involved in authoring and co-authoring training modules for the GCP programme. Inspector Nashed represented Health Canada on international symposium/inspections and delivered numerous presentations to industry/stakeholders.