I have 20+ years of experience leading and managing fashion, textile and apparel, retail, e-commerce, digital marketing, manufacturing, and energy businesses as a senior manager and C-level executive. I have been involved with start-ups, building fashion e-commerce platforms, and developing fashion online retail optimization tools. Additionally, I serve on SME boards as an independent director and provide consulting services to several regional and international IT, consulting, textile, apparel, fashion, retail, e-commerce, and speciality chemical companies.I have a working knowledge of contemporary issues in Blockchain, AI, Digital Transformation, Digital Technologies, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and New Venture Creation Processes. My core strengths lie in the theory and practice of Operations Management, Project Management, Corporate Finance, Corporate and Business Strategy, Corporate Governance, and Strategic HR.I have diverse and multicultural work experience, having worked and lived in China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the United Arab Emirates. I have also studied in and travelled to many developed economies, including the USA, UK, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and Turkey.I possess a solid understanding of economic analysis, institutional policy, regional and cultural specificities, as well as political and strategic sensitivities, particularly from the Middle East and South Asia perspectives.