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Engage with key stakeholders in program countries across Asia (including Uzbekistan, Philippines, others); partner with governments and develop strategies to increase investment in and growth of local pharmaceutical manufacturing.

- Conduct a landscape assessment of markets across Asia to identify high potential markets for promoting the growth of the pharmaceutical industry. - Strategy Development: Work with private and public sector stakeholders to develop a comprehensive strategy and policies for promoting investment in the pharmaceutical sector in program countries across Asia.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

- Provide technical assistance and strategy development support to the Sindh Government established Sindh Enterprise Development Fund for developing a Start-up Ecosystem Stimulation Strategy and an M&E framework with the objective of improving the business enabling environment for technology-enabled start-ups and nurturing job creation and economic growth.

Pakistan

- Mapping and analysis of a social security and old age benefits registration and disbursement process, capturing lessons learned from other markets and designing a best-case to-be solution for deployment.- Designing a new user-centered journey for benefits collection in response to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic for Pakistan's largest old.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

- A utilization-focused evaluation driven by feminist principles for Oxfam Canada’s (OCA) use of organizational capacity assessment tools (CAT) to enable the strengthening of its partner women's rights and civil society organizations in Pakistan, Philippines and Indonesia. - In particular, the evaluation is concerned with whether the use of the CAT for.

Lahore, Pakistan

- The USAID funded Punjab Youth Workforce Development Project trained 10,000 youth in South Punjab through provision of start-up capital, on-the-job training & placement through government and private training institutes with the objective of Countering Violent Extremism. - Designed and conducted an assessment comprising tracer study data and qualitative.

Lahore, Pakistan

- Provided technical support to the Punjab Women Development Department for designing a provincial financial inclusion scheme for rural women.- Conducted a gender analysis focused on women’s access to formal financial services including desk research, stakeholder mapping and consultations with gender experts, Microfinance banks and Mobile Money providers..

- Conducted desk research as well as interviews utilising a gender lens with experts and key stakeholders in the digital financial inclusion ecosystem.- Developed recommendations to inform the Gates Foundation's Women's Economic Empowerment Strategy (specifically looking at wage digitisation as a tool for accelerating financial inclusion).

Karachi, Pakistan

- Developed partnerships with private and public sector players to improve access and quality of education and employer demanded skills training for youth, especially girls and young women. - Collaborated with specialists to customize and operationalize innovative technical models of (formal & non-formal) education, workforce development and policy.

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Provided strategic guidance and leadership on partnership building; engaging with private and public sector players to foster innovation, promote technology based solutions and identify opportunities for collaboration.
• Designed and executed strategy exercises and research studies to produce evidence, evolve program design and catalyse the market for accelerating financial inclusion.
• Managed, coordinated and provided oversight during various stages of the grant process; compliance, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, capacity support, and reviewing progress against results.
• Supported teams to develop and implement a Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning and Gender mainstreaming strategy.

Islamabad

• Founding member of the team; established and shaped the direction of the program; doubled the size of the original grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) from $16M to $32M.
• Setup a program office; formulated processes for effective partnership building, grant making and oversight including a challenge fund instrument to support start-ups and foster innovation.
• Developed work plans and budgets and supported the development of Karandaaz’s technical strategy for program design and implementation utilising a market systems approach focussed on value chains and SMEs.
• Revised the Results Matrix and formulated an effective M&E strategy for the program.

Islamabad, Pakistan

• An £11M DfID funded initiative that promoted innovation for increasing educational access, quality, and strengthening citizen action to improve local & provincial education governance and accountability.
• Built grantee capacity on M&E systems; conducted Monitoring Visits and Rapid Assessments of grantees.
• Designed and implemented a Beneficiary Analysis Study with research partners; contributed to a Value for Money (VfM) Analysis on Innovation and Voice & Accountability projects funded by the programme.
• Provided strategic input for the formulation/implementation of the program evaluation strategy through third party evaluators.

Brighton, United Kingdom

• An £80M global initiative to support innovations that help harness technologies to enable citizen engagement and government responsiveness.
• Developed a guidance note (working with a team) to design the overarching Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system of the project across East/South Asia, East/South Africa.
• Reviewed progress reports from funded partners and worked with partners to enhance the quality of their M&E systems.
• Worked with the Senior Management Team to design reporting templates and frameworks and produced a consolidated Bi-annual report for the Programme.

Brighton, United Kingdom

• MFS II is the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' 2011-2015 grant framework for Dutch civil society organisations funding international development for structural poverty reduction.
• Designed and implemented (working with a team) an evaluation targeting MDG, Capacity Development and Civil Society Strengthening goals of MFS II funded NGOs in Pakistan.
• Used a combination of qualitative & quantitative methodologies including process tracing, focus group discussions, quasi-experimental methods, household and key informant interviews to evaluate policy reform.

• Senior managerial position responsible for developing and implementing a Knowledge Management Strategy for the organisation; ensured the delivery of all Monitoring, Evaluation & Research related activities for projects.
• Oversaw a multicultural team of 20 staff in rural and urban Pakistan; mobilised resources (proposal writing); managed communications activities including organising conferences and workshops; and designed pilot.

Karachi, Pakistan

• Designed and implemented a Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (MER) framework for climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, water, sanitation, and hygiene provision, and early recovery and rehabilitation.
• Undertook capacity building of staff and partner organisations on MER tools, data management, sampling and report writing.
• Conducted qualitative and quantitative field research to identify community needs and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of programmatic interventions.

Karachi, Pakistan

• Identified bidding opportunities and drafted Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and proposals covering various themes.
• Oversaw the trainings of enumerators, data collection and spot checks and process checks for a Third Party Validation of the World Bank funded Impact Evaluation of the Sindh Education Foundation implemented Pilot.
• Additional responsibilities included grant management and donor liaising.

• Managed the Value Health Card (VHC), an innovative patient assistance program launched by GSK as part of their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Worked with a team to manage the Pandemic portfolio including interaction with various government and private public health experts and coordinating stakeholder consultations with the Ministry of Health, Pakistan.

Kashmir

• Conducted field research with Dr. Miguel Lorreira (LUMS). The project related to studying the role of informal support mechanisms in events of disaster – a case study analysing the functioning of informal social.

Master'S Degree, Development Studies, Distinction

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Certificate In Digital Money, Financial Inclusion; Innovation; Fintech; Digital Money

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Bsc In Economics (Honours), Economics

Gce A-Levels