Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Akhuwat.

Development practitioner, social entrepreneur, writer and former civil servant.

Dr. Nadeem ul Haque is currently the Vice Chancellor of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Quaid-e-Azam University Campus, Islamabad

Wahaj us Siraj is CEO and co-founder of Nayatel which has installed Pakistan's first fiber to the home (FTTH) network in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad and Peshawar

Rector International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). Prof. Dr. Masoom Yasinzai is a renowned international scientist who has also served as Vice-Chancellor Baluchistan University and VC Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

In recognition of his services in science and technology, he was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, and he was also awarded Aizaz e Fazeelat by the President of Pakistan.

Member of the Advisory Council at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development, Institute of Business Administration in Karachi.

Advisor to Young Entrepreneurs Forum of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce.

Founding member of the World Dignity University.

Distinguished Fellow of New Westminster College, British Columbia, Canada.

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Co-founded Epiphany as a catalyst for promoting impact/social/women entrepreneurship in Pakistan. in 2016. The firm is focused on enterprise & human development; diversity, inclusion & sustainability, impact consulting in the areas of strategic communications, strategy, research, M&E.

Co-founder of Jolta Electric, AUJ Technologies and ConsoliAds and an avid Startup investor, teaches how to run multiple startups successfully.

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Rehan Allahwala, an entrepreneur, the founder of Super Technologies Inc., a US company, providing solutions for telecom industry. At the age of thirteen, he founded his first company “Pakistan Computers”, while on high school, he created commodore computer accessories including Voice Digitizers, modems and Speed Increasers. He is founder of Rehan School and Institute of Peace.