The APF Global Advisory Council consists of accomplished and well‐respected domain experts based in Pakistan and the US.
Seema Aziz
Seema Aziz is the founder and chairperson of CARE Foundation, an NGO which runs over 200 schools for disadvantaged children in Pakistan. She is also the Managing Director of Sarena Industries and Embroidery Mills.
Javed Hamid
Javed Hamid is the Senior Managing Director of the International Executive Service Corps. He is a former Regional Director at the International Finance Corporation and also formerly a manager of IFC investments in Middle East and Central Asia and Lead Economist of IFC Economic Department.
Adil Najam
Adil Najam is the Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences. He is also the Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Professor of International Relations at Boston University. In 2009 he was appointed to serve on the UN Committee for Development Policy, a panel which advises the UN Economic and Social Council.
Sania Nishtar
Sania Nishtar is the Founder and President of the NGO think tank Heartfile, the most powerful health policy voice in Pakistan. Her organization is recognized as a model for other developing countries. She is also a member of many Expert Working Groups and Task Forces of the WHO and several other international initiatives.
Khalid Riaz
Khalid Riaz is a Fellow at American College of Cardiology and a co-founder of Human Development Foundation North America & Human Development Foundation Pakistan. He was recognized as one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims by Georgetown University.
Fiza Shah
Fiza Shah is the Founder and CEO of Developments in Literacy, a US-based NGO that works to educate and empower underprivileged students in Pakistan.
Naeem Zafar
Naeem Zafar is a Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He is also a charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs, the world’s largest nonprofit focused on fostering entrepreneurship and a member of the executive committee of OPEN - Organization for Pakistani Entrepreneurs.
