Professional Experience:
Profile Summary
Senior development professional with more than 30 years of leadership experience in governance reform, institutional strengthening, local government systems, gender equality, access to justice, organisational development, democratic governance, and strategic communications.
Served as Executive Director, Deputy Team Leader, Director of Programmes, Key Expert, and Senior Technical Advisor on donor-funded initiatives supported by the European Union, GIZ, USAID, DFID/FCDO, DFAT, UN agencies, and government institutions.
Extensive experience supporting public sector reform, decentralisation, local governance, citizen engagement, women's empowerment, organisational change, and policy dialogue in complex development and humanitarian contexts.
Recognized for building partnerships between governments, donors, civil society organisations, media, and communities to promote sustainable institutional development and inclusive governance.
Areas of Expertise
• Governance Reform & Public Sector Strengthening
• Institutional Development & Organisational Change
• Local Government & Decentralisation
• Democratic Governance & Citizen Participation
• Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment
• Access to Justice & Rule of Law
• Capacity Development & Leadership Training
• Strategic Communications & Public Outreach
• Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (OECD-DAC)
• Stakeholder Engagement & Multi-sector Partnerships
Selected Career Achievements
• Directed development portfolios valued at more than USD 20 million across governance, gender, access to justice, and community development sectors.
• Mobilised more than PKR 200 million from international donors, including EU, USAID, DFID/FCDO, DFAT, CIDA, AusAID, and UN agencies.
• Served as Deputy Team Leader for GIZ's Local Governance Programme (LoGo II), supporting policy reform, institutional strengthening, decentralisation, and municipal service delivery initiatives with the Punjab Local Government Department.
• Designed and delivered governance, leadership, and capacity development programmes for more than 10,000 local government officials, elected representatives, parliamentarians, journalists, judiciary members, and civil society leaders.
• Directed a USD 15 million women's empowerment and governance portfolio in Afghanistan, overseeing programme strategy, institutional partnerships, performance monitoring, and institutional strengthening across multiple provinces.
• Led democratic governance initiatives focused on electoral strengthening, legislative oversight, political participation, women's leadership, and citizen engagement.
• Designed and implemented national communication and advocacy campaigns supporting governance reform, access to justice, gender equality, and democratic participation.
• Conducted programme evaluations, assessments, policy reviews, and research studies using OECD-DAC methodologies, Theory of Change approaches, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and mixed-method research methods.