Wesam Hasnain

Area of Expertise:

• Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
• Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
• Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
• Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
• Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child

Professional Experience:

Wesam Hasnain is an experienced senior consultant in Deloitte’s strategy practice. In addition to his work in the private sector, he has also led strategic engagements in a number of countries, most recently for youth leadership in Guatemala (2019), clean water in Pakistan (2018), and education in Uganda (2018).

International/Nonprofit
- Led the development of sustainable earned income strategy for education non-profit in Kajjansi, Uganda; previously 100% donor-funded
- Improved participant experience and alumni engagement strategies for youth leadership nonprofit in Guatemala and El Salvador
- Revamped operations and customer acquisition strategy for clean water nonprofit in Karachi, Pakistan

Private Sector
- Devised and led full-day ‘Social Impact Accelerator’ workshop for large private equity firm ($200B+ assets under management) to develop social impact strategy and 120-day action plan
- Conducted market research, competitive analysis, and facilitated executive workshops to support execution of commercialization strategy for Deloitte’s Future of Mobility practice
- Led the development of new product strategy for Fortune 100 retailer’s private label credit card offering; conducted 30+ customer and SME interviews and identified $1B+ in incremental revenue potential
- (Ongoing) Research and develop thought leadership and commercial strategies on financial inclusion to enable companies to better serve the under/unbanked (1.7B individuals and 160M small businesses)