Dr. Tariq H. Cheema | Country Representative, ARC Pakistan
Tariq H. Cheema, MD is a renowned philanthropist, entrepreneur, and social innovator. He is the founder of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, the Global Donors Forum, and Doctors Worldwide. Since he left a lucrative career as a surgeon to focus on righting global inequalities in 1997, Dr. Cheema has built a diverse career as a senior executive and advisor, in both the social and private sectors. He has left an indelible mark on several social initiatives during his career, managed medium-to-large grant programs, and worked closely with world leaders, endowments, foundations, and businesses to strategically design philanthropic and social investment models. In recent years, his trendsetting efforts towards developing ideas into institutions of Muslim philanthropy worldwide have earned him international acclaim. For many years, Dr. Cheema has been ranked amongst the top 500 Most Influential Muslims impacting the world today.
His vision of responding to social challenges through economic empowerment has successfully resulted in establishing a strong global network of businesses to integrate emerging economies with leading international markets, as well as support, and solutions for, rapidly changing global value chains.
Farzana Yaqoob is a former minister for Social Welfare and Women Development, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. She is the founding member and Chief Executive of Mantaq Center for Research. She is Senior Associate and Secretary General of Working Group on Kashmir, Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan.
She is advisor to Brussels Consulting, Brussels, Belgium. She is Advisor to Center for Strategic and Contemporary Research, Islamabad, Pakistan. She is a Board member of Aiming Change for Tomorrow (ACT). Yaqoob is Secretary General Eisenhower Fellowship, Pakistan. She is an alumnus of National Defence University and Naval War College. Yaqoob is Eisenhower fellow 2016. Yaqoob is Young Global Leader 2017 of World Economic Forum.
Highly experienced and accomplished legal professional with a proven track record of providing strategic legal counsel and guidance to organizations. With a diverse background spanning both corporate and litigation settings, Ms. Mazhar possesses a unique blend of skills in legal strategy development, regulatory compliance, team leadership, and relationship management. Proficient in fostering strong corporate governance, ensuring legal compliance, and managing complex legal issues to protect the interests of the company. Adept at managing relationships with external law firms, regulatory authorities, and stakeholders to achieve optimal legal outcomes.
Ms. Mazhar got her law degree from SM Law College, Karachi, and has done LLM (part 1) from the University of London. Ms. Mazhar has worked on the legal side with both financial and non-financial sector companies in Pakistan. She has completed the Director Training Program in 2021, in addition to many other training programs from time to time.
Presently she is working with Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Company Ltd as Head of Legal and Company Secretary. Before that she worked with leading commercial banks such as HBL and Samba. She also had the privilege of working with Lotte Pakistan Ltd (previously known as Pakistan PTA Ltd) and ICI Pakistan Ltd.
Besides pursuing an active professional corporate law career, she has also been involved with community volunteer services such as being an elected member of the Parent-Teacher Association at American International School Lagos-Nigeria and American International School -Lahore, fostering parent-teacher-school relationships, and also played an active volunteer role in the admission process at Teach A Child School System in Lahore.
Over 28 years of experience in education development, working with national and international organizations including UNICEF, UNESCO, and JICA. Currently working as Deputy Chief Advisor with the AQAL-JICA and specializes in education policy, strategic planning, curriculum development and education reforms in Pakistan.
Dr. Tariq H. Cheema | Country Representative, ARC Pakistan
Tariq H. Cheema, MD is a renowned philanthropist, entrepreneur, and social innovator. He is the founder of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, the Global Donors Forum, and Doctors Worldwide. Since he left a lucrative career as a surgeon to focus on righting global inequalities in 1997, Dr. Cheema has built a diverse career as a senior executive and advisor, in both the social and private sectors. He has left an indelible mark on several social initiatives during his career, managed medium-to-large grant programs, and worked closely with world leaders, endowments, foundations, and businesses to strategically design philanthropic and social investment models. In recent years, his trendsetting efforts towards developing ideas into institutions of Muslim philanthropy worldwide have earned him international acclaim. For many years, Dr. Cheema has been ranked amongst the top 500 Most Influential Muslims impacting the world today.
His vision of responding to social challenges through economic empowerment has successfully resulted in establishing a strong global network of businesses to integrate emerging economies with leading international markets, as well as support, and solutions for, rapidly changing global value chains.
Farzana Yaqoob is a former minister for Social Welfare and Women Development, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. She is the founding member and Chief Executive of Mantaq Center for Research. She is Senior Associate and Secretary General of Working Group on Kashmir, Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan.
She is advisor to Brussels Consulting, Brussels, Belgium. She is Advisor to Center for Strategic and Contemporary Research, Islamabad, Pakistan. She is a Board member of Aiming Change for Tomorrow (ACT). Yaqoob is Secretary General Eisenhower Fellowship, Pakistan. She is an alumnus of National Defence University and Naval War College. Yaqoob is Eisenhower fellow 2016. Yaqoob is Young Global Leader 2017 of World Economic Forum.
Highly experienced and accomplished legal professional with a proven track record of providing strategic legal counsel and guidance to organizations. With a diverse background spanning both corporate and litigation settings, Ms. Mazhar possesses a unique blend of skills in legal strategy development, regulatory compliance, team leadership, and relationship management. Proficient in fostering strong corporate governance, ensuring legal compliance, and managing complex legal issues to protect the interests of the company. Adept at managing relationships with external law firms, regulatory authorities, and stakeholders to achieve optimal legal outcomes.
Ms. Mazhar got her law degree from SM Law College, Karachi, and has done LLM (part 1) from the University of London. Ms. Mazhar has worked on the legal side with both financial and non-financial sector companies in Pakistan. She has completed the Director Training Program in 2021, in addition to many other training programs from time to time.
Presently she is working with Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Company Ltd as Head of Legal and Company Secretary. Before that she worked with leading commercial banks such as HBL and Samba. She also had the privilege of working with Lotte Pakistan Ltd (previously known as Pakistan PTA Ltd) and ICI Pakistan Ltd.
Besides pursuing an active professional corporate law career, she has also been involved with community volunteer services such as being an elected member of the Parent-Teacher Association at American International School Lagos-Nigeria and American International School -Lahore, fostering parent-teacher-school relationships, and also played an active volunteer role in the admission process at Teach A Child School System in Lahore.
Over 28 years of experience in education development, working with national and international organizations including UNICEF, UNESCO, and JICA. Currently working as Deputy Chief Advisor with the AQAL-JICA and specializes in education policy, strategic planning, curriculum development and education reforms in Pakistan.
