PROFESSIONAL SUMMERY Skilled Business Development professional with more than 20 years of experience in planning, developing, and implementing profit and nonprofit business development, initiatives with aimed and sustained long – term growth. Exceptional leader, departmental head, project manager, and strategic decision - maker with strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills. AREA OF EXPERTIES: - Strategic Planning - Managing people and achieving change - Legal - Skills and Livelihoods - Risk Management - Advocacy & Networking - Project Management - Enterprise Development - Industry and company knowledge PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS: CEO WOMEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PUNJAB (WEDIP): FROM March 2020 (Present) Responsibilities: - Advance WEDIP’s Mission of women economic development and free-market reform, through its core value of inclusion, in collaboration with other Regional Programs & partner organizations. - Lead strategic design and implementation of WEDIP’s objectives on women’s economic empowerment in coordination with the project management team and the Sectorial Directors. - Design, implement, and manage a portfolio of projects. Project responsibilities have the following dimensions: o Develop and maintain funding relationships to include project development (concept papers/proposals/partnerships), and project implementation (reports/correspondence). o Serve as WEDIP program representative including as a workshop trainer, conference or event speaker, or general project consultant with program staff and partners. o Research and analyze the status of women’s participation and leadership in the BUSINESS and economic landscape, identifying opportunities for WEDIP programming. - Lead the development and implementation of WEDIP’s strategy to foster women’s economic development, coordinating with other WEDIP’s core members and Groups as well as field staff. The strategy should have a major focus on women in agriculture and climate change while including other areas of women’s empowerment and gender equality. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: FROM JAN 2016 (Present) - Developing and implementing strategies aiming to promote the organization’s mission and “voice” - Creating complete business plans for the attainment of goals and objectives set by the board of directors - Building an effective team of leaders by providing guidance and coaching to subordinate managers - Ensure adherence of the organization’s daily activities and long-term plans to established policies and legal guidelines - Direct and oversee investments and fundraising efforts - Forge and maintain relations of trust with shareholders, partners and external authorities - Act as the public speaker and public relations representative of the company in ways that strengthen its profile - Review reports by subordinate managers to acquire understanding of the organization’s financial and non-financial position - Devise remedial actions for any identified issues and conduct crisis management when necessary