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Nishat Riaz MBE

Director Education, British Council Pakistan Governing board member, Aga Khan Development Network, Hashoo Foundation

Nishat has over 18 years of experience of programme management and oversight. She has developed and supervised large scale programmes on health, gender, skills, culture and education.

Nishat is one of the founding members of Karakurum International University- the first university in mountain ranges in Karakurum and Himalayas, Pakistan (https://www.kiu.edu.pk/.)

Nishat has been on governing boards of international development organisations for over 17 years. At present she is director and trustee on boards of Aga development Network (https://www.akdn.org/ and Hashoo Trust among others

Nishat’s holds an engineering degree in Electronics and Communications – the first female engineer from Gilgit Baltistan. She was the Premier Chevening Scholar from Pakistan in 2003- a special award that is awarded to the best among Chevening scholars. Nishat is also a recipient of President’s Award of Excellence for best academic performance.

She holds an MA in International Development from University of Manchester, UK. Nishat believes in continued professional and academic development and has currently completed her research on education leadership as part of her PhD degree.

At present, Nishat is managing British Council’s education work in Pakistan. Her portfolio includes management and implementation of multi- million-dollar education programme covering schools, skills, further and higher education, alumni relations, scholarships and Education UK. Nishat is a member of British Council senior leadership team. Nishat has been instrumental in developing and strengthening strategic alliances and partnerships between federal and provincial governments and British Council.

Recognising her contributions, Nishat was awarded the Most Excellent Order with an honorary title of Member of British Empire (MBE) by Her Majesty- The Queen of United Kingdom in 2017.

Nishat is an international traveller and speaks outside Pakistan. She enjoys contributing to thought leadership and writes think pieces. Her publications are part of international journals. She is an international speaker and speaks at several international platforms including TEDx.

She likes horse riding, is an avid social media user and could be reached at nishatriaz@gmail.com and @nishatriaz on Twitter,LinkedIn and Facebook.

Nishat is married to Moin Uddin who works for Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, has three boys and is settled in Islamabad.

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