Sriraj serves as a Business Development Lead at Aspire which is the all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses. Their mission is to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs with the financial tools they need to realise their company’s full potential. To fulfil this purpose, Sriraj is assisting the organization to make a meaningful impact to the communities we all are part of. 

He has completed his Bachelor degree from the University of Murdoch in Banking and Management. His past experience is equipped with notable positions in Cash-IN-Asia where he worked as a Sales and Operations Manager and Senior Relationship Manager. 

Mubariz Siddiqui is an experienced legal practitioner with a demonstrated history of working with early stage businesses and investors in the technology industry.

It has been more than seven years since Mubariz has been working as a practitioner. His portfolio consists of non-contentious matters pertaining to general corporate advisory, finance, acquisitions, banking, media law, competition law, and intellectual property. Practice primarily focused on startups and early stage businesses. Associated with The Nest i/o and P@SHA as an entrepreneur in residence, Mubariz assisted  various tech startups and companies on a range of legal issues.

He has also acted for various eminent start ups and investors to structure and negotiate seed stage equity financing. The key tasks undertaken by him include structuring and negotiating the transaction documents.

His representative list of clients includes: Sarmayacar, Keep Truckin, Swvl, i2i Ventures, Magnus Communication, Bykea, Brandverse, Artistic Ventures, Patari, Eat Mubarak, ProCheck, MandiExpress, Modulus Tech, and WonderTree.

Mubariz has also worked as a General Counsel at Sarmayacar and as a Legal Advisor at Bykea. He holds an LLB Degree from the University of London. 

Rafiq is a founding member and COO at Bykea, Pakistan’s largest network of motorbikes serving transport, logistics, and payment services. It has been more than 5 years since he joined the organization. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and worked in the Trucking and Logistics Industry for 8 years. His professionally challenging career consists of experiential roles. In 2012, he moved back to Pakistan to head operations for TNT Express, the 4th largest courier aggregator in the world at the time, a business acquired by Fedex in 2016.

Partner at Peter & Co. Chartered Accountants, Aneel aims to provide assurance, tax and advisory services to his clients. he has over 17 years of experience across regions and Big4. He has been PMO of multi-million dollar projects and have managed internal/external audits, processed improvements and assessed money laundering investigations. He completed his Chartered Accountancy from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Professional, Rohma currently works at Accelerate Prosperity as an innovator and learning lead. It is an Enterprise Business Accelerator co-designed and promoted by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Industrial Promotion Services (IPS) of the Aga Khan Development Network. It tailors finances and technical assistance to potential entrepreneurs and existing businesses. Her determination to see entrepreneurship prosper in Pakistan is evident from her entrancing career choices. She is working for Invest2Innovate as an Accelerator and Partnerships Lead and has served as Grants Coordinator at Human Development Foundation. She holds a Masters` degree in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship from The London School of Economics and Political science (LSE).

Shivani Siroya, Founder/CEO of Tala, a leading financial technology company in emerging markets that has grown operations to Kenya, Phillipine, Mexico and India, and has raised over $200 M in funding for growth & expansion. Tala is backed by leading venture and impact investors including PayPal, Revolution, IVP, Ribbit Capital, Data Collective, and Lowercase Capital. Prior to founding Tala, Shivani held a variety of positions in global health, microfinance, and investment banking, including with the United Nations Population Fund, Health Net, Citigroup and UBS. Shivani is an Aspen Institute Finance Leader Fellow, a WEF Young Global Leader, Senior TED Fellow and Ashoka Fellow. She is also on the board of Stellar. She holds a M.P.H from Columbia University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Salman serves as a Principal at Sarmayacar which is an early stage venture capital firm investing in Pakistani startups. He gained his professional experience at PwC where he obtained his CPA, CA designation and went to further his finance experience with roles at Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada. In January 2019, Salman relocated back to Pakistan to join Sarmayacar in its investment functions. He has completed his Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting from McGill University.

Being an Entrepreneur and a Growth Branding Specialist , Babar seems to be creative who strives to create or fund movements that benefit the world at large. Notable highlights include Uth Oye!, AUJ, Shopistan and ARY Zauq. Served at executive capacities at MTV, ARY, Stoneage & FarazManan, with focus on brand building and strategy through design based innovation. He is an Advisory Committee Member at MOC and Cofounder of Sabsaath which is a Relief Portal that provides cash, food and medical supplies to those most in need. The diversity of his career is backed up by strategic roles as he serves as a Cofounder of GSMB Ventures which is a vertically integrated group of companies solving large problems in the retail sector of Pakistan. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Nebraska and currently he works as an Executive Committee Member at IVS.

Anusheh is the head of Credit at Oraan, which is Pakistan’s first women-led, women-first fintech, creating alternative financial solutions to empower the underserved. Previously, Anusheh served as the Head of Digitization, Research & Strategy at U Microfinance Bank Limited.

It has been more than five years for Saad to serve as a Cofounder & CEO at DaftarKhwan. The organization aims to provide an agile workplace that can adapt to the evolving needs of the modern-day. It offers a high-performance & vibrant work-space that attracts and retains talent. The focus is to foster a community of professionals & entrepreneurs pursuing diverse career paths and to equip them with infrastructure designed for collaborations & collective learning. Saad`s past experience is equipped with strategic roles whereby he has been a Consultant at World Bank and Teredata. He has completed his Bachelors BSc. (Hons) in Computer Science from Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Yahya is a Co-Founder at Pattern — Pakistan’s #1 Loyalty aiming to redefine offline experiences for businesses and consumers.

Detailed version if needed: Yahya started his career in management consulting with EY Pakistan, working with some of the largest clients in the country from both the public and private sectors of the industry. Drawn towards high impact and speed, he worked as one of the earliest team members in some of the fastest-growing startups across the globe.

Before starting out with Pattern, Yahya took on the responsibility to build the growth team from the ground up in Dastgyr, scaling the retailer base from 0 to 60,000+, while maintaining 65%+ retention. He co-created industry-leading playbooks in accordance with local demographic context and evolving markets which were adopted by some successful companies across the world.. Prior to this, Yahya was an early team member at Byte and Airlift, where he led growth and customer experience functions, scaling business operations while offering exceptional customer experience.

He has also been associated with the emerging African e-commerce market as an advisor, helping Kamioun (one of the fastest growing e-commerce platforms in the region) to acquire over 6,000 retailers and increase orders by 5x.