A local operator with a global perspective, Khaqan Sikander, has been fortunate enough to work in conflict zones, live in refugee camps, survive a war, travel the world, manage nationally televised crises, start a company and write a book. He brings over a decade of professional experience of strategy, operations, entrepreneurship, business development, communications and marketing to his role as the CEO of Naya Jeevan and doctHERs.

Born and brought up in Pakistan, Khaqan has read Economics, Management, Diplomacy, French, Spanish, Arabic & Creative Writing from USA and France. In addition, he has also executed SDG focused projects with the United Nations in the Middle East (UNRWA, Lebanon, 2006), Latin America (UNESCO, Costa Rica, 2007) and Africa (UNIDO, Senegal 2009).

Previously, he was serving as the GM and Member Board of Directors (Healthcare) at the Aman Foundation.

Dr. Asher Hasan is a disruptive innovator and a serial entrepreneur in the areas of digital health and financial inclusion. He is the Founder of Naya Jeevan and the Co-Founder of doctHERs, Pakistan’s first telemedicine-enabled network of home-based, female doctors.

A TED speaker and TED fellow, Asher has previously served on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Social Innovation (2012-2014) and is a 2011 World Economic Forum/Schwab Foundation Asian Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Prior to launching Naya Jeevan, Asher served in the capacity of Senior Director of US Medical Affairs for Amylin, a leading bio-pharmaceutical company in San Diego, CA. Asher completed an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has conducted preclinical research at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital followed by training in General Surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center.

Säbeen is a Corporate Escape Artist. In 2007, she turned in her power stilettos and left  Thomson Reuters as a VP and arrived at the intersection of women + entrepreneurship where she went on to running a successful practice that helped incubate hundreds of women-led businesses in North America.

In 2011, she moved to Pakistan where she consulted for private & development sectors. She was the Country Director for Ashoka and Advisor for the US-Pakistani Women’s Council. In 2014, Sabeen launched Concentric, leading women-centric projects including the World Bank pilot, womenX, which accelerated 250+ businesses with IBA. She was also the brainchild and Angel behind doctHERs where she later transitioned into an operational role in 2017.

She is a Vital Voices Fellow  and Social Entrepreneur in Residence at INSEAD. She’s been invited to speak at Forbes Women and Fortune MPW.  She is alumni of Harvard Kennedy School and INSEAD  and has participated in global events such as the Women in the World Summit, President Obama’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit, G(irls)20 Summit, TED and meetings of World Economc Forum.