About

I work as the Senior Regional Director, Asia for CABI. I collaborate and build partnerships with Member Country governments, scientific research organizations, agricultural development organizations and development cooperation agencies, including development banks, which lead to the delivery of our organizational mission ‘Improving people’s lives by applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.’ My objective is to work with Member Country governments to enhance cooperation and build better sustainable systems.

I am a post-harvest technologist and good agricultural practices expert with more than 20 years of professional experience. This includes intensive experience as an agribusiness specialist and extensive and diversified experience in food safety, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Systems, post-harvest, agribusiness, supply chain development, trade and investment promotion.

I also have experience developing agricultural markets through trade promotions and bilateral negotiations. Recent experience includes working with federal and provincial governments of various countries such as the World Bank, UKAID, ACIAR, ADB, RVO, GIZ, USDA and USAID.

I have extensive experience developing partnerships, at bilateral and multilateral levels, to promote horticultural commodities in Pakistan, UAE, Russia, Iran, China, Philippines, Singapore, Australia and the USA. Similarly, I possess vast experience in promoting public-private partnerships which help to direct poultry, dairy and food processing investments in Pakistan.

I have developed and implemented more than 17 partnership programmes worth over $50 million USD and have more than 20 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals.