Yasmin Hyder

Yasmin Hyder has 32 years of work experience primarily in trade, marketing and communication, gender, businesswomen networks and HR/knowledge events with both local and international organizations. She is deeply passionate about building peace across borders and contributing to an inclusive environment for women professionals through initiatives that foster economic empowerment and global integration. She is CEO of New World Concepts, a management and marketing consulting practise based in Karachi and President, Pakistan Women Entrepreneurs Network for Trade (WE-NET) – a national representative platform for women SME’s, established with support of the World Bank Group and Australian Government.

Yasmin was a pioneer in 2001 setting up a 100% women owned business and worked with leading MNC’s in Pakistan esp Pharma, FMCG, Oil and Gas, Insurance and Financial sector and consults with the World Bank IFC Group. She instituted an annual learning event in 2012, the International Women Leaders Summit which to date has hosted 170 speakers from 44 countries.

Yasmin is a Certified Board Director; Member, Board of Advisors, Women on Boards Trust Pakistan; Founding Member, US Pakistan Women’s Council; Chairperson, International Women Leaders Summit; Advisor to the Board, Special Olympics Pakistan; Certified Business Edge Trainer of IFC World Bank Group; Member UNCTAD-ITC ‘20 Global Women Entrepreneurs’ Trade Mission to Canada; Winner of Rotary International GSE Award and recipient of FCO Award, UK. She acquired a Post Graduate degree from Cardiff Business School, University of Wales, UK with distinction in International Business after graduating from IBA, Karachi with MBA in Finance & Marketing. She successfully completed the Executive Leadership Course in July 2019 at Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University, Canberra.