Alumni UK Live Speakers - Feb 2025

Rawan is currently working with the United Nations World Food Programme in Namibia as the Research, Assessment, Monitoring (RAM) and Reporting Officer. She also dedicates time daily to advocate for youth employment through writing self-help content, sharing entry-level international jobs, and conducting webinars with over 50,000 global youth followers on LinkedIn. Rawan is the author of a business book titled No More Job Secrets which focuses on helping youth find entry-level international jobs.

Rehana delivers global projects that focus on policy, research, advocacy, and leadership development for creative professionals. Rehana builds strategic international collaborations and works to ensure conditions are in place for creative individuals and organisations to thrive and contribute to more sustainable and inclusive creative sectors. Rehana has worked as the Director Arts for the British Council in China, and has held roles at Arts Council England, the Southbank Centre and Teach First.

Rida Tahir is a Barrister of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn and an Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan, dedicated to promoting gender equality and child rights. She has earned prestigious fellowships, including those from Cornell Law School and the Centre for Protecting Women Online, and serves as the Gender Equality Fellow for the NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW/NY) for the year 2024-2025. 

Sana Rasool is the Carbon Market Specialist at Pakistan's Ministry of Climate Change, advising the Government on potential Carbon trading projects, internationally competitive rules and regulations and international carbon reporting under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Sana has also been the negotiator for Pakistan on Article 6. She hopes to see a new era of Carbon trading whereby actual and measurable mitigation takes place and countries gradually shift towards cleaner and greener policies.

Sara works with a wide variety of stakeholders including academic, industry and government partners and is keen to find ways for them to coalesce to better understand, support and enable the creative economy. She is passionate about championing and developing creative talent and ideas and brokering partnerships that enable individuals and organisations to realise their full creative and commercial potential.

After graduating from Political Science and International Relations Department, Seher was awarded the degree of Master of Arts in European Studies at King’s College with full scholarship. She has 15 years Human Resources leadership experience, and now works as an HR consultant and a professional coach. Seher's mission is to empower organisations and individuals to embrace change, navigate complex challenges, and thrive in an ever-evolving world.

Siddharth advises on Education Programmes at Street Child and led the Education Portfolio in Afghanistan. He establishes systems to ensure project teams can measure and positively influence teaching and learning. Sid has been an Education Consultant for the Government of Afghanistan and a Prime Minister’s Fellow with the Government of India. A Commonwealth and Cambridge trust scholar, Sid has an M.Phil in Education, Globalization and International Development from the University of Cambridge.

A multi-award winning doctor, lawyer, Global Health Practitioner and researcher, Dr Bosire is Executive Director of The Africa Center for Health Systems and Gender Justice, a Pan-African organization dedicated to addressing health and gender inequalities. She is a systems change agent with expertise in intersectional inequalities, health equity, health systems strengthening and sustainable development. She is Chairperson for Amnesty International Kenya and a board member of the CIVICUS Alliance.

Teresa is a social action trainer, experiential facilitator, and outdoor educator. Originally from Mexico but a resident of Scotland since 2013, Teresa creates brave and joyful learning spaces which invite people to tap into their curiosity. She has worked for organisations like Campaign Bootcamp and Girlguiding in the UK, and as a freelance trainer continues to deliver social action and DEI trainings to organisations like Media Trust.

Tréasa Fitzgibbon is an International Speaker, DEI & Careers Expert, Trainer and Coach at City CV. Following a 20-year banking career at Citi, HSBC, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, Tréasa now supports multinational organisations across all aspects of leadership and career management.