Malahat Awan has more than 26 years of unique and diverse management experience in various national and international organizations. She holds a Master’s Degree in Economics with majors in HR and Marketing.

Currently, she is working as Director Corporate Relations, alumni affairs and Communications at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (IBA). She also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. Over the course of her professional life, she has served as the CEO of British Business Centre, Head of Corporate Affairs at the British Deputy High Commission. She has also worked in British Council, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Government of Pakistan. She is a certified Director.

She also heads a Foundation working for preservation of music, arts and literature in Pakistan called the Tehzeeb Foundation.