Dr. Ayesha K. Khan, is an expert in the field of corporate strategy and
institutional growth in emerging markets. She is currently the CEO and Regional Managing
Director for Pakistan at Acumen – a global impact investment fund, where she focuses on climate
finance and investments across the Agriculture value chain. Dr. Khan is an Independent Director
on the Board of Fauji Fertilizer Company limited and has previously been the head of strategy
and corporate planning at HBL where she was the first person to hold this position at the bank.
She has also worked in New York as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, where she
focused on the financial sector, taught economics at Harvard University and consulted with the
UNDP on the Millennium Development Project. Dr. Khan holds a doctorate from Harvard Business
School (HBS), where she focused on corporate strategy, institutional development and emerging
markets. Her doctoral research concentrated on consumer financial choices in the banking sector.
In addition, Dr. Khan has authored HBS case studies and published several articles focused on
various aspects of building a successful business for various publications - including the
Harvard Business Review and Harvard Law School ILSP. Dr. Khan also holds a graduate degree in
International Development from Harvard Kennedy School, as well as an undergraduate degree in
Economics from Princeton University.
