Fasieh Mehta

- Management professional with almost 16 years of multidisciplinary experience in public, private & development sectors
- Currently responsible for Pakistan Operations of Quixel, a startup working in photorealism mapping the entire world and recently acquired by Epic Games
- Managed Pakistan's largest technology incubation center, with a portfolio of 187 startups who raised over Rs.2.13 billion in investments and revenue
- Worked closely with the Ministry of IT & Telecom, Jazz (Pakistan's largest telecom operator) and various public and private sector entities
- My core expertise is managing large-scale programs & teams, with high impact & practice principles of a learning organization
- Played an active role with various regulators for startup ecosystem building including the inclusion of startup being recognized as a legal entity by the SECP
- Cross-cutting exposure across B2B, B2C, G2C, G2B & G2G settings
- Worked with Pakistan Government (Federal & Provincial) serving the Chief Minister of Punjab and the Prime Minister of Pakistan on various ICT4D initiatives
- Consulted for the Prime Minister's office for establishment of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit & with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on enabling CVAS regime offerings for public sector
- Business development experience with strong networks in government, information technology industry, media, civil society, private and development sectors
- Successfully helped businesses to grow and scale, passionate ecosystem builder; working as a trainer, consultant and mentor with UNDP, DFID, British Council, Founders Institute, DTEC Dubai, T3 Istanbul, Hackquarters Istanbul and Take Off Istanbul
- Experience of working in the UK, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan with cross-cultural teams
- Actively involved with UNDP in Government Innovation Labs with various sessions held across Vietnam, China, Singapore & Bhutan
- Academic qualification in public policy & management, marketing, business administration and supply chain
- Interviewed prominent business leaders from across the country and various investors and founders from Singapore, UK, US & Pakistan to document learnings for young founders
- Have taught senior bureaucrats (grade 19 and above) at the National School of Public Policy
- Key skills: strategic planning, public policy, change evangelism, developing collaborative ecosystems, operations management, programme design & management, creating and empowering communities, marketing, training & organizational development and customer engagement