Meet the team

ABDUL AHAD AYUB

  • Vice President of Teach the World Foundation

  • 6+ years digital learning experience in development contexts

  • Former Teach for Pakistan (TFP) fellow

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education; Lahore University of Management Sciences

 

SHIRIN HUSAIN

  • Chief Implementation Officer and Director of Operations - South Asia. Leads all on-the-ground operations.

  • Educator with 30 years of teaching, training, curriculum development and leadership experience

  • Accomplished teaching career at prestigious Karachi Grammar school and others

  • Faculty member, Notre Dame Institute of Education, Karachi

  • Australian Catholic University; University of Karachi; St. Joseph’s College

 

SHAFIQ KHAN

  • President/co-founder of Teach the World Foundation

  • Former digital leader at Marriott International, United Airlines & US Airways

  • Digital transformation leader; led digital transformation of travel industry

  • Pioneer in online booking, electronic ticketing

  • Harvard Business School; Punjab University

 

NAUREEN MERAJ

  • Co-founder of Teach the World Foundation

  • Award-winning gamification expert

  • Pioneer in using gamification for learning, education and personal development

  • University of Massachusetts; University of Washington

 

IMRAN SAYEED

  • Co-founder of Teach the World Foundation

  • Global innovation executive; entrepreneur

  • ComputerWorld 100 CTO; leader in gamification

  • MIT Sloan School of Management faculty

  • Brown University

 

AHMED SIDDIQUI

  • Founding team member of Teach the World Foundation

  • Tech entrepreneur; game developer

  • Pioneer in using gamification for children’s learning and development

  • Babson College; University of Minnesota

 

ROBERT J. TORRES, PhD

  • Chief strategy officer of Teach the World Foundation

  • Former Gates Foundation head of educational technology

  • Global educational technology leader and “gamified learning” expert

  • New York University; Stanford University; Oberlin College

 
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TINA VALENTI

  • Chief Financial Officer of Teach the World Foundation

  • 20+ years financial management experience in Fortune 500, start-up, and non-profit organizations

  • Wharton School of Business; Michigan State University