Dr. Ammara Farooq Malik
Seplaa Founder & Group CEO
- Business Strategy & Immigration Expert
- Legal, Policy & International Development Expert
- Impact Investments, Gender & Climate Adaptation Advocate
BA. LL.B. MA (Punjab University), LLM, University of London (UK), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA, Netherlands).
Dr. Malik is a multi-sectoral professional with over 24 years of experience in business, law, international development, social entrepreneurship and academia.
She is a US (International Visitor Leadership Program) IVLP and World Learning Alumna, a Social Enterprise Development Center & David & Lucille Packard Foundation at SEDC LUMS Alumna, an Executive Development Institute of the National School of Public Policy Alumna and an award-winning international speaker and expert, having presented during various forums and conferences in New York, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis (USA), Duhok (Iraq), Istanbul (Turkey), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Nepal (Kathmandu), Male (Maldives), Singapore and Manila on social enterprise development with a focus on empowerment, environment and gender related national and international policies. Shen is also a Spring Activator (Canada) alumna and has numerous international accolades to her credit.
- Founder’s Linkedin Profile
- Founder becomes first Pakistani Lawyer to Chair GAIL APAC Board- Express Tribune, 2023.
- Founder Interviewed as a Prominent Alumna worldwide by University of London, 2023.
- Founder’s work appreciated by US Consultate General Lahore, 2020.
- Founder’s Work appreciated in The News, 2019.
- Founder’s work appreciated in The New Middle East Blog
- Founder honored as Ms. Inspiration 2015 by the US Pakistan Women’s Council, March 2015
Other positions:
Chair, Asia Pacific Regional Board Member, Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL)
Founding Principal Attorney, AFMalik Law- Attorneys & International Development Consultants