Chief Inspirationist, ExtraCorp
School of Leadership Foundation

A marketing graduate, Urooj is always involved with marketing and creativity. A keen mind for the strategic side of things, she brings a diverse background seen both sides of the training world (trainee and trainer). Post recruitment and training at SoL, she successfully led Beyond Beauty, a residential women empowerment conference. Her experience added when she joined SoLF. As one of the initiators of ExtraCorp, she helped it attain completion from concept. Besides responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations at ExtraCorp, she is also intricately involved in expanding ExtraCorp through crafting new business initiatives. So far under ExtraCorp, she has launched 5 businesses: Bäckerei, Blaze, Rageela, Write Away and Pleasures. Bäckerei was ranked in the top 5 entrepreneurial ventures by Shell Tameer Awards. Urooj strives to change the way people think about persons with disabilities and MADventurism (Making a Difference).

At SoL, she has also been facilitator and advisor at YLC, a conference where 300 participants bring leadership to life, and Talent Fair.

While training she’s been around the globe from Srilanka to Thailand and within Pakistan, serving teams and clientele diverse in nationality and stratum. Urooj is a student for life, and has learnt from UNDP (United Nation Development Program), SoL (School of Leadership) and a multitude of seminars and short courses. Among others, she has trained UNDP (United Nation Development Program), WWF (Worker’s Welfare Fund), FPS (Foundation Public School), TF (Talent Fair), TTYT (Train the Young Trainer), TCF (The Citizen’s Foundation), AKDN (Agha Khan Development Network), NIM (National Institute of Management), Pak Navy, BBSYDP (Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program), UExcel, NOWPDP(Network of Organizations Working for Disability), HBL(Habib Bank Limited), Sonheri Bank, IBP(Institute of Bankers in Pakistan) and ICMAP (Institute of Chartered Management Associates of Pakistan). For her outstanding work at such a young age, Urooj has been acclaimed with ‘Youth Icon’ award in 2007.

Personal and social development as her forte, Urooj works within and outside of our doors with energy, joviality, passion, soul, integrity, humor, and flexibility. She serves as a source of inspiration for her colleagues. Urooj is quick to open up with people and even quicker in opening others. She has a rich background in building relationships with clients.

Trustee
School of Leadership Foundation

Kamran Rizvi, is founding director of School of Leadership and is also director at Navitus, a leading OD consulting firm in the country.

Kamran specializes in behavioral change and OD. He facilitates workshops to enhance managerial competencies. Topics include Inspirational and Visionary Leadership, Out of Box Thinking and Corporate Reformation. He brings innovative, effective and practical strategies for implementing change in non—profits and for-profit organizations striving to grow, improve productivity, quality and impact. He regularly writes articles on leadership and management for Blue Chip, a leading business magazine of Pakistan . Visit www.bluechipmag.com.

He holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde , Scotland , where he majored in organization development. He is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Inc., having completed courses in Management, Executive Image, Effective Speaking and Human Relations. He has attended a number of courses that include “Leadership for the 21st Century”, at the J F K School of Government, Harvard University, Dr Peter Senge's “The Learning Organization – Building a Sustainable Future”, and “Strategic Leadership and Change Management” at the Wharton SMU Program, in Singapore. Kamran is an approved training resource for members of YPO (Young President's Organization), headquartered in the United States .

Kamran loves to devote his time to designing and facilitating leadership programs for youth by serving on the boards of School of Leadership (SoL) in Pakistan and ICLS ( Intercultural Communication & Leadership School ) headquartered in Rome , Italy . He facilitates workshops for ICLS on Community Leadership and encourages confidence building between young community leaders from different religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Having lived and worked in the UK for twenty years, he moved to Pakistan and pioneered the self- development and OD movement there in 1991. He founded KZR that has since spawned Navitus, SoL and many other profit and non-profit entities. He is a well-regarded inspirational speaker and is frequently invited to speak on topics of contemporary management interest. He has addressed audiences at the National Defense College, Pakistan Administrative Staff College (PASC), corporate annual conferences, universities, colleges and schools.

He continues to serve major multinational and local companies, private voluntary organizations, educational institutes and public sector agencies.

Kamran is married, has three grown up children and divides his time between Canada , UK and Pakistan .

Trustee
School of Leadership Foundation

Shireen Naqvi's experience as a chief executive officer at School of Leadrship (SoL) and senior management consultant and facilitator at Navitus includes having been consulted by a number of local and multinational corporations, NGOs and educational resource centers across Pakistan. Her areas of focus are personal social development and visionary leadership. In her efforts to bring about positive change in the nation’s professional environment, she organized and led the annual Young Leaders Conference (YLC) from 2002 to 2006.

Shireen holds an MBA (1993), from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi where she majored in Management Information Systems.

Shireen’s success in facilitating competency-building programs lies in her strength of adapting to a wide range of people.  Being exposed to diverse cultures through extensive traveling and varied experiences, Shireen believes in the value of diversity and the existence of immense potential in each and every individual.

She stimulates and enhances the latent talents of participants in her workshops. Her aim is to develop inner discipline, greater resolve and empathy in people.

Shireen is married, has two children and lives in Karachi.