 Nazeer Aziz Ladhani
Senior Advisor
Aga Khan Development
Network
Kenya
A Senior Advisor with the Aga Khan
Development Network, Mr. Ladhani currently serves as the Project Director for
three graduate professional schools under development in East Africa by the Aga
Khan University (AKU): the Graduate School of Media and Communications,
Graduate School of Management, and Graduate School of Leisure and Tourism.
A proven
leader and strategic manager in multinational academic, philanthropic and
corporate settings, Mr. Ladhani brings to his current position a record of longstanding global engagement and
experience. Specific areas of interest and expertise include: international
higher education; international development and poverty alleviation; pluralism
and democracy; and international relations.
Prior to his appointment with AKU, Mr.
Ladhani served as the Director General of the University of Central Asia, a
unique, internationally chartered higher education institution in the process
of establishing programmes and purpose-built campuses in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan. He was also the founding Chief Executive Officer of Aga Khan
Foundation Canada, which he led from a start-up to to a ‘premier private
international development agency’ in Canada, with a strong organizational
culture; a dedicated, multi-skilled team of professional staff, consultants and
resource bases; a solid financial base; and a reputation for quality,
excellence and probity. While at AKFC, Mr. Ladhani led efforts to establish the
Global Centre for Pluralism in Canada.
Born in Tanzania, Mr. Ladhani participated in the
senior executive program of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and holds
an MBA (with distinction) from INSEAD. He is a Fellow of Chartered Certified
Accountants in the United Kingdom; a Certified Management Accountant (Canada)
and Chartered Management Accountant (United Kingdom). He currently resides in
Nairobi, Kenya. |
