Marvi Memon

Marvi Memon is a humanitarian, former parliamentarian, Federal Minister and CEO. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, she was schooled in Karachi, Paris and Kuwait. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc (Econ) in International Relations in 1993, and holds a Master's in Advanced Global Studies from the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po (2020). She has more than 30 years of work experience. She has worked for Citibank, served as CEO of Pakistan's first satellite tracking company, and advised the President of Pakistan on media management and the Ministry of Investments. She was a parliamentarian for two consecutive terms and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Information Committee. As Federal Minister, she chaired BISP, Pakistan's largest social safety net, then funded at $1.25bn. She has also undertaken a guest lecture tour of European think tanks and universities. Ms Memon was awarded the UK House of Commons Speaker's Inaugural Democracy Award in 2017 and the French Officier de Mérite in 2017. She was a member of the World Bank Advisory Gender Council in 2017 and is currently a member of the Advisory Council of the World Bank's Partnership for Economic Inclusion. She is the Founding CEO of the Legislative Alliance for Women Empowerment Protection (LAWEP), which generates model legislation on key Sustainable Development Goals through generative AI. She is multilingual, with written and spoken fluency in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu and Sindhi.