Fiza Farhan, a Warwick school graduate joins as one of the first 100 AACSB Influential Leaders, who are making an impact in the world through their business acumen, leadership, or entrepreneurial success.
Miss Farhan’s work exemplifies the innovative mindset and meaningful contributions to society that Warwick Business School graduates display around the world and every day—whether they operate within large corporations, small businesses, or the nonprofit sector.
Miss Farhan graduated from Warwick Business School and serves as CEO with the Buksh Foundation, a microfinance institution that brings clean energy projects to poor and rural areas of Pakistan. The foundation's business and clean energy loans have been extended to some 12,000 entrepreneurs.
The Buksh Foundation’s ‘light a million lives’ project, which aims to replace the millions of dangerous polluting kerosene lamps used in rural Pakistan with much safer solar lamps through an ingenious microfinancing scheme, has so far seen 37,000 households gain clean light and 150 villages electrified.
“It is an absolute honour to receive this award not only for myself and my organisations but for Pakistan,” said Miss Farhan. “I would like to deeply thank AACSB for recognising my work and the impact it has created in the lives of the thousands we work with...
“I would also like to thank Warwick Business School for not only nominating me but also for the transformational experience I gained at WBS during my one-year of Masters education there...WBS played a role of immense strength and value in making me the young, passionate leader that I am today.”
