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Ms. Roshaneh Zafar is Chief Executive Officer at KASHF Microfinance Bank Ltd.
She is also Founder & Managing Director and on the Board of Directors at KASHF Foundation.
She founded the Kashf Foundation, the first specialized microfinance organization in Pakistan in 1996 after a chance meeting with Professor Muhammd Yunus of the Grameen Bank.
Prior to this, Ms. Zafar worked with the World Bank in Islamabad in the Water and Sanitation department for several years.
She was one of the first Ashoka Fellows in Pakistan and has been a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur since 2004.
She has also been awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian awards, by the President of Pakistan for her work in the field of development and women’s empowerment and was also awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2007.
Ms. Zafar is a graduate of the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and also holds a Masters degree in Development Economics from Yale University, USA.
Roshaneh Zafar active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd.
 FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd. Regional BanksFinance FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd. provides microfinance services. It offers loans such as kamyab kashtkar karza, barwaqt sunehri karza, maal maweshi qarza, kamyab karobari qarza, zarai karza and enterprise lending, and savings such as sahoolat current account, mohafiz term deposit, tahafuz term deposit, rozana munafa and aitemad bachat account, and financial services and grievance commissioner cell for overseas pakistanis. The company was founded by Roshaneh Zafar in June 2008 and is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. | Director/Board Member | 2009-11-26 |
KASHF Foundation
 KASHF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous KASHF Foundation is a non-banking micro finance firm headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. The firm was founded in 1996 as the first specialized microfinance institution of Pakistan and began operations as a Grameen replicator. KASHF offers a suite of innovative and transformative products and services to low-income households especially women. | Founder | 1995-12-31 |
| Kaarvan Crafts Ltd. | Director/Board Member | - |
| Sahil | Director/Board Member | - |
Kashf School Sarmaya
 Kashf School Sarmaya Financial ConglomeratesFinance Kashf School Sarmaya provides microfinance solutions to low-cost private schools. The company was founded by Roshaneh Zafar and is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Former positions of Roshaneh Zafar
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Women’s World Banking
 Women’s World Banking Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Women’s World Banking operates as a global non-profit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources essential to their security and prosperity. The firm specializes in global microfinance network and financial inclusion. The company was founded by Ela Ramesh Bhatt, Michaela Walsh and Esther Afua Ocloo in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
| FRIESLANDCAMPINA ENGRO PAKISTAN LIMITED | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Roshaneh Zafar
| Yale University | Graduate Degree |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| FRIESLANDCAMPINA ENGRO PAKISTAN LIMITED | Consumer Non-Durables |
| Private companies | 6 |
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FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd.
FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd. Regional BanksFinance FINCA Microfinance Bank Ltd. provides microfinance services. It offers loans such as kamyab kashtkar karza, barwaqt sunehri karza, maal maweshi qarza, kamyab karobari qarza, zarai karza and enterprise lending, and savings such as sahoolat current account, mohafiz term deposit, tahafuz term deposit, rozana munafa and aitemad bachat account, and financial services and grievance commissioner cell for overseas pakistanis. The company was founded by Roshaneh Zafar in June 2008 and is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. | Finance |
KASHF Foundation
KASHF Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous KASHF Foundation is a non-banking micro finance firm headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. The firm was founded in 1996 as the first specialized microfinance institution of Pakistan and began operations as a Grameen replicator. KASHF offers a suite of innovative and transformative products and services to low-income households especially women. | Miscellaneous |
| Kaarvan Crafts Ltd. | |
Women’s World Banking
Women’s World Banking Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Women’s World Banking operates as a global non-profit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources essential to their security and prosperity. The firm specializes in global microfinance network and financial inclusion. The company was founded by Ela Ramesh Bhatt, Michaela Walsh and Esther Afua Ocloo in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
| Sahil | |
Kashf School Sarmaya
Kashf School Sarmaya Financial ConglomeratesFinance Kashf School Sarmaya provides microfinance solutions to low-cost private schools. The company was founded by Roshaneh Zafar and is headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. | Finance |
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