Our Team
Salah Khawaja
Salah spent 15+ years in the financial sector in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Initially 11+ years as a management consultant with Deloitte. He then moved to J. P. Morgan and Bank of America where he spent 5 years in the Investment Bank running transformation related projects. Wanting to give back and recognizing the magnitude of the education crises he founded Khud. He believes that education technology coupled with self-learning is the 21st-century solution to tackle the education crisis.
Bilal Afzal Khan
Bilal has 8+ years of experience in education consultancy. After graduating from LUMS, he spent two transformational years with Teach For Pakistan to develop collective leadership for effective reforms in the education sector. He is also providing consultancy to the British Council for effective teachers’ training and has led the Integrating Technology team for the development of digital channels for the professional development of teachers across Pakistan. He likes to discuss Pakistan and international affairs as the flame inside of him to bring about change keeps on burning.
Yahya Aftab
Yahya graduated from LUMS in 2020 with a degree in Politics and is interested in pursuing public policy. His area of research has been a public health and education policy and was working as a Research Associate with PHCPI - a World Bank run research group - before joining Khud. Yahya is also an aspiring political pundit on the side and loves to dish out his analysis whenever he gets the chance!
Yasmin Shahid
Yasmin completed her B.Sc. from LCWU in 1978 and afterwards she started working in Defense Public School and became Senior Mistress in 2002. After attending different workshops on teachers’ training, she wished to serve children of remote areas in Lahore. In 2012, she established an English Medium School named “Zahoor Ahmad Public School” near a village, 25 km from Lahore. This area of underprivileged people was indeed her targeted community. It is up to sixth grade now with a total of 150 students.