People

Academic Body

Professor Adeel Malik
Associate Professor at the Oxford Department for International Development, Globe Fellow in the Economies of Muslim Societies and Rhodes Scholar (1999).
Dr Talha J. Pirzada
Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Lecturer in Materials Science at Mansfield College and Chartered Mechanical Engineer at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Professor Masooda Bano
Senior Research Fellow at Brasenose College and Professor of Development Studies at the Oxford Department for International Development.
Dr Fiona Spensley
Vice Principal and Director of Visiting Students at Lady Margaret Hall.
Dr Nick Brown
Principal of Linacre College and Oxford University Lecturer in Forestry.
Professor Robin Harding
Associate Professor of Government at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Tutorial Fellow in Politics at Lady Margaret Hall and member of the Oxford Q-Step Centre.
Professor Sanja Bogojević
Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law and Tutor & Fellow in Law at Lady Margaret Hall.
Dr Jane Hoverd
Senior Tutor at Linacre College.
Professor Simon Quinn
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at St Antony’s College.
Dr Abrar Chaudhry
Fellow at Green Templeton College and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Fellow at SaΓ―d Business School.
Dr Elizabeth Kiss
Warden of the Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust.
Professor John McGrady
Professor of Computational Inorganic Chemistry and Fellow of New College.
Dr Samina Khan
Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St. Anne’s College.
Dr Matthew Williams
Access and Career Development Fellow at Jesus College and Lecturer in Politics at St. Hilda’s College and University College.
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Management

Professor Adeel Malik

Professor Adeel Malik

Co-Founder & Academic Lead

Adeel is a development macroeconomist who completed his doctorate at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He holds the Globe Fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.

Dr Talha J. Pirzada

Dr Talha J. Pirzada

Co-Founder & Development Lead

Talha is a lecturer in Materials Science and a Junior Research Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. He is a Chartered Engineer at the IMechE and co-founder of the OPP.

Minahil Saqib

Minahil Saqib

Operations Lead

Minahil is an Associate Director at Barclays. While at Oxford, she served as the Vice President of the Oxford Pakistan Society.

Haroon Zaman

Haroon Zaman

Co-Founder & Management Lead

Haroon is a corporate lawyer based in London. He co-founded the OPP as an undergraduate at Oxford, where he received a BA in Jurisprudence.

Operations

Hamza Saeed

Marketing & Operations Associate

Leveraging his background in law and communications, Hamza oversees the OPP’s digital strategy and workflows.

Eman Sajid

Eman Sajid

Outreach Team

Eman works as the Marketing Lead of Igniteful, an edtech platform aiming to ignite the full potential of Pakistani youth.

Harram Sajid

Administrative Assistant

Harram provides critical support for scheduling and inquiries to ensure the smooth daily functioning of the programme.