Marvi Memon

Marvi Memon is a former Federal Minister of Pakistan for poverty alleviation with over 30 years portfolio experience in corporate management, consumer banking, entrepreneurship, media management, investment advisory, military civilian security management, peace building, climate crisis management, Parliament, Cabinet for SDG realization, and Generative AI Legislation. Born in Karachi Pakistan in 1972, after schooling from Karachi, Paris and Kuwait, she graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc(Econ) Hons in International Relations in 1993 and an Executive Master’s in Advanced Global Studies from SciencesPo Paris School of International Affairs in 2020. She has worked for Citibank, been CEO of Pakistan’s first satellite tracking
company with a South African multinational; advised the President of Pakistan on Media Management, the Ministry of Investments; been a parliamentarian for two consecutive terms, an Information Committee Chairperson in parliament; Chaired as Federal Minister the largest social safety net of Pakistan BISP with a yearly budget of $1.25 billion serving 6 million beneficiaries over 400 offices and supervising over 2300 employees. In her academic sabbatical after the Ministerial experience, she has undertaken a guest lecture tour of top European think tanks and universities where she has spoken extensively on SDG related subjects. Ms. Memon has the distinction of being awarded the UK House of Commons Speaker Inaugural Democracy Award 2017, the French Officier de Merite award 2017 and Membership of the World Bank Advisory Gender Council 2017 and is currently Member of the World Bank Advisory Council PEI. She is a political artist as well and has exhibited her work internationally. She has two legislations to her credit; one of which won an Oscar documentary award. She has authored five books and is a speaker at international conferences, including IFIs, including COP28 and Davos. She is multilingual: English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu, Sindhi.