Mr Sikandar Ali Hullio, 42, is an anthropologist, human development and management professional. He possess more than fifteen years rich working experience with several national and international donor aid agencies in Pakistan. It combines developing working partnerships with the mainstream political forces, media, civil society and marginalized communities in the country. For this, his key working areas have been human development, governance, democratization and community empowerment.
He has also been a freelance columnist and analyst with various national and local languages newspapers including frequently appearing on mainstream electric channels - largely analyzing and commenting upon the governance, democracy, and human development related issues and concerns in Pakistan. His sample writing can be googled at: Sikandar Ali Hullio .
Prior to joining Shaheed Bhutto Foundation (SBF), his last major working assignment was with a national social enterprise - Social Development Enterprise (SDE) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), which works on social entrepreneurship projects and programs with an active network across country. Mr Hullio has also worked in managerial capacities with UNDP, DFID, USAID, ActionAid and TVO, through different project interventions on governance, democratization, decentralization, provision of basic services, poverty alleviation and community empowerment.
Throughout his professional career, he has been very instrumental to develop, implement and oversee various projects and programs, by achieving overall targets within provided timelines. An intensive and extensive desk work plus field travels, presentations, group facilitation skills have been his key strengths. This includes his command on written English, Urdu and other regional languages. He has been very effective, persuasive in donor relations including maintaining public relationships that contribute positively for the organizational development, resource mobilization and image building as a leader of the team. He can currently be reached at ceo@sbf.org.pk