Jehan Ara

Jehan Ara is the Founder & CEO of Katalyst Labs which is a Startup Accelerator Innovation Hub and Women Leadership Fellows program. After a 20-year stint as President of P@SHA and 6.5 years as Founder & CEO of The Nest I/O, this is the culmination of a dream for Jehan Ara. She is also an Independent Director on the Board of the Central Depository Council, the Punjab IT Board, IDEAS, and the Boards of several Universities. Jehan is on the Steering Committee of the Women for Boards and is also on the Gender Advisory Council of the World Bank and a Member of the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on IT & the Digital Economy and is a Member of the Tik Tok APAC Safety Advisory Council. The President of Pakistan has recently nominated her for the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for her services to the IT and startup sector.