Noureen Lakhani

Persistent leader, pragmatic professional with solid experience in leadership roles. Eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic. Adept at implementing strategic business plans, driving growth and improving operations. Skilled in financial management and stakeholder relations. Collaborative and dedicated to building and leading talented and motivated individuals. Reliable Manager demonstrating high level of ownership and initiative. Possessing exceptional work ethic and desire to go above and beyond to exceed company expectations. Offering knack for building productive working relationships. Successful in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments to manage goals and team development. History of thriving in team-oriented environments. Hardworking and motivated educationalist with more than 15 years of experience and record of success in education industry. Solid history balancing team performance, customer service targets and business objectives. Dedicated to working closely with employees to maximize productivity and optimize procedures. Decisive leader with good planning and organizational skills.

• Increased overall student academic performance on standardized tests by 60%.
• Developed and implemented a marketing campaign that raised new student enrollment by 50%.
• Build strong partnership with International qualifications like ACCA/CIMA and receive Platinum status upon maintaining highest enrollment in these programmes.
• Organized workshops/conferences/open house/social events for community
• Established school’s social media presence and automated phone system to alert parents and students of critical or time-sensitive information.
• Prepared and analyzed budgeting and forecasting for the entire school of 2000+ students.
• On track to deliver at least Rs.1m in business benefits in FY24 through advanced analytics initiatives.

• Research in Education: A foundation course (AKU-IED)
• Policy studies for Education (AKU-IED)
• Monitoring and Evaluating School Performance organized by Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development
• Organizational Learning and Development conducted by Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development
• Teach the trainer Workshop on Business Correspondence
• Practice Event Management conducted by Human Resource Development Committee, Council for Garden
• Handling Difficult People organized by Aga Khan University
• Emotional Intelligence conducted by Aga Khan University

• Panelist in online broadcast organized by British Council Pakistan for teachers and school management on topic ‘Teaching Matters’, 11/2022
• Paper presentation on ‘Exploring the Formative Use of Classroom Observation Tools to Address Teachers’ Learning Needs in 11th International Conference 2018 ‘Assessment and Evaluation in the Global South: Engaging and Transforming Discourses and Practices’, 11/8/2018
• Paper presentation on ‘Best practices in School’ (impact of extracurricular activities on students’ development), in the ‘1st Regional Conference on Sharing Best Practices’ organized by Aga Khan Education Services, Pakistan, 10/2016
• Paper publication on ‘Impact of women involvement in decision making.’
• Principal’s Conference: Engaged Teaching organized by the Aga Khan University Examination Board in partnership with Oxford University Press, 10/19/2016
• Conference for Career Counsellors: Cultivating Nurturing Pathways-Strengthening negotiation skills with young people you work with organized by The Aga Khan University, 03/2/2017
• Roundtable ‘ACCA Education and Training: Roadmap to excellence’ organized by ACCA Pakistan, 12/4/2009
• ACCA-WWF Green Economy Forum Pakistan 2012 organized by Association of Chartered Certified Accountancy

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• Panelist in online broadcast organized by British Council Pakistan for teachers and school management on topic ‘Teaching Matters’ November 2022.

· Paper presentation on ‘Exploring the Formative Use of Classroom Observation Tools to Address Teachers’ Learning Needs in 11th International Conference 2018 ‘Assessment and Evaluation in the Global South: Engaging and Transforming Discourses and Practices’ November 8-9, 2018, organized by Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development

· Paper presentation on ‘Best practices in School’ (impact of extracurricular activities on students’ development), in the ‘1stRegional Conference on Sharing Best Practices’ organized by Aga Khan Education Services, Pakistan, October 2016

· Paper publication on ‘Impact of women involvement in decision making.’

· Principal’s Conference: Engaged Teaching organized by the Aga Khan University Examination Board in partnership with Oxford University Press on October 19th, 2016.

· Conference for Career Counsellors: Cultivating Nurturing Pathways-Strengthening negotiation skills with young people you work withorganized by The Aga Khan University on March 2nd, 2017

· Roundtable ‘ACCA Education and Training: Roadmap to excellence’ organized by ACCA Pakistan on 4thDecember 2009

· ACCA-WWF Green Economy Forum Pakistan 2012 organized by Association of Chartered Certified Accountancy