Ameena Saiyid

Ameena Saiyid OBE is the current Managing Director of Oxford University Press in Pakistan. She became the head of OUP Pakistan in 1988, thereby becoming the first woman to ever head a multinational company in Pakistan.[1] In 2005, she became the first Pakistani woman to be awarded the Order of the British Empire for her services to women’s rights, education, and intellectual property rights in Pakistan, and to Anglo-Pakistan relations.[2]

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Career

She taught at Lahore American School before joining OUP.[1]

OUP

Saiyid joined OUP in 1979 in Lahore and served in various capacities before leaving in 1986 to launch her own publishing house, Saiyid Books.[1] In 1988 she rejoined as its chief executive.

Other Acitivies

In 2009, she became a member of FIA's Advisory Committee on IPR Enforcement.[3]

In April 2010, she became the first woman elected to be president of the 150-year-old Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI).[4] She had earlier served as its Vice President in 2009-2010[5] which was also a first by a woman.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Profile: Ameena Saiyid IBA Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. ^ KARACHI: Ameena Saiyid gets OBE award Dawn 30 April 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ^ Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. ^ 29 Ameena Saiyid becomes OICCI president Daily Times April 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. ^ Managing Committee OICCI Retrieved 11 November 2010.