FROM PROBLEMS • TO POSSIBILITIES

ORA ENABLES CLIENTS TO CONVERT EXISTING PROBLEMS INTO POSSIBILITIES

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FROM OBSTACLES • TO OPPORTUNITIES

ORA IDENTIFIES KEY OBSTACLES IN GROWTH AND TRANSFORMS THEM INTO OPPORTUNITIES

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FROM RESTRICTIONS • TO RESOURCES

ORA ENABLES RESTRICTING FACTORS IN GROWTH TO BECOME RESOURCES FOR ENABLING SUCCESS

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WHO WE ARE?

First you need to know

ORA is a global development advisory that brings together innovators, creative problem solvers, thinkers, strategists and doers!

We support governments, multilateral organizations, private sector corporations, NGOs, and development bodies to design strategies that will maximize not only their growth but also their impact, either at the organizational level or for specific programs and sectors. Our experience spans across sectors and we believe in creating value added partnerships that enable our clients to maximize business and social impact in their projects across the world.

Our Experts

We're the best professionals in this field

Fiza Farhan

Founder / CEO

Fiza Farhan is a leading global expert on issues pertaining to inclusive economic growth, climate change, sustainable development, financial inclusion, women empowerment, access to energy and multi-sectorial partnerships; advising various Governments, private sector and development agencies especially the United Nations on critical development issues in both realms of advocacy and action. Fiza is also the Convenor of the Male Champions of Change Pakistan Coalition, creating strong partnerships with CEOs of private sector organizations to enable them to step up for gender equality. Previously Fiza was the CEO & Co-founder of two social enterprises Buksh Foundation & Buksh Energy Private Limited, whereby she launched multiple global innovations on projects creating unique development solutions addressing multiple challenges the rural communities face including the nexus between empowerment for women & girls and access to clean and reliable energy solutions in addition to access to finance, education and economic livelihoods, later the same innovative ideas got recognized as “International Best Practices” by the UN Foundation & UN Habitat. Fiza was featured in the US Magazine Forbes “30 Under 30 List of Social Entrepreneurs” twice in 2015 and then in 2016, in addition to becoming the youngest member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Women Economic Empowerment, Future Energy Leader at the World Energy Council, and Chairperson to Chief Minister Punjab’s Task Force on Women Empowerment amongst many other high level board positions. Currently, Fiza is an advisor to multiple stakeholders in individual and institutional capacities, including UNICEF Pakistan, PFAN International, UNGC International etc. Fiza is a graduate of Lahore University of Management Sciences and completed her post-graduation from Warwick Business School, UK.

Fauzia Yazdani

Expert Advisor on Gender

Fauzia have diversified experience of working as a social policy advisor for gender and governance with and for the Government of Pakistan, Government of Norway, Government of the Netherlands, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC), and civil society organizations

Usman Khan

Expert Advisor on Governance

Usman started his professional career in banking and investment consulting in London after completing his post graduate from University of Cambridge, UK. He advised large institutional clients such as DFID, ADB, World Bank, USAID, UNIDO, UNICEF, FCO, and Federal Governments on financial matters including strategy, asset allocation, manager selection and corporate governance.

Farrukh Moriani

Expert Advisor on Sustainability

Farrukh is a senior advisor of private sector engagement for SDGs at UNDP. He was a policy advisor to the president of Oecusse special administrative region and a consultant on Trade Policy at CUTS international. His diverse experience over 20 years in different countries coupled with MSc. from LSE and MBA provide him a strong professional ground.

WHAT WE DO?

We provide a complete list of our best services

CONCEPTUALIZING STRATEGIES

We strategize demand driven development solutions and ensure effective implementation framework to maximize the returns for stakeholders.

REDEFINING ROADMAPS

We develop goal oriented approaches and devise impact led action plans to provide comprehensive frameworks for limitless opportunities.

RESTRUCTURING GROWTH

We formulate competitive analysis of businesses and frame evaluation tool-kits to enhance the impact of per dollar invested.

ENSURING EFFECTIVENESS

We build constructive teams, redefine organizational policies and integrate best business practices to intensify the efficiency of systems.

ADVOCATING POLICIES

We advise governments on national policy frameworks and direct them on crucial decisions to guarantee pivotal actionable outcomes.

BUILDING BRANDS

We enable strategic positioning of brands following an intensive market analysis to highlight the core values and KSF’s of the business amongst competition.

HONORARY PROFESSIONAL ROLES

The Impact and Significance of Honorary Professional Roles Held by CEO Fiza Farhan Advancing Industry Standards

Member- Board of Trustees Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Member- Save the Children UK Global Women’s Network
Member- The Emirates Society for Parents Care & Relief UAE
Board Member, Diamer Basha Development Company (DBDC) Pvt. Ltd
Member, Warwick Business School UK, Public and Third Sector Committee
Member Chief Minister Punjab’s Task Force on Donor Engagement / Relations with Government of Punjab
Chairperson Chief Minister Punjab’s Task Force on Women Empowerment
Member of the Board, Women’s Economic Imperative- United Kingdom

National Ambassador EDGE (Economic Dividends for Gender Equality) Certification- Switzerland
Member National Steering Committee UNDP GEF Small Grants Program – Pakistan
Member Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) - UN Women Pakistan
Member of the Board, Women Protection Authority Punjab – Pakistan
Member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Community
Future Energy Leader at the World Energy Council
Co-Chairperson, Italian Development Chamber of Commerce, Lahore Chapter
Board Member at the Nomination Committee, FEL-100 Program, World Energy Council
Advisory Board Member, Social Entrepreneurship Program at the British Council

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We provide our suite of services across the world

OUR WORK

Some of our recent work within our core expertise

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What Clients Say

Why our customers love us

Fiza is an inspiration global leader who is driving real and practical change on gender equality outcomes as Convener of Male Champions of Change Pakistan. Her perseverance and commitment shine through in everything she does

Annika FreyerCEO Male Champion of Change, Australia

Fiza is always magic to work with- the way she gets things done is unbelievable, from high level negotiations to ground level execution- Fiza has it all taken care of! Would definitely find another opportunity to work with her soon!

Mohammad Saleem RanjhaEx-Secretary BISP / Director BOI

Fiza through her various highest level of positioning and work, has a positive, and energetic approach, ideal for energising action leading to results, combining this with a sound grounding on a range of issues from women’s empowerment, to renewable energy, to responsible business.

Neil BuhneUN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Pakistan

Fiza Farhan worked with The British Asian Trust to conduct a scoping study for programme development for women in formal work in Pakistan by looking at the supply and demand side in urban areas. It was a pleasure to work with Fiza and her team as they were highly professional, proactive in finding solutions, immaculately on time, and developed a robust analysis of data. I would definitely work with Fiza again.'

Anjana RazaHead of Pakistan Programme, Britsh Asia Trust

Fiza completed a comprehensive gender mainstreaming plan for a conservation project in northern Pakistan. She proactively engaged with local women and formulated creative approaches for addressing their specific needs.

James LenociManaging Director, LENOCI Environmental Consulting Ltd.

Fiza is a breeze of positive change. Her dynamism and dedication for creating hope and opportunity for women in Pakistan is addictive. Not only does she have her heart in the right place but synchronizes her mind to ensure that both organs work in concert. Being a beacon for inspiration and a champion of women's empowerment makes her a joy to work with. Keep up the great work.

Mohammad QazilbashCountry Director, Oxfam

It has been our absolute pleasure and privilege to engage Fiza Farhan as a consultant for a energy bid in Pakistan over a period of several months. Due to COVID-19 it was not possible to travel to the country and we were looking for a well-connected and energetic person who would help my team navigate a challenging landscape of the Pakistan energy sector. Ms. Farhan understands and has extensive experience in working with the private sector, government entities, academia and donor organizations. She is a generator of great ideas and is an innovator. She is a champion of women in international development and energy space. I hope we stay connected with Ms. Farhan and her organization in the future.

Tatyana MarshallSenior Director, Energy Division RTI International

Process Flow

How our work evolves with the clients needs

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ALLIGNING STRATEGIES
ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS
HAPPY CLIENT

We comprehend the vision and end goal of our clients. We list down the main challenges along with the sub-problems to focus upon while constructing our main hypothesis. The hypothesis is carefully examined in order to include the particularities of our clients and the end objectives to be achieved.

We do an extensive quantitative and qualitative research along with an internal expert dialogue over the hypothesis to match it with similar international or regional challenges and map opportunities. We then propose multiple solutions to cater to various problems, which ultimately boil down to a strategy map.

We review our recommendations after engaging relevant international and local stakeholders and create a “what is in it for me” framework for all diverse partners on the table. These are then translated to proposing partnership frameworks or building actual quantifiable syndicates depending on our client’s requirements.

After detailed working, extensive consultations, strategy road maps and effective execution; we deliver the end result to the client matching the objectives set forth and creating a sustainable enabling environment for their teams to continue to scale the impact and growth further on their own. Suitability and sustainability of our solutions are the foremost priority of us at ORA to make our clients value our relationship.