Hafsa Ahmed
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Hafsa Ahmed MNZM is a New Zealand academic, and is a lecturer in the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University. In 2023, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to ethnic communities and women.
Academic career
Ahmed is originally from Hyderabad, India, and has a BE and an MBA from Osmania University.[1][2] She worked for HSBC Holdings in London before moving to New Zealand in 2007.[1][2] Ahmed completed a PhD titled Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry at Lincoln University in 2014, and worked as a research assistant at the university and as a policy advisor at Environment Canterbury.[3][2] Ahmed then joined the faculty of the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at the university.[2] She specialises in 'stakeholder ecosystem management'.[4] Ahmed is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, and is their New Zealand lead.[5][4]
Voluntary work
In 2016 Ahmed and her husband co-founded the Lady Khadija Charitable Trust, of which she is also a trustee.[6] The trust is a registered charity that runs a variety of projects to support communities and individuals, such as leadership workshops for ethnic women, storytelling projects to deepen intercultural understanding of immigrant journeys, and exhibitions and events.[7][8][9] Ahmed served as the Chair of the Canterbury Interfaith Society from 2021, and sits on the board of Ako Ōtautahi – Learning City Christchurch.[6]
Honours and awards
In the 2023 New Year Honours, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to ethnic communities and women.[6]
Selected works
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hafsa Ahmed". Asia Media Centre | New Zealand. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lincoln University". researchers.lincoln.ac.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ Ahmed, Hafsa (2014). Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry (PhD thesis). Research@Lincoln, Lincoln University.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hafsa Ahmed". Millpond. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ Trondez (25 April 2024). "Dr Hafsa Ahmed has joined ACMP ANZ". ACMP Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "New Year Honours List 2023 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ "Ethnic Women's Leadership Course | Ministry for Ethnic Communities". www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ "About The Lady Khadija Charitable Trust". Lady Khadija Trust. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ↑ O'Callaghan, Jody (31 December 2022). "Honour for Cantabrian trying to 'light candles instead of curse the darkness'". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
External links
- Influencers @ LU Episode 7: Overcoming project stakeholder myopia for success, video podcast episode, 29 July 2020, via YouTube