Sustainabl is committed to assisting potential and existing entrepreneurs in every stage of the lifecycle of an enterprise – right from inspiration, ideation and initiation, to incubation, investments and internationalisation of both mainstream innovations as well as ventures around social innovation and sustainability.

Salwa Akhter
Partner

Salwa Akhtar is an experienced international development professional with a demonstrated history of working with international donors’ on peace-building, entrepreneurship, economic growth, tax reforms and governance projects funded by World Bank, USAID, DFID, UN and EU.

Faisal Sherjan
Partner

Faisal Sherjan is an entrepreneur, an angel investor and founding Director of NIC Lahore. During his tenure, NICL startups raised USD 20 Million in funding. He played a key role in development of curriculum and methodology for training young micro entrepreneurs. Over 600 micro entrepreneurs were trained in Lahore, KP, Baluchistan and Karachi and qualified for grant funding of over USD 250K.

Yaser Awan
Partner

Yaser Awan is an entrepreneur and a trainer. He specialises in Design Thinking, Curriculum Development, Business Models and Investment Readiness. He has created products with more than 70 Million users and raised investments multiple times in his career. He brings in experience of multiple sectors including, media, entertainment, digital marketing , hardware and development sector.

 

We Believe

that empowering women economically helps empower women within their families, their communities, and beyond. We also focus on micro-enterprises because they have been largely invisible and under-researched, often dismissed as lifestyle businesses. What we hope to show is that micro-enterprises make valid contributions to wealth, job creation and personal fulfilment. 

Supporting micro-enterprise in disadvantaged areas is more than just about creating jobs and opportunities for individuals and businesses. It is part of developing enterprising communities where people, resources and finance are brought together in order to support and catalyse permanent change. Team Sustainabl believes that if appropriate strategies are created, micro-enterprises can be part of creating long-term change in disadvantaged areas, reversing the leakages of money and people out of an area and into a virtuous circle of growth and employment.

Sustainabl sets ambitious targets for women’s inclusion in all our programs, working hard to overcome social and cultural barriers to women’s full participation. No matter their passion, interest, or previous entrepreneurial experiences, Sustainabl has specialised experiential learning opportunities that will stimulate new ways of thinking and support their unique goals. Since its inception in 2019, Team Sustainabl has developed a rich and diverse set of offerings that cater first to the needs of Pakistani entrepreneurs.