Dr Shabnum Sarfraz is currently working as the Deputy Executive Director for the Women in Global Health, an organization with 57 chapters operating across 51 countries and committed to promoting gender equity and increase the percentage of women in health leadership. Prior to this she worked for the Federal Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, headed by the Prime Minister, where she was the national policy and planning lead for the health, education, youth and gender portfolios. She led Pakistan's national COVID19 response efforts and was the force behind the launch of the country’s first ever national gender policy framework. She has served as the Senior Technical Advisor for Marie Stopes International UK and Regional Human Resource for Health Advisor for WHO. She is a Harvard University Global Health LEAD Fellow and is recipient of Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Awards 2021 as conferred by the University of Surrey in recognition of her extraordinary professional achievements.