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Usman Iftikhar

Investor

Co-Founder & CEO at Catalysr

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

About

Usman Iftikhar is CEO of Catalysr, a pre-accelerator program for migrants and refugees, and has worked across for-profit and nonprofit sectors for 15 years across multiple countries. He has received recognition including the 2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year award and multiple fellowships and leadership honors in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. His work focuses on addressing climate change and the global refugee crisis.

Experience

  1. Catalysr - Pre-accelerator for Migrants & RefugeesCEOcurrent2018 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
  2. Catalysr - Pre-accelerator for Migrants & RefugeesCo-Founder & COO2016 — 2018Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  3. Backbone PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2022 — presentAustralia
  4. Catalysr XCo-Founder and Chief Consultantcurrent2021 — presentAustralia
  5. SpaceBase NZHead of Growth and Partnershipscurrent2020 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
  6. StartmateFirst Believercurrent2020 — present
  7. Space without bordersCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentAustralia
  8. World Economic ForumGlobal Shaper2019 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  9. i4 ConnectCommercialisation Facilitator, Entrepreneurs’ Programme2020 — 2022New South Wales, Australia
  10. Obama FoundationObama Leader: Asia-Pacific2019 — 2020Greater Sydney Area
  11. Edmund Hillary Fellowship (EHF)Fellow Cohort 5 (Karamu)2019 — 2020Greater Hamilton Area
  12. Westpac FoundationWestpac Social Change Fellow2019 — 2020Greater Sydney Area
  13. Regional Opportunities AustraliaNon Executive Director2019 — 2020Australia
  14. G20 Young Entrepreneurs AllianceAustralian Lead - Entrepreneur Visa Working Group2017 — 2020Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  15. YLab GlobalAssociate Consultant2016 — 2019
  16. AMPAMP Tomorrow Maker2018 — 2019Greater Sydney Area
  17. Singularity UniversityGlobal Solutions Program (GSP 2017) Fellow2017NASA Research Park, Silicon Valley
  18. EnergyLabDirector Of Special Projects2016 — 2017Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  19. EnergyLabProject Manager at Climathon Sydney2016Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  20. The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)Young Social Pioneer2016

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessExecutive Program in Social Entrepreneurship, Business/Commerce2020
  2. International Space UniversityExecutive Space Course - Asia Pacific2021
  3. Wade Institute of EntrepreneurshipVC Catalyst Program, Finance2020
  4. University of WollongongMaster's degree, Engineering Management2013
  5. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering2008 — 2012
  6. Headstart SchoolA levels2006 — 2008

Skills & more

Leadership99Organizational Development93Market Research69Project Management62Strategic Planning38Recruiting23Teamwork59Event Management29Public Speaking28Cross-functional Team Leadership17Engineering23Entrepreneurship24
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Colleagues at Catalysr

Alan Jones
Director at Catalysr
Sam Bricknell
Director at Catalysr
Shariq Najeeb
Content Creator at Catalysr
Shelby Clark
Operations Manager at Catalysr

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Where does Usman Iftikhar work?
Usman Iftikhar is Co-Founder & CEO at Catalysr.

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