Ameena Saiyid

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Ameena Saiyid OBE is a former managing director of Oxford University Press (OUP) in Pakistan. She became the head of OUP Pakistan in 1988, becoming the first woman to ever head a multinational company in Pakistan. [1] In 2005, she became the first Pakistani woman to be awarded the Order of the British Empire for her services to women’s rights, education, and intellectual property rights in Pakistan, and to Anglo-Pakistan relations. [2] She is also the founder of the Karachi Literature Festival. In February 2013, she was conferred the prestigious French award of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters for her work in promoting literary culture. [3] She attended Karachi Grammar School.

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Career

Saiyid taught at Lahore American School before joining Oxford University Press in 1979. [1] She joined OUP in Lahore and served in various capacities before leaving in 1986 to launch her own publishing house, Saiyid Books. [1] In 1988, she rejoined as its chief executive. After 30 years with Oxford University Press (OUP) Pakistan, Ms Ameena Saiyid, OBE announced her retirement in December 2018.

Other activities

In 2009, she became a member of the Federal Investigation Agency Advisory Committee on IPR Enforcement. [4]

In April 2010, she became the first woman elected to be president of the 150-year-old Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), [5] after serving as its vice president in 2009–2010, [6] which was also a first for a woman. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Profile: Ameena Saiyid Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine IBA Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  2. ↑ KARACHI: Ameena Saiyid gets OBE award Dawn 30 April 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ameena Saiyid conferred prestigious French award". The Express Tribune. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  5. ↑ 29 Ameena Saiyid becomes OICCI president Archived July 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Daily Times April 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Managing Committee Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine OICCI Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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