Zaheera Soomar is a business leader, independent consultant, and academic scholar. She has more than 17 years of experience leading on business strategy, organizational change, responsible business practice and innovation, and large-scale transformation across multiple industries. Zaheera started out in the Oil & Gas and Mining sector where she spent over 8 years managing investments, divestment, operations, and business improvement in both upstream and downstream operations across Africa, Europe, Middle East, and North America. After completing her MBA in 2012 at UCT GSB (South Africa) and ISB (India), she moved into the consulting space, initially with Bain and Company, where for the past 10 years, has worked with various C-Suite and Government Leaders across multiple regions and sectors on their toughest problems. Her main expertise lies in the Oil and Gas, Mining, NGO, Public/ Government, Tech & Telecom, and Education sectors. Zaheera is currently pursuing her doctorate and is a wife and mother of 3 children, and is passionate about promoting diversity and inclusion and tackling poverty and inequality.