
Ms. Saadia Umar
Independent & Non – Executive Director
Ms. Saadia is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years of diverse experience in human resource development, transformation, and organizational excellence. She is a founding partner at Uraan, where she leads advisory services in People & Change and Operational Excellence, helping organizations enhance performance, design effective structures, and implement sustainable HR strategies.
Prior to Uraan, Saadia held leadership roles at Aga Khan University and EY Ford Rhodes, where she established and scaled HR consulting practices. Her expertise spans HR transformation, executive remuneration, talent management, leadership development, organizational design, and people analytics. Saadia also serves as an Independent Director and Chair of the HR Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee at Haleon Pakistan Limited. She holds an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.