Ali Gardezi

SYED ALI USMAN GARDEZI E:-/-/-M: - & - . A: Bahawalpur, Punjab Consultant: Public Service Delivery in education and health sectors | Corporate & Investment Banker | Renewable Energy Professional PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE MCKINSEY & CO. Consultant (External) Jun 2016 – Present I am currently working with Punjab Education Sector Reforms Project (PESP2), jointly implemented by McKinsey & Co and Adam Smith International and funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK. Under the political ownership of the Chief Minister of Punjab and intellectual support by Sir Michael Barber, PESP2 aims to transform the largest education system in the world comprising 50,000 schools, 350,000 teachers and more than 12 million students to bring more children in school, who stay longer and learn more. Currently, I am leading the Assessments work-stream, in which I manage the complete process of sample based 6 monthly assessments in all Government and PEF schools. Previously, I led District transformation and Governance work-stream in which, I have strengthened the role and restructured the routines of education managers that has resulted in the improvement of key performance indicators. I have established Secretary’s Delivery unit (SDU) that followed-up with associated departments and districts to keep the Secretary informed about the progress on various initiatives. ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL (PESP2) Reform Implementation Lead| Punjab, PK Feb 2016 – Jun 2016 In order to deliver the reforms agenda across the province, PESP2 raised a team of 14 highly competent District Field Coordinators (DFC) in 36 districts of Punjab. I was the first one to join the team of highly passionate reformers. Owing to my exceptional performance as DFC, I was promoted as Reform Implementation Lead to manage and lead the delivery team of 14 field coordinators to effectively implement the reform agenda. I re-designed the Monthly District Data-pack that introduced an output-based performance management system. I was also actively involved in the design and implementation of various work-streams including, but not limited to, Learning and Numeracy Drive, development of textbooks and teacher guides, teacher recruitment & training, classroom construction, early childhood education, student enrolment, provision of missing facilities and school upgradation, conditional cash transfers, district transformation and governance, public financial management, monitoring and evaluation and capacity building of education managers. ADAM SMITH INTERNATIONAL (PESP2) District Field Coordinator| South Punjab, PK Jun 2014 – Jan2016 As Field Coordinator, my role was manage the implementation of all reform initiatives and policies in select districts of South Punjab. I tracked the work stream progress against pre-defined deliverables and provided problem solving assistance to district government officials to overcome hurdles to execution. I provided coaching and mentoring support to education managers so that routines are being followed in a sustainable manner. I facilitated a monthly meeting (district stock-take) of all stakeholders in the leadership of EDO to discuss last month’s performance on indicators and devised ways to meet the targets. Through continuous capacity building measures, the district education leadership started following the routines in just a year’s time and district improved on indicators i.e. Student Attendance, Teacher Presence and functioning of facilities that impacted more than a million students in more than 6,500 schools. BAHAWALPUR SERVICE DELIVERY UNIT Consultant| Bahawalpur, PK Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 Because of my efforts to transform the District Education as DFC, DCO (District’s Administrative Head) requested me to support him as a short term consultant on Bahawalpur Service Delivery Unit (BSDU). BSDU aimed to reduce the infant and maternal mortality rates through improved public service delivery in under-resourced conflict areas with the help of technology based data-driven performance management systems. As consultant, I played a vital role in the conceptualization, design and implementation of the. I developed health reform roadmap for the District to improve on indicators that would eventually lead to lower infant and maternal mortalities. With the help of an online dashboard, real time monitoring of the indicators was made possible. As a result monthly pregnant woman registrations rose from 461 to 601, deliveries by Skilled Birth Attendants increased from 64% to 81%, percentage of live births increased from 87.86% to 89%. The project won Making All Voices Count’s Global Innovation Competition held in Nairobi, and received an initial grant of £65,000. Health department is now scaling this project to a provincial level for a greater impact. SMS (SUSTAINABLE MICRO-ENERGY SOLUTIONS) Founder / Renewable Energy Consultant | South Punjab, PK Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 SMS focused on the provision of low-cost micro-energy solar solutions for the energy starved rural areas of Pakistan. It involved local community based organizations for the distribution of solar products. It also helped attain sustainability in the business operations through financial empowerment.  Improved lives of more than 200 households in the rural areas and arranged micro-financing for the solar products (Solar lights & fans) from major micro-finance banks.  Developed market strategy for a few small and large scale companies entering the solar arena. SUNVOLTS Manager Business Development | Punjab, PK June 2013 – May 2014 Sunvolts (Pvt) Limited is an innovative startup providing a range of solar energy solutions for domestic, agriculture and industrial customers. Prime focus was on rural and agri based solutions I was responsible for developing key business segments, conducting energy audits and developing project feasibilities. Feasibilities included analysis of current and projected power usage, life cycle cost analysis and in depth financial analysis supported by capital budgeting decisions (IRR, NPV, ROI).  Devised Go-to-Market strategy for the company which contributed heavily towards profitability.  Developed Solar financial products and arranged solar financing from The Bank of Punjab for one of our customers. It was the first ever solar financing case in Pakistan at consumer level.  Developed an automated proposal generation system, which considerably reduced the proposal generation time from 1 hr to 5 mins and as a result, wider market was catered. BANK ALFALAH LTD – CORPORATE & INVESTMENT BANKING GROUP Relationship Manager CIBG | Regional HQ Multan, PK Nov 2008 – Aug 2011 As Relationship Manager, I was responsible for Managing a portfolio of Rs.4 billion comprising corporate clients from textile, fertilizer, FMCG and power sector. Activities involved Assistance to trade services in the opening of LCs and forward booking transactions, preparing the monthly corporate reports and reporting the same to Head Office and maintaining control aspects i.e. financial and industrial analysis of major sectors.  Assisted senior bankers in restructuring of a loan that saved the bank Rs.277Mn of provisioning.  Played a significant role in the implementation of Temenos (T-24) banking software.  Marketed 2 major corporate clients of the region that contributed Rs.1 billion to the asset book.  Major transactions: (a) Financed the import of power generators by Roomi Fabrics worth Rs.350Mn. (b) Devised and managed Rs.500Mn receivable financing line of Guarantee discounting that contributed Rs.50Mn in annual profitability. (c) Disbursed and monitored a term finance of Rs.2.15Bn to Fatima Fertilizer, being part of the largest syndicate finance of the country for Rs.33Bn. Branch Banking Officer | Lahore, PK Mar 2006 – Nov 2008 I served as Customer Relationship Officer, Operations Officer and Accounts Officer.  Major activities included but not limited to: Account opening, customer due diligence, AML checks, Accounts reconciliation, Head Office reporting, KYC updation & customer service. EDUCATION LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (LUMS) MBA (CGPA 3.6) Aug 2011 – May 2013 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY BEIJING LUMS MBA Exchange Program (CGPA 3.8) Sep 2012 – Jan 2013 ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY BAHAWALPUR (IUB) BBA (Hons) (CGPA 3.47) Oct 2000 – Mar 2004 HONOURS & AWARDS        Secured the highest GPA 4.0/4.0 in Financial Management and Marketing Management course at LUMS. As President Entrepreneurship Club LUMS, promoted entrepreneurial culture at among students. Selected for Student Exchange Program to China owing to exceptional academic performance at LUMS. Project based internships in Bank Alfalah and Pakistan International Airlines - Best Internee award. Received “Very Good” performance rating in annual appraisals, consecutively for 4 years at Bank Alfalah. As Vice President Executive Board IUB, organized various workshops, seminars and networking events. As Member Arts & Paintings Society, designed logo of the dept and won various art competitions. PROJECTS-. Implementation of Learning and Numeracy Drive across Punjab and training of District education staff. Re-designed monitoring indicators data-pack that improved Governance and accountability. Various projects on the solar electrification of banks and small industries. Assisted various CSOs (BRAC, SPO) in devising strategy for improving enrolment and education quality. Effective monitoring of Universal Primary Enrolment Campaign 2014 whereby around 4 million out of school children were enrolled in Punjab only. Developed marketing strategy for an upcoming company into the chicken processed food segment, which was later successfully launched all across the country A project on Naqsh School of Arts (Only non-profit arts school for under-privileged in the country).