Samira Khan Shares How She Built a Career Merging Big Tech & Social Change
Samira Khan, Director, Global Public Affairs at Microsoft, talks about leveraging technology to create the infrastructure required for meaningful social change.
In the latest episode of our Women Startup Leaders Series, we were joined by Samira Khan, Director, Global Public Affairs at Microsoft. She has most recently worked at the intersection of social innovation/impact + tech at both Microsoft, where she was a Director on the AI & Sustainability Market Development team, and Salesforce.
Hear from her on:
Leading trends in impact measurement with technology
Mistakes companies make in measuring their impact
How big corporates can work with startups across various stages
How women founders can be better supported
Her angel investing thesis
How can we foster a community of women business angels, especially in emerging markets such as Bangladesh
“Look into existing data that you already have to demonstrate impact in some quantifiable manner and if the data is not available, apply storytelling to share about those individuals on the ground and how tech is having an impact”
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More about the speaker:
While at Salesforce, Samira was involved in piloting a program with the WEF COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs. Samira has worked across corporations, governments, and the social sector for over fifteen years on innovative solutions to solving some of society’s greatest challenges. She is especially interested in business model innovations for good. Her work spans the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. She is a former strategy / management consultant; and while at A.T. Kearney in Southeast Asia, she played a lead role in starting and building its social impact organization. She is also passionate about topics related to gender and youth empowerment toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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