Dr. Sarah Tirmazi is a Senior Independent Consultant who possesses strong leadership and team building skills, and has considerable international experience. She has held long-term senior positions with the World Bank (MultiDonor Support Unit) as an education specialist, USAID as project officer, and ActionAid as country director.  Her professional work has been in the social sectors, especially in education. In terms of international assignments, she has been team leader for a World Bank led education project in Egypt, organized and facilitated a workshop on decentralized education systems for the State Department in Washington, was a team member for research on the economics of education related theses at the World Bank in Washington, and an evaluator for the ADB’s Operation’s Evaluation Department (Manila), the International Labor Organization (Geneva) and UNRWA (Amman). She headed Developments in Lietracy, and education NGO, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hashoo Foundation, a non-profit organization working in Pakistan. Dr. Tirmazi holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the American University, USA, and specialized in economic development and international trade. She has excellent analytical skills, and is proficient in both verbal and written expression.