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Khawar Malik is the founder and CEO of Somos, a company that aims to preserve languages, culture, and heritage. Khawar has been in this role since October 2021. Prior to Somos, Khawar worked as the Director at Mezcla Projects starting from October 2020. Khawar also served as the Senior Vice President and M&A Underwriter at Euclid Transactional from October 2018 to November 2020. Before that, they founded and served as the Chief Executive of The Apples & Pears Foundation, a charitable organization that funded educational programs for children and families. Khawar also held senior positions at AIG, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and Clifford Chance, where they gained experience in underwriting, sales, and law. Additionally, they contributed their expertise by serving as an advisor to the Young Survivor Network and as a board member of the Swan Foundation.
Khawar Malik's education history is as follows:
- From 2005 to 2008, they attended the University of Nottingham and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.
- In 2008-2009, they enrolled in BPP Law School and pursued a Graduate Diploma in Law.
- In 2009-2010, Khawar attended the College of Law, where they completed the Legal Practice Course.
- In 2020-2021, they pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration, Management, and Operations at ThePower Business School.
- In the same period, they also obtained a certification in ThePowerDigitalMarketing from ThePower Business School.
- Khawar obtained certifications in various fields, including The PowerMBA in partnership with Harvard Business Publishing Education, APIs Course from HelloGuru, ThePowerDigitalMarketing from ThePowerMBA, and Antler Launch Academy from Antler. Khawar also completed a course in Finance for Non-Finance Professionals from Rice University and another course in Private Equity & Venture Capital from Università Bocconi.
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somos
with 40% of the world's 7,000 languages predicted to disappear over the next 80 years, we need to make it easier for people & communities to keep their languages, culture & heritage alive. at somos, our 4-week long teacher-led, conversation based courses are designed to:- help language teachers earn & live well (from $240+(net of commission!)/course)- provide access to affordable language education (from $3/session)- support language rights for all people.how it works - teachers lead weekly workshops to provide structure, set homework & support your learning. - practice needs partners! each week you'll have at least 1 structured practice session in a group of 4 with other dedicated learners like you. - introduce yourself, ask questions & make friends in your cohort's community chat group. - courses start from $25/student for at least 9 learning sessions giving you an affordable way to turbo charge your fluency!- you'll have a final session at the end to celebrate your learnings + collect a certificate you can share on linkedin. impact somos is a social enterprise building a global community of teachers, learners, activists & grassroots activists sharing, protecting & celebrating languages. we have a unique ownership model that allocates equity ownership for our team, teachers & grassroots community organisations. 1% of gross merchandising value that flows through somos goes to our impact fund which proudly supports:- refugees & migrants in diaspora- the protection & promotion of language rights- mental health & wellbeing- broader access to digital services for systematically excluded cultures & groupswhether you're looking to teach or learn a language, we'd love to hear from you! please get in touch to find out more :)