Zahid Hussein, President

Zahid Hussein

President

Sustainable Resource Foundation (SuRF)

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Higher diploma, Humanitarian Communication: Addressing Key Challenges
Experience
38 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :38 years, 11 Months

President at Sustainable Resource Foundation (SuRF)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since December 1997

Social development consulting business procurement and execution, liaison with clients, personnel and financial management.

Chief of Party at Academy for Educational Development (AED)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 1992 to October 1997

Providing full integrated communications support to USAID funded Pakistan Child Survival Project, Managing sub-contractor advertising and research agencies, communications and advertising campaigns, research, media coverage, external relations.

Manager, Information, Outreach and Promotion at RCG Hagler Bailly Inc.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 1987 to June 1991

Managing the complete communications needs of the project including development and execution of communications strategy, development of knowledge management products, awareness campaigns and fielding research and advertising agencies and consultants.

Creative Director (writer based) at Paragon Advertising - associates of JWT, USA
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 1984 to September 1987

Managing the entire creative venture in the agency including concept development, copy writing, writing proposals, script writing, looking after quality aspects oof films, documentaries and media analysis and high level client servicing.

Education

Higher diploma, Humanitarian Communication: Addressing Key Challenges
  • at University of Geneva
  • June 2015

Specialised online course in crisis and emergency communication in disasters, hazards.

Master's degree, Three Masters degrees in English, Political Science and Journalism
  • at Punjab University
  • August 1972

Between 19968 and 1972, I completed three Masters degrees in Journalism (11970), Political Science (1971) and English (1972). I specialised in Advertising and Public Relations in Journalism, Linguistics in English and Political Systems, Western and Muslim Political Thought in Political Science.

Bayt Tests

Management Skills Test
Score 75%

Specialties & Skills

Team Management
Creative Writing
public affairs
Public Relations
Communication Strategies
Advertising, image building, public affairs and brand management
Advertising, image building, public affairs and brand management

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Native Speaker
Persian
Beginner

Memberships

International Association of Media, Communication and Research
  • A very active contribution to IAMCR activitiies
  • June 1945

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Film Making (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 1988
Valid Until:
August 1988

Hobbies

  • Photography, Travels, Voluntary Work, Socializng, Cross cultural Communication, Divrersity
    Voluntary, elected President - 2009-2011 - AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP), Bangkok, Thailand for policy advocacy and communications to control AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region; proven success in voluntary work in health education, promotion and communication and in training NGOs for various HRD aspects for non-profit management.