Shahbano Tirmizi

Biography

Shahbano Tirmizi is responsible for setting up and managing the Global sustainable development best practice programme for the next world Expo in Dubai 2020. She is an international development practitioner and project Management Specialist, with a demonstrated history of working in emerging markets and the international development industry. Prior to joining the Expo 2020 Dubai team, Shahbano was a Water Specialist at the Asian Development Bank managing a portfolio of natural resources and disaster risk management projects for the Government of People's Republic of China and the Government of Mongolia. Shahbano has a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) in Development Practice from Columbia University in the City of New York and a Bachelors of Arts (B.A) in International Development and Urban Geography. She has hands on field experience across multiple developing countries in Asia and Africa.