Dr. Sarah Wali Qazi serves as the Acting Associate Dean for Graduate and Postgraduate Programs at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), where she also leads the Graduate Business Research Program and the CBM Center for Research and Training (CCRT). With over a decade of academic, research, and administrative experience, she has been instrumental in advancing graduate research excellence and institutional academic standards.
She holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from SZABIST University, and her research has been published in several peer-reviewed, Scopus-indexed, impact factor, and HEC-recognized journals. She is the honorary editor of the ASA Microfinance Newsflash, contributing to sectoral insights and development discourse.
Dr. Qazi is an active core committee member of NBEAC, AMBA, and AACSB accreditation, overseeing Assurance of Learning (AoL) activities at IoBM. She has organized national and international conferences, research workshops, and academic development initiatives, and has served as a session chair at conferences as well as an external academic reviewer for Boards of Studies (BoS) and Boards of Faculty (BoF) at various universities across Pakistan.
In addition to her academic portfolio, Dr. Qazi works as a consultant in the microfinance and development sectors, contributing to strategic planning, women-centric empowerment models, and institutional training frameworks. She continues to mentor researchers and promote research-led learning, reinforcing IoBM’s mission of delivering globally aligned and locally relevant education.