Romana Abdullah

Board Director

Ms Romana Abdullah is CEO of Highpoint Ventures (Pvt) Ltd and leads Hopscotch, a kidswear brand she co-founded in 2014. Today, Hopscotch has 20+ stores in 13 cities in Pakistan and an e-commerce website, www.ilovehopscotch.com. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Ms Romana was part of the Management Team of MCB Bank, one of Pakistan’s largest banks, leading their strategic planning, transformation and new initiative functions. She was also Group Head for Strategy at Soneri Bank. Earlier, Ms Romana spent significant time at The Boston Consulting Group (Management Consulting) and Merrill Lynch (Investment Banking) in New York, where she focused on strategic, financial and operational assignments for Fortune 500 financial services and consumer clients.

Ms Romana was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016. She is also on the board of Systems Limited, a publicly listed company and a global leader in next-generation IT services and BPO solutions. She mentors young start-ups, incubators, and accelerators in her free time. Ms Romana has a BSc in Financial Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.