Mr. Furquan R Kidwai is the Founder & CEO of Dawaai (Pvt.) Limited. He is a technology entrepreneur who has built the largest health technology company in Pakistan over the past five years. Prior to this journey, Mr. Kidwai was an investment banker for over eight years in London and New York where, in his last role, was the Head of CEEMEA Financing as well as a Senior Vice President in the Fixed Income trading business at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Before joining RBS, Mr. Furquan worked as an Associate at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers in their London and New York offices. He has also served as a member of the Board of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London.

Mr. Furquan read International Relations for a Master’s degree at Cambridge University. He also has an MSc in Financial Mathematics with specialization in Risk Management from Imperial College London and BEng in Computer Systems from Bristol University.