Hafsa Ahmed

{{Short description|New Zealand business studies academic and community leader}}

{{Infobox academic

| name = Hafsa Ahmed

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| image = {{#statements:P18}}

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{#statements:P569}}

| birth_place = {{#statements:P19}}

| death_date = {{#statements:P570}}

| death_place = {{#statements:P20}}

| resting_place = {{#statements:P119}}

| resting_place_coordinates =

| other_names =

| citizenship =

| nationality =

| fields =

| workplaces = {{#statements:P108}}

| patrons =

| alma_mater = {{#statements:P69}}

| thesis1_title = Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry

| thesis1_url = https://hdl.handle.net/10182/6129

| thesis1_year = 2014

| doctoral_advisor = {{#statements:P184}}

| academic_advisors = {{#statements:P1066}}

| doctoral_students =

| notable_students =

| known_for =

| author_abbrev_bot =

| author_abbrev_zoo =

| influences =

| influenced =

| awards = {{#statements:P166}}

| signature =

| signature_alt =

| website =

| footnotes =

| spouse =

| children =

}}

Hafsa Ahmed {{Postnominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} is a New Zealand academic, and is a lecturer in the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University. In 2023, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to ethnic communities and women.

Academic career

Ahmed is originally from Hyderabad, India, and has a BE and an MBA from Osmania University. She worked for HSBC Holdings in London before moving to New Zealand in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Hafsa Ahmed |url=https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/experts/hafsa-ahmed/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Asia Media Centre {{!}} New Zealand}} Ahmed completed a PhD titled Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry at Lincoln University in 2014, and worked as a research assistant at the university and as a policy advisor at Environment Canterbury.{{Cite thesis|title=Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry|last=Ahmed|first=Hafsa|type=PhD thesis|publisher=Research@Lincoln, Lincoln University|url=https://hdl.handle.net/10182/6129|date=2014}} Ahmed then joined the faculty of the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at the university.{{Cite web |title=Lincoln University |url=https://researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/hafsa.ahmed/about |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=researchers.lincoln.ac.nz}} She specialises in 'stakeholder ecosystem management'.{{Cite web |title=Hafsa Ahmed |url=https://millpond.co.nz/team/hafsa-ahmed/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Millpond |language=en-NZ}} Ahmed is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, and is their New Zealand lead.{{Cite web |last=Trondez |date=2024-04-25 |title=Dr Hafsa Ahmed has joined ACMP ANZ |url=https://acmpanz.org/dr-hafsa-ahmed-has-joined-acmp-anz/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=ACMP Australia and New Zealand |language=en-US}}

Voluntary work

In 2016 Ahmed and her husband co-founded the Lady Khadija Charitable Trust, of which she is also a trustee. The trust is a registered charity that runs a variety of projects to support communities and individuals, such as leadership workshops for ethnic women, storytelling projects to deepen intercultural understanding of immigrant journeys, and exhibitions and events.{{Cite web |title=Ethnic Women’s Leadership Course {{!}} Ministry for Ethnic Communities |url=https://www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz/funding/ethnic-communities-development-fund/stories/ethnic-womens-leadership-course/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz}}{{Cite web |title=About The Lady Khadija Charitable Trust |url=https://www.ladykhadijatrust.org/about/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=Lady Khadija Trust |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=O'Callaghan |first=Jody |date=31 December 2022 |title=Honour for Cantabrian trying to 'light candles instead of curse the darkness' |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300770885/honour-for-cantabrian-trying-to-light-candles-instead-of-curse-the-darkness |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}

Ahmed served as the Chair of the Canterbury Interfaith Society from 2021, and sits on the board of Ako Ōtautahi – Learning City Christchurch.

Honours and awards

In the 2023 New Year Honours, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to ethnic communities and women.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-31 |title=New Year Honours List 2023 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/ny2023-mnzm |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}}

Selected works

{{CiteQ|Q127772485}}
{{CiteQ|Q127772475}}
{{CiteQ|Q122150300}}

References

External links

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpBmOINUOg&t=22s Influencers @ LU Episode 7: Overcoming project stakeholder myopia for success], video podcast episode, 29 July 2020, via YouTube

Category:New Zealand academics

Category:New Zealand women academics

Category:Academic staff of Lincoln University (New Zealand)

Category:Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni

Category:Members of the Order of New Zealand

Category:Osmania University alumni

Category:People from Hyderabad, India