Mursal Hedayat

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| birth_place = Kabul, Afghanistan

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| alma_mater = University of Leeds {{small|(BSc)}}

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Mursal Hedayat {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} is a British businesswoman. She was awarded the Barclays Woman in the Community Award 2021.{{Cite web|title=Mursal Hedayat MBE - Women of the Year|url=https://www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/team/mursal-hedayat-mbe/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.womenoftheyear.co.uk/|language=en-GB}}

She is the founder and CEO of tech social enterprise start-up Chatterbox, an online language school that trains and employs refugees as teachers, enabling people to take advantage of the language skills of asylum seekers{{Cite web|date=2021-03-12|title=Refugee women leaders: Mursal Hedayat {{!}} UK for UNHCR|url=https://www.unrefugees.org.uk/learn-more/news/refugee-stories/refugee-women-leaders-mursal-hedayat-2/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=United Kingdom for UNHCR|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Chatterbox|url=https://refugeeinvestments.org/opportunities/chatterbox/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Refugee Investment Network|language=en-US}} The refugee teachers have higher education and were often qualified professionals in their countries of origin.{{Cite web|title=Mursal Hedayat {{!}} Innovators Under 35|url=https://www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/mursal-hedayat/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.innovatorsunder35.com}} Chatterbox works with corporate clients and has gained support from British and Silicon Valley investors.{{Cite web|title=Mursal Hedayat|url=https://worldskillsconference.com/2019/speakers/id/195/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=worldskillsconference.com}} In 2018, Chatterbox won a ‘Next Billion’ Edtech Prize for high impact innovative technology.{{Cite web|last=Business-jadu|title=Mursal Hedayat|url=https://business.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduate/dir-record/student-alumni-profiles/1597/mursal-hedayat|access-date=2021-12-30|website=business.leeds.ac.uk|language=en}}

Hedayat is a Forbes 30 under 30{{Cite web|title=Mursal Hedayat|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/mursal-hedayat/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Forbes|language=en}} and was awarded an MBE in 2021 for services to Social Enterprise, Technology and the Economy.