Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization Empirica
Location Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
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Intrapreneur, growth leader and strategist for startups and companies. Rizwan has built and led strategy and growth functions in startups and companies across multiple industries.
He started his career at Alibaba managing a multimillion-dollar marketing budget for UC Browser and doubled the market share through data-driven integrated campaigns. At
Roamer, Rizwan ran double-digit month-on-month growth for the ride-sharing startup. After COVID hit Pakistan, he led the startup’s successful pivot to launch ezBike, Pakistan's first electric bike-sharing service. At Hotpod, he helped the cloud kitchen startup develop its consumer business model and built a growth team to drive it. He has also worked in new media, healthcare and other industries leading digital transformations to help companies become truly digital. He has also consulted in the development sector for EU, British Council and others.
