has primarily worked with not-for-profit organizations including 14 years with Aga Khan University with the last held position of Associate Dean, followed by stints in Kenya and Pakistan as CEO of school trusts managing their school networks. His strengths lie in developing strategic programs and managing their implementation. He enjoys working in multi cultural environments.
Almas believes that art in all its manifestations not only reflects society but can provide a vision for its positive development. It should be a harbinger of change in an open society. Involvement in the Karachi Biennale provides him with such an experimental opportunity. Almas has B.Sc and M.B.A degrees from Pakistan and Certificate in International Management from Boston University, USA.

Niilofur Farrukh is a Karachi based art interventionist whose seminal initiatives have expanded the space for art publication, curation and public art. A longtime advocate for an interface between art and public audiences, she has curated exhibitions like No Honor In Killing that toured 5 small and big towns in the country for two years. She has contributed as the Pakistan Commissioner at Tashkent Biennale, Asian Art Biennale and Kathmandu International Art Festival. In Pakistan, she co-founded ASNA and co-curated four iterations of ASNA Clay Triennials, the longest running Triennial in the country to connect to reclaim the craft-art continuum.
In 2017, along with a group of colleagues she established the Karachi Biennale to instrumentalize art to connect a fractured city to itself, and the world with the country‘s largest international art contemporary art event. She is the CEO of Karachi Biennale and Managing Trustee of the Karachi Biennale Trust.
Niilofur co-founded NuktaArt and served as its Founder Editor for the ten years it was in publication (2004-2014). Her book Pioneering Perspectives on pioneer women artists was aimed at countering the anti-women political narrative of the 1980s in her country.
Niilofur is the President of AICA Pakistan and has served on the International Board of the International Art Critics Association.
She has written extensively for national and international publications. Her second book' The 70s Pakistan's Radioactive Decade: An Informal Cultural History of Pakistan (co-edited with Amin Gulgee and John MacCary will be launched in early 2019. 'A Beautiful Despair', a book on eminent artist Meher Afroz (edited) also expected to be out in the first quarter of 2019. At present, she is researching the art history of Karachi for a book.

Atteqa Malik is a freelance digital artist, scholar and cultural operator. She graduated with an MA in Media Studies from the New School University, New York in 2002.
As one of the founding members of Mauj, a media art collective in Karachi, Atteqa participated in and jointly organized, a number of workshops and activities related to new media since February 2008. She was on the International Review Committee for ISEA (International Summit of Electronic Art) 2010 held in Ruhr, Germany. Her submission to Imagining New Eurasia Project has been selected to be displayed with 88 artists at the Asian Cultural Center in Korea and online till July 2016.
As Chair, Global Outreach of Karachi Biennale Trust, Atteqa coordinated educational and art collaborations between Karachi institutions and Berlin digital activists Wolfgang Spahn and Stephen Kovats, Manchester Art Gallery, The Tetley and Canadian media artist Faisal Anwar during 2016 and 2017.

has worked as a sculptor from his studio in Karachi for more than two decades. A graduate of Yale University, he received a BA in Art History and Economics in 1986 and won the 'Conger B. Goodyear Fine Arts Award' for his senior thesis. He has exhibited extensively both at home and abroad, with more than 30 solo exhibitions and several international group shows. The artist is also known for his performance works and has been active as a curator since the late 1990s, conceiving large-scale exhibitions at the Karachi Sheraton, and at the Amin Gulgee Gallery. Amin has received numerous awards, including the President’s Pride of Performance in 2005.

is a Valedictorian Commonwealth scholar. She holds a Civil Engineering degree along with a Bachelor in Education and a Master in Education and International Development from the Institute of Education, UCL. She is the Head of Department of Continuing Professional Development at the Karachi Grammar School, College Section. She is a CIE PDQ Programme Leader, has authored scholarly articles on education and development and also teaches A and O Level Mathematics. Ainee is an external mentor at the IBA, Chairperson Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre Fundraising Committee, Member Development in Literacy, Member, College of Teachers, England. She runs a successful furniture, interior designing and event management company. She has pioneered educational change by teacher development in many under-privileged schools. She was recently acknowledged as the Top 100 Women of Pakistan in the Ponds Miracle Woman celebration. She is an avid art collector.

has worked in the challenging field of design and advertising both in Pakistan and in the USA and received an award at the Art Direction magazines ‘Creativity Show’ in New York for her calendar design. Her logo design for Interwood Pvt. Ltd a furniture company, has withstood the test of time. She is also a visiting faculty at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and is working on her dream project, setting up a 'Visual Arts College’ at the newly adopted campus of the 180 year old heritage site ‘NJV School’, by ‘Akhuwat’ a non-profit organization of which she is the Co-Chairperson of their Core Committee in Sindh. Besides arts, she also manages ‘Hennys’ her sandwich deli.

Jehan Ara is the President of the Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) and the Founder of The Nest I/O the leading tech incubator and accelerator in Pakistan.
Jehan Ara has vast experience in Marketing, Communications and interactive New media in Hong Kong, the Far East, the UAE and Pakistan. She is a motivator, an entrepreneur, a mentor, a social activist and a strong propagator of extending the power and use of Information and Communication Technologies beyond pure traditional business, to empower and enable communities.Jehan sits on the Advisory Boards of the Punjab IT Board, the Sindh IT Board, and several universities. She is also a Board Member of the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) which is a nonprofit research organisation established to promote, assist, support, simulates, undertake and manage policy research and advocacy. Jehan is also a Member of the PM’s Taskforce for IT & Telecom.

believes that art is something that is created with imagination and skill; is beautiful and expresses culture, history and humanity in all its facets.
A professional consultant with extensive industry experience in the areas of capacity building, organizational re-structuring and financial modeling. Has worked overseas in Kuwait, UAE, UK, & USA. In Pakistan has successfully carried out projects for public and private sector organizations including SBP, AGA KHAN AGENCY FOR HABITAT, AKU, AKES, SECP, NBP, SNGPL, Mitsubishi, Hashoo Foundation, Karachi Port, etc.

Seema has a background in Socio-economic Development with an expertise in Communications.
Seema is on the governing Board for APWA RLCC & Vice Chairperson, Pakistan Advertising Association & member of the organising committee for Adasia 2019.

Seema has served on various juries including the Pakistan Advertisers Society, the IVSAA Communication Design Jury, SZABIST Media Studies Jury,Habib University Communication Design Jury, the NEST Jury for Women's Startup Weekend among others.

Seema is strongly committed to women empowerment and is involved in pro bono communication work for a number of organisations including TCF, Special Olympics, APWA RLCC & Karawan e Hayat.

Nadeem Ahmad is the Senior Corporate Counsel at Orr, Dignam & Co., Advocates – one of Pakistan’s leading law firms. He did his Masters in Political Science and degree in law from the University of Karachi in 1974. He has a vast experience in corporate law having specialized in advisory work and drafting of legal instruments. He has written research articles on various subjects published in prominent newspapers and legal journals including the daily Dawn and PLD. He is a senior contributor to the World Bank’s Project / Annual Publication on ‘Ease of Doing Business’ vis-à-vis Pakistan. He authored the Chapter on Pakistan in the publication of the Center for International Legal Studies of Austria titled ‘International Franchising Law’ published in USA. He provided legal assistance in the formation of numerous NGOs of international repute including the trust for the preservation and maintenance of the historic and picturesque ‘Baltit Fort’ at Hunza.

Shanaz Ramzi has been working as a freelance journalist since 1994. She has also authored two books, Food Prints, published by OUP and Food Tales published by Kaatib Publishers, and edited two books -- Oxford Companion to Pakistani Cuisine, and the award-winning Zaiqay Frontier Kay. While working with HUM Network from 2004 till 2015 as their GM Publications and Public Relations, she was also the editor of all their publications including the two monthlies GLAM and Masala TV Food Mag. In 2015 she set up her own PR and event management company, StarLinks PR and Events, under which she has done numerous and diverse successful events and won national and international awards. She is also president of a travel consultancy, TravelinPK, and president of PREDA – PR, Event Management, Digital and Activations Association. Aside from serving on a large number of committees, she is also director and trustee Heritage Foundation, Trustee Karachi Biennale and board member TRC.