Jehan Ara

Jehan Ara is a Pakistani businesswoman who was the president of P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association) for over 20 years. She resigned at the end of April 2021 to start Katalyst Labs, a startup accelerator and women leadership program.

She also headed the Nest i/o, a startup technology incubator supported by Google and Samsung. She received her early education from Rosaryhill School in Hong Kong.

After completing her graduation, she started her career as a journalist in a Hong Kong newspaper for a year before moving into advertising.

She later moved back to Hong Kong and joined Headway Media Services as managing director.

In 2021, she launched her own company named "Katalyst Labs", an accelerator and innovation hub for startups in Pakistan.

"Jehan Ara is a strong advocate of Cyber Security, Privacy and Data Protection legislation in Pakistan".

In March 2016, she also spoke at the Columbia University, New York.