Tara U. Dawood

Tara U. Dawood has always been an entrepreneur. When she was 14 years old, she was selected to be Canada’s National Youth Reporter and representative to the Youth News Service (YNS), the youth wing of the Associated Press. With this position, she created network links with record labels, movie studios, cosmetic labels and various manufacturers across Canada, the United States and England and regularly reviewed their products. She’s had over 100,000 articles published and continues to freelance write today.

Her current day job, however, is as CEO of Dawood Capital Management Ltd. (DCM), a leading asset management company based in Pakistan and sponsored by Asian Development Bank. After having studied at Cornell University, Oxford University and Harvard Law School -- where she won numerous distinguished awards, scholarships and fellowships -- and becoming a member of the New York Bar, Tara moved to Pakistan to revamp the venture capital company Pakistan Venture Capital Ltd. (PVCL). Due to a high-risk financial environment at that time, she led a team to convert PVCL into DCM and launched DMMF, a 5 star income fund that is consistently the market leader. Committed to helping those less fortunate, especially Pakistani woman and children, DCM waives all commission for women, children, charities, disadvantaged and disabled persons.