Dr. Asyia Kazmi, OBE is the CEO of WISE – the World Innovation

Summit for Education (WISE) is a Qatar Foundation initiative that

drives innovation, research, and policy to address global

education challenges.

Prior to joining Qatar Foundation, Asyia served as the Global

Education Policy Lead at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

where she focused on effective instructional practices, education

advocacy, edtech and AI.

She has held senior roles in three UK Government departments:

as a Senior Education Adviser in DFID, a Project Director in the

Department for Education, and a Senior Her Majesty’s Inspector at Ofsted, where she

inspected schools, local authorities, and teacher education programs, and trained

headteachers and inspectors.

Asyia holds a Master’s in Applied Mathematics from Imperial College London,

a Doctorate in Education from the Institute of Education, University College London,

and two PGCEs—one in mathematics teaching and another in leadership development

and educational consulting.

She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2022 New Year’s Honors List for her services to

education, particularly girls’ education.