Alliya Haidar is the Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy Consulting (CFSC) vertical, with more than 18 years of management and consulting experience in a varied and multinational environment - nearly 11 of which have been spent with AbacusConsulting and its legacy firms Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Consulting. Alliya. has led and contributed to numerous consultancy assignments in a diverse portfolio of industries with primary focus on energy, hospitality, fertilizer, textile, cement and others, where she has been involved in planning, strategizing, coordinating and implementing projects. Her industrial knowledge and wide market exposure allows for a more comprehensive perspective to any project. Alliya's core competency areas include business strategy, privatization and investment, regulatory issues and analytical studies. She also holds the additional portfolio of 'Geography' at the corporate level. Alliya has an MBA from LUMS with majors in Corporate Finance and Marketing Strategy; and a Bachelors degree from Kinnaird College.