Shizza Umer

Shizza Umer is a British-trained lawyer who built a career across international jurisdictions before making a bold pivot into plastics manufacturing, establishing units in the UAE and Karachi. As the only female director in Pakistan’s plastics industry, she leads one of the city’s top packaging companies while championing sustainability and women empowerment. She also serves as the Senior Vice President of the Karachi Women Chamber of Commerce-Malir chapter and is an executive committee member of the Women Entrepreneurs Committee under FPCCI. Most recently, she has expanded her pursuits into news curation, bringing the same sharp analytical lens to media that defined her legal and business career.