| Hafsa Ahmed | |
| Thesis1 Title: | Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry |
| Thesis1 Url: | https://hdl.handle.net/10182/6129 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 2014 |
Hafsa Ahmed is a New Zealand academic, and is a lecturer in the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at Lincoln University. In 2023, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand for services to ethnic communities and women.
Ahmed is originally from Hyderabad, India, and has a BE and an MBA from Osmania University. She worked for HSBC Holdings in London before moving to New Zealand in 2007.[1] Ahmed completed a PhD titled Organisational adaptation or environmental selection? An enhancement of the evolutionary change theory based on a study of the New Zealand electricity industry at Lincoln University in 2014, and worked as a research assistant at the university and as a policy advisor at Environment Canterbury.[2] Ahmed then joined the faculty of the Department of Global Value Chains and Trade at the university.[3] She specialises in 'stakeholder ecosystem management'.[4] Ahmed is a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals, and is their New Zealand lead.[5]
In 2016 Ahmed and her husband co-founded the Lady Khadija Charitable Trust, of which she is also a trustee. The trust is a registered charity that runs a variety of projects to support communities and individuals, such as leadership workshops for ethnic women, storytelling projects to deepen intercultural understanding of immigrant journeys, and exhibitions and events.[6] [7] [8]
Ahmed served as the Chair of the Canterbury Interfaith Society from 2021, and sits on the board of Ako Ōtautahi – Learning City Christchurch.
In the 2023 New Year Honours, Ahmed was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to ethnic communities and women.[9]