Before pursuing her graduate education, Baneen worked at McKinsey & Company as an integrative consultant. She has worked on strategy and implementation engagements with clients across Pakistan and the Middle East with projects focused on the public sector. Specific to her women-centric ambitions, she has worked on introducing digital wallets to replace in-cash transfers to increase financial inclusion for 12 million women. She also helped design a national commodity subsidy program for 20 million households. Baneen now seeks to get more exposure to evidence-based policy design and an advanced statistical analysis toolkit to eventually help her work towards socio-economic development. She previously attended Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and a minor in mathematics. She completed her MPA summer internship at The World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. Baneen is an extrovert and is always on the look-out to meet new people. If you ever need a smiling face to talk to, she shall be your go-to-person!