{"id":7537,"date":"2025-02-12T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:23:44","slug":"pathfinder-names-dr-tabinda-sarosh-as-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/news\/pathfinder-names-dr-tabinda-sarosh-as-chief-executive-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathfinder Names Dr. Tabinda Sarosh as Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>February 12, 2025<\/strong>\u2014Pathfinder International has named Dr. Tabinda Sarosh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A bold and visionary leader, Dr. Sarosh has spent nearly a decade driving impact at Pathfinder, most recently as Interim CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to serving as Interim CEO, Dr. Sarosh was the organization&#8217;s Country Director in Pakistan from 2016-2022, and President of the South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa regions from 2022-2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sarosh takes the helm at a critical time for global health and development, reaffirming Pathfinder\u2019s mission to expand access to essential services and strengthen the resilience of communities worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4760 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tabinda-Sarosh-3-600x400.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cFor more than 70 years, Pathfinder has been essential to ensuring women, girls, and marginalized communities can access sexual and reproductive health care,\u201d said Dr. Sarosh. \u201cSexual and reproductive health programs and strong health systems that can deliver in times of instability and crisis are more important than ever. I am deeply committed to Pathfinder\u2019s mission and honored to lead the organization at this critical time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Dr. Sarosh has more than two decades of experience as a leader, clinician, and advocate in the development and humanitarian sectors. She is a clinically trained, seasoned public health practitioner, with multi-faceted experience leading sexual and reproductive health and rights programs and research. She brings exceptional strategic insight and a deep commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights and women&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTabinda is exactly the type of leader we need right now,&#8221; said Collin Mothupi, Pathfinder&#8217;s Board Chair. \u201cHer ability to navigate complexity, work across diverse governments, and drive forward solutions for women and girls makes her the right choice to lead us into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sarosh earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and a post-graduate degree in nutrition from Dow Medical College in Pakistan, allowing her to apply her clinical knowledge of reproductive health to develop public health and advocacy programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt a time of great upheaval and disruption in aid for women\u2019s health and development, we must continue to find ways to work together as a sector and ensure governments and civil society organizations can provide essential services to communities in need,\u201d said Dr. Sarosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive\u2014economically, educationally, and civically. Driven by our country-led leadership and local community partners, Pathfinder brings together a suite of services and programs that enable millions of people to choose their own paths forward.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact: <\/strong>Laurel Lundstrom, llundstrom@pathfinder.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 12, 2025\u2014Pathfinder International has named Dr. Tabinda Sarosh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). 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