Sarina Vaswani

Sarina Vaswani is the co-founder, Chief Operating Officer of Stallion Empowerment Initiative, a philanthropic organisation dedicated to improving the socio-economic condition of communities in Nigeria. The organisation empowers the youth through initiatives in education, healthcare, youth empowerment and arts. Having lived in Nigeria and seeing the struggles of poverty and inequality in the region, she was determined to start an organisation to empower the next generation.

Sarina’s academic background is in social sciences in the UK. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, BA Development Studies & History in Africa and South Asia. Then later pursued her studies at the London School of Economics & Political Science in MSc Social Policy & Development (NGOs). Her academic experience solidified her theoretical knowledge to critically engage with different public and private actors to achieve long term development.

Sarina has previously based her work experience in the public sector through diplomacy and NGOs. Then later decided to further her interest in the private sector and agro-commodities after training at Archer Daniels Midland in New York. She merged her interest in agriculture with her family business, Stallion Group to understand the supply/demand of agro-commodities and help find solutions to address food security and malnourishment in West Africa.

After co-founding Stallion Empowerment Initiative, Sarina believes this foundation will empower individuals and bring communities closer together. She is very passionate to use shared resources to empower individuals from different parts of the world. She also shares a strong drive towards the future of social entrepreneurship and impact investing in developing countries.

She currently resides in Dubai and works with her family business and the foundation in Nigeria and India.