Meet The Team

Nadeem Hanif currently works as a Capacity Building Consultant for The Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations based in Glasgow, Scotland. He works closely with voluntary sector organisations that are led by people with lived experience of belonging to an ethnic minority community and supports them to build their capacity in a number of areas including, but not limited to, improving their governance, identifying and applying for funding, developing their policies and procedures and ensuring financial compliance.

In his previous role with the organisation as their Funding Capacity Consultant, Nadeem was responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the Ethnic Minority Development Fund in Scotland (EMDF). The EMDF allowed for organisations led by people with the lived experience of belonging to a global majority community to apply for funding to deliver much needed projects to their respective communities.

Historically, Nadeem has worked with The National Lottery Community Fund in Scotland as their Knowledge and Learning Manager and worked with The West of Scotland Regional Equality Council as their Projects Manager.

In addition to the above, Nadeem also serves on the Board of Trustees of several charitable organisations based in Scotland sharing his knowledge and experience to help develop these organisations in order to reach their full potential. He also sits on the Third Sector Capacity Building Operational Group in Glasgow which is responsible for building the capacity of voluntary organisations in the city, as well as sitting on the Steering Group of the Wellbeing for Longer Glasgow Fund which is administered by Impact Funding Partners.

Ghzala Khan has been an advocate for equalities and human rights for over 20 years. Prior to this she worked in the public sector and in 2004 moved to Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre, where for 5 years, she worked with key employers to diversify their workforce through the recruitment of minority ethnic individuals. In 2010 she joined West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) where her role varied throughout the years. Ghzala is now the Chief Executive Officer of WSREC and has been active in this role for the past 18 months.

Throughout her career, Ghzala has built up networks with private, public and voluntary organisations through membership of steering groups and networks and has also served on other boards which have a key focus on inequalities and discrimination in Scotland. Her work in Renfrewshire has been noted between 2010-15 where she delivered activities around capacity building of minority ethnic communities. This included working closely with Renfrewshire Council, Engage Renfrewshire, and local and public authorities.

Ghzala has been with Pachedu since it began and has contributed to the board by working with senior management on the key priorities and direction of Pachedu activities.

In her spare time, Ghzala has an interest in self-care, and learning new skills such as art and crochet.