🌏 Usman Iftikhar
About 🌏 Usman Iftikhar
“There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~Nelson Mandela I am a systems entrepreneur with 13 years of diverse experiences in for-profits and not-for-profits in multiple countries. Enjoy art, history, science, technology, music and education, with a futuristic outlook. Deeply curious, love to get my hands dirty, and feel a deep connection to the universe. My purpose lies in doing my bit to solve two major wicked problems - global warming, and the global refugee crisis For this work, I was named 2018 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year amongst 1.4 billion young people living in 53 Commonwealth Nations by HRH Prince Harry at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018. Awards & Fellowships: - Western Sydney Champion 2021 Award, by Committee for Sydney - Winner in the 'Entrepreneurship' category, for 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Leadership Awards 2020 - 2019 Obama Leader for the Asia Pacific - EHF Fellow 2019 for cohort 5 (Karamu), to scale Catalysr’s work to Aotearoa (New Zealand) - Named on top 50 on Kochie’s Business Builders Power list with Google 2019 - Named on Smart Company’s 30 under 30 list for 2019. - Won the 2019 Western Sydney Leadership Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement - Westpac Social Change Fellow 2019 - AMP Tomorrow Makers Award 2018. - Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2018 - Singularity University Fellow 2017 - Mobility working group lead for Australia at G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance (YEA) 2017 - FYA Young Social Pioneer 2016 Catalysr awards: - Catalysr won Exceptional Community Partnership Award at ZEST Digital 2020. - Catalysr won Best Newcomer Award in Australia at That Startup Show 2018. - Catalysr recognised as the Westpac 200 Business of Tomorrow 2018. - Governor General of Australia Gold Medal for Catalysr 2017. - Catalysr won Vanguard Award at Foundation for Young Australians’ Annual Unleashed Awards 2017