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Mustafa Abbas

CEO | Head Counsellor

mustafa@counsello.co

Summary

23 years of experience in college admissions counselling, educational advising and people/leadership development in school, university higher education and corporate settings: Counselling, teaching, training, consulting and coaching in roles as counsellor, head of counselling, corporate leader and lead HR consultant. 

Education and Training

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CALIFORNIA USA | Bachelors of Science (Applied Mathematics) | Minor: Psychology

  • International Undergraduate Admissions Intern, 
  • Freshman Writing Tutor, 
  • International Student Peer Advisor, 
  • Teaching Associate to Dr. Douglas Osheroff(‘96 Nobel Laureate for Physics), 
  • Awarded Stanford’s letter of commendation for excellence in undergraduate teaching by Dr, Osheroff.

COLLEGE BOARD, USA | Certified Senior International Counsellor

Attended and completed the College Board Summer Institute for International Counsellors twice 

INSEAD BUSINESS SCHOOL, FRANCE | Senior Leadership Program

  

Co-Designed, organized and attended the Bank Alfalah-INSEAD Top Leaders Program on Leadership, Leading Organizational Culture and Change

LUMS EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT – PAKISTAN Senior Leadership Program

Driving Growth through Innovation and Customer Focus

AITCHISON COLLEGE - PAKISTAN | A'LEVELS

Secured 5 As and won 1st position, Aitchison College A Levels Class of 2000.

Experience

LAHORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL | Head, Department of Counselling

  • Met with international undergraduate admissions deans and staff at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke, Northwestern, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore and University of Chicago
  • Led a team of counsellors, counselled students individually, developed and led departmental transformation initiatives, created digital forms and SOPs for students and counsellors, created counselling website and online portal for students, developed and delivered counsellor training program, conducted talks on all aspects of the college application process


University Admissions & Career Counsellor

  • Created and twice taught a summer program called “College Applications and Life Choices” 
  • Mentored over 200 A Level students in the college application process for the US, UK, Canada, Pakistan and other international destinations. 

LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCES (LUMS) | Head, Undergraduate Academic and Career Advising

  

Program Manager, Academic  and Career Advising and Head, Advising Programs Office


  • Conducted over 1100 1:1 sessions with undergraduates on career/major choice, course choices, academic success, planning and difficulty, transition to college, developing an excellence-driven mindset 
  • Designed and conducted LUMS’ first alumni survey on Majors and Careers,  
  • Authored LUMS’ first official guidebook for undergraduates (“Making the Most of LUMS”), and first official Faculty Advisors Handbook, Delivered monthly Advising Talks.  

THE INSTITUTE FOR CAREER AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (ICPD) | Executive Director and Faculty, Personal Development

Led the creation and all academic/administrative functions for a first of its kind institute, to take core work skills development, world-class career counselling and work readiness training to graduates in Pakistan, initiated and supported by prominent business leaders Syed Babar Ali and Nauman Ahmed Khan.

BECOME INC. SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA | Research Analyst

BANK ALFALAH | Vice President, Leadership Development, Culture & Change Management(HR)

ENGAGE HR CONSULTING | Head of Research & Senior HR Consultant

Engage Consulting is widely recognized as the best HR consulting firm in Pakistan


  • Designed and implemented HR, leadership development, organizational development, culture change, large scale transformation projects with various organizations as senior and lead consultant 
  • Head of Product for Zengage, an AI-driven leadership coach app for managers in organizations  

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