Reckitt: Spark to Catalyst - Driving Innovation for Lasting Change
Embark with us on a journey of personal growth and resilience, showcasing how changemakers are catalysing innovation to drive lasting change. Explore how to lead with morale ambition in a corporate world and scale breakthrough high-tech innovations for impact.
Speakers
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Nida Yousaf SheikhCo-Founder & CEONida Yousaf Sheikh
Co-Founder & CEO
TayabaNida Yousaf Sheikh is a Pakistani social innovator, climate advocate, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Tayaba, a social enterprise working to transform water accessibility, sanitation, and climate resilience for underserved communities across Pakistan. With an MSc in Economic Psychology (Distinction) from the London School of Economics and a deep sense of justice shaped by her lived experiences, Nida has dedicated her career to addressing one of today’s most urgent challenges: water scarcity. As CEO of Tayaba, Nida led the development of the H2O (Help-2-Others) Solutions — an ecosystem of innovative, cost-effective tools designed to improve water access, sanitation, and hygiene. Her flagship innovation, the H2O Wheel, is a 40-liter rolling container that drastically reduces the time and physical strain of water collection. Since 2019, under Nida’s leadership, Tayaba has expanded its solutions to include: H2O Solar: Renewable-energy-powered water facilities for off-grid communities, H2O Air: Pakistan’s first air-to-water generator that extracts humidity to produce safe drinking water, and H2O Hygiene Kit, which includes biodegradable, reusable menstrual hygiene products, empowering women with dignity and health. Beyond leading Tayaba, Nida actively amplifies the voices of young changemakers, especially women, in global conversations on sustainability and climate action. She has spoken on prominent international platforms, including as a plenary speaker at the One Young World Summit, where she also led a dedicated “Water and Climate” session for emerging youth leaders. In Pakistan, she served as a keynote panelist during Pakistan Water Week 2024, contributing to critical national conversations on water security. Nida has also represented Tayaba at COP28 in the UAE and COP29 in Baku, both in person and virtually, using these global stages to spotlight Pakistan’s climate vulnerability and advocate for inclusive, youth-led, community-driven climate solutions.
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Hamzah SarwarGlobal Head of Social Impact & InnovationHamzah Sarwar
Counsellor
Global Head of Social Impact & Innovation
ReckittHamzah is the Global Head of Social Impact and Innovation at Reckitt, where he leads the company’s Global Access Fund that invests to promote universal access to health and hygiene. Since 2020, the fund has impacted over 29 million people across 56 countries, scaling social innovation and entrepreneurship to tackle systemic societal inequities. Hamzah was honoured by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum as a leading Corporate Social Innovator in 2024. He is a One Young World Ambassador, Global Fellow with the League of Intrapreneurs and an alumnus of University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy.