Ms. Sabrina Dawood is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Dawood Foundation, the Dawood family's primary philanthropic vehicle, established in 1960 to give back to society through education and community development.
Much of what TDF is today took shape during her tenure as CEO of the Foundation. In that role, she transformed Dawood Public School into the institution it has become, opened TDF Ghar, and launched the TDF MagnifiScience Centre, three initiatives that together define TDF's contemporary identity and reflect her conviction that learning spaces should be accessible and meaningful, designed not merely with good intentions, but built to be truly inclusive and deeply engaging.
Dawood Public School, founded in 1983, today educates more than 2,500 girls at the primary and secondary level, having built a culture around diversity, tolerance, and character that reflects years of sustained commitment. TDF Ghar, the restored 1930s home of Hajiani Hanifa Bai — mother of Group founder Ahmed Dawood — was reimagined under her leadership as a space for youth engagement that preserves the architectural and cultural memory of the city. Most recently, the TDF MagnifiScience Centre, Pakistan's first interactive science centre, opened in 2021 with a focus on experiential learning; since then it has drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors and earned recognition from the President of Pakistan, several diplomatic missions, government officials, and figures from the arts and media. Both TDF Ghar and the TDF MagnifiScience Centre have been formally recognised by the Government of Sindh as museums — an acknowledgement of their cultural and educational significance to the province.
These endeavours reflect a conviction long held by Group Chairman Hussain Dawood: that a strong moral foundation isn't incidental to progress — it's the precondition for it. Sabrina's work is, in many ways, that belief made concrete.
Her governance commitments are extensive. She serves as a Director on the Board of Engro Holdings and sits on the Boards of Dawood Lawrencepur Limited, the Karachi Education Initiative, and the Hajiani Hanifabai Memorial Society. She is also a Trustee of Engro Foundation, Engro's philanthropic vehicle, and a Member of the Board of WWF Pakistan.
Academically, she holds a Master's in Medical Anthropology from University College London and a Bachelor's in Anthropology and Law from the London School of Economics.
