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Umair Jaliawala is the Founder & CEO of Torque Corp, a leading Pakistani corporate learning and leadership training firm he founded in 2008. An inspirational speaker, trainer, and social entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience, he has trained over 405,000 professionals across 328+ companies, and holds leadership roles with School of Leadership and TiE Karachi.
Umair Jaliawala is a versatile leader, entrepreneur, and master trainer, and the Founder & CEO of Torque Corp, one of Pakistan’s leading corporate learning and leadership-development firms. An inspirational speaker and social entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience across the corporate, public, and development sectors, he blends professional expertise with a deep passion for community development, empowering individuals and organisations to embrace leadership, drive positive change, and cultivate the skills the modern world demands.
Umair founded Torque Corp, “the turning force”, in 2008 in Karachi as an immersive, innovative corporate learning provider delivering organisational development and learning & development solutions. Describing the company as “a tribe of diverse consultants, trainers, facilitators, and speakers,” he has built it into a firm of remarkable reach: Torque has, by its own account, “turned on” more than 405,000 professionals across 328+ companies spanning 27 industries. His sessions are known for a distinctive blend of business, faith, culture, and psychology, interactive, story-rich experiences that make participants reflect, grow, and connect.
Beyond Torque Corp, Umair is deeply embedded in Pakistan’s leadership and entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves as a Director and Master Trainer at the School of Leadership (SoL), a premier youth leadership-development organisation, and as Executive Director of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Karachi, the global, Silicon Valley-rooted movement fostering entrepreneurship, as well as being active with the Trainers Resource Group (TRG). Earlier in his journey, he established the Young Leaders’ Conference (2006) and envisioned the Karachi Youth Support Network (KYSN), a youth centre built around care, conversation, connection, and contribution.
An IBA graduate, Umair combines strategic vision with hands-on engagement, designing programs around engagement, collaboration, and sustainability that make his work, in his own framing, “relevant, revered, and replicable.” Through conferences, workshops, and mentorship, he has influenced everyone from top-tier corporate professionals to individuals in marginalised communities, and has mentored a generation of trainers and leaders. His commitment to integrated, sustainable solutions continues to shape Pakistan’s landscape of leadership and community development, making him a genuine catalyst for transformation in both personal and professional domains.
Umair Jaliawala is the Founder & CEO of Torque Corp, a leading Pakistani corporate learning and leadership-development firm he founded in 2008 in Karachi. An inspirational speaker, master trainer, and social entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience, he has trained over 405,000 professionals across 328+ companies in 27 industries, with a distinctive style blending business, faith, culture, and psychology. He is also a Director and Master Trainer at the School of Leadership and Executive Director of TiE Karachi, and founded the Young Leaders’ Conference and Karachi Youth Support Network. An IBA graduate, he is a catalyst for leadership and community development in Pakistan.
Umair Jaliawala is the Founder & CEO of Torque Corp, a leading Pakistani leadership trainer, inspirational speaker, and social entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience, who has trained over 405,000 professionals.
Torque Corp (“the turning force”) is a corporate learning and leadership-development firm founded by Umair Jaliawala in 2008 in Karachi, providing organisational development and learning & development solutions to companies across many industries.
He specialises in leadership development, corporate training, and personal growth, with a distinctive approach blending business, faith, culture, and psychology into interactive, transformational sessions.
He is a Director and Master Trainer at the School of Leadership (SoL) and Executive Director of TiE Karachi, and is active with the Trainers Resource Group (TRG).
Through Torque Corp, he has trained more than 405,000 professionals across 328+ companies spanning 27 industries.
He is a business graduate of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) with nearly two decades of experience across the corporate, public, and development sectors in Pakistan and abroad.
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