Aashti Zaidi Hai is the Founder and CEO of Global Schools Forum – a community, an innovation accelerator, and partnership builder for non-state organisations working to improve education at scale for underserved children in low- and middle-income countries. GSF's vibrant community of over 180 organisations operate across 74 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, ensuring that over 150 million children and youth benefit from safe, quality education. Aashti previously worked at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the U.K. Department for International Development, the World Bank and the American Institutes for Research. She is committed to strengthening the evidence base for education policy by supporting practitioner-led research that informs both classroom practice and system-level reform.