Amjad is the orchestrator of the Volunteer, Youth and Education Development Unit at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies based in Geneva, focused on volunteering management, youth innovation and engagement, and education programming.  He has worked in different perspectives of humanitarian work, interfaith engagement protection, gender, violence prevention and peace building.  He is a board member of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, People Beyond Borders and Eduspots. His publications include journal articles, several book chapters and a book on “Lessons from Aceh”. Amjad is an alumni of the International Visitors Leadership Program and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, and has an M.Eng from Imperial College, London, an MBA from U21 Global Singapore/Manipal Global Nxt Malaysia and a PhD from Exeter University.