Core Team

PTCRO is an organization that has continuously adapted itself to the evolving situation in Afghanistan. With a deep understanding and focus on the current situation at the grassroots level, and the deteriorating economic, health, and educational situation of Afghans, PTCRO’s team has complementing skills to fulfil the organizations’ goal and address the urgent needs of Afghanistan. We are a mixed team, with deep roots in the Afghan culture, good knowledge of the grass-roots situation, and a heartfelt connection with Afghans and Afghanistan. We are here to contribute to the best of our capabilities and join in the country’s reconstruction and development, and the well-being of Afghan people

Kamila Sidiqi

The founder of PTCRO, the Dressmaker of Khairkhana herself, a civil activist, entrepreneur, civil servant, a mother, and a proud Afghan woman. Kamila Sidiqi is THE torchbearer of woman's rights and one of the leading businesswomen of Afghanistan. She started her business in 1996 when she created jobs for more than 150 women in her neighbourhood under a restrictive Taliban regime. After 2001 besides her business activities and civil society activism, she served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Administrative Office of the President, Deputy Minister of Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, and later as the Minister of Commerce and Industries. She continues serving the people of Afghanistan, especially women and is the founder and high level strategic advisor of PTCRO.

Mir Sayed Saeedy

Mr. Saeedy is a law school graduate from Kabul University. In 2011 after his graduation, he moved to France to pursue his Master’s, where he obtained two Master’s degrees, first a Master’s in International and European law followed by Master’s in International Economic Law. In 2014 he returned to Afghanistan and joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan as Legal Manager to work on legal foundations for the establishment of Agricultural Development Bank of Afghanistan ADBA supported by the World Bank. In 2015 he joined the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and Rule of Law as a legal consultant. Later, in 2016 he joined the Ministry of Commerce and Industries as an Advisor to the Directorate of Legal Affairs and in a very short while he was promoted to an Advisor to the Minister and then as Director of Internal Audit, and, finally as Director-General for International Trade.

Henna Salehi

Henaa Salehi is a commercial lawyer, policy maker, educator, and advocate for women's rights and youth empowerment.
Ms. Salehi was born and brought up in an academic family in Afghanistan. She started her career as a commercial lawyer in 2015 and practiced law for 5 years with some of the top national & international law firms in Afghanistan. Later on, she joined the Afghan government in 2019 as a Legal Expert for the Office of Chief Legal Advisor to the President which later evolved into the Legal Unit of the President. She was also serving as the Acting Director for the Directorate of Regional & International Commitment’s Coordination at the Legal Unit of the President. After this, she was appointed as the Director of Procurement Policy and Legal Directorate, at the National Procurement Authority (NPA) of Afghanistan.
Henaa has a bachelor's in law from Kabul University. She is also a Fulbright Scholar and is currently pursuing her master's in international business & Trade Law at Fordham University, New York City. Apart from pursuing a full-time legal profession, she has been an advocate for women and youth rights for 10 years mainly focusing on gender equality and education.

Fardin Pardis

Mr. Pardis graduated from the School of Law of Kabul University. He worked for the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law as a Legal Researcher and Project Assistant. In 2012 he worked as Head of Provincial Programs with the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law. In 2015, he was working as Senior Project Coordinator and Legal Analyst with the Hamida Baraki Organization for Rule of Law.
In September 2016 Mr. Pardis moved to Toulouse, France, to pursue his Master of International and European Law followed by a Master of International Economic and Business Law. In 2019, he started doctoral research on the rights of third parties to be heard in investor-state arbitration procedures at the Law School of Cologne University. In 2020, he returned to Kabul and joined the Legal Unit of the President as a Legal Expert. In July 2021 he was appointed as Director of Project Analysis and Program Development at the National Procurement Authority of Afghanistan. In August 2021 when the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan, he was forced to flee to Luxembourg and has since helped many Afghans who have been evacuated from Afghanistan. Since January 2022 Mr. Pardis is working as a Legal Consultant at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law.

Baraimal Jeryan

Baraimal Jeryan is a business and trade analyst, a proud civil servant with a great career record, and an effective member of the development society. Baraimal Jeryan has worked in the Ministry of Commerce for more than 10 years. He has worked in Afghanistan's Mission to WTO in Geneva and has served as the Director of Trade Analysis in the Ministry of Commerce, where he was leading the team of Afghanistan's Commercial Attachés in different countries of the world. He developed weekly trade policy updates for the cabinet and formulated policy recommendations and solutions for enhancing Afghanistan's trade portfolio. He has also worked with USAID's ACEBA project where he was directly supporting export businesses to increase their export portfolios.