Zia is an avid global health advocate, reformer, and strategic thinker with extensive experience in strategy and management consulting, change, and technology. Over the course of his career, he has worked with global organizations and managed several transformational initiatives. His focus in global health is on health systems reforms, evidence-based decision-making, universal health coverage (UHC), health economics, and health finance within LMICs, G20 nations, and humanitarian settings. Zia holds an MS in Management from UT Dallas, an MBA from Duke University – Fuqua School of Business, and an MPH from Yale University – Yale School of Public Health.