Raania A. K Durrani is an inter-disciplinary artist and creative producer, with over a decade of experience working in Southasia mainly in the areas of visual arts and music. Her work spans across the arts and humanities, focusing on cross-genre and collaborative practice. Raania is a graduate of Bennington College, USA where she studied visual arts, music and writing. She is also an Arts Management Fellow of Art Think SouthAsia / KHOJ International Artists Association (India/UK). Her primary education was music, and she was traditionally trained in eastern music and ghazal by Sadaf Bano (Bangladesh) and Idrees Hussain (Pakistan). 

In September 2015, she co-founded Salt Arts with the intention of cultivating new audiences for music and arts in Pakistan and Southasia, to date Salt Arts has produced over 60 live shows in Pakistan and the UK, and has worked with over 150 artists locally and internationally. Raania currently serves as Director Arts, Pakistan for the British Council and has been closely associate with various organisations, including PeaceNiche/T2F, Southbank Centre London, WOW Foundation and Commune Artist Colony, which she co-founded in 2005. Raania has been awarded multiple arts residencies, and has been a faculty member at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture and Szabist, in Karachi.  She received a commendation for Arts at the 6th Ladies Fund Awards in 2014, her work and writings have been published in the Friday Times, Border Movement, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Art Now, Dawn, The News, and The New Internationalist. 

Raania is based in Karachi, which she believes is the hub of contemporary music in Southasia. 

Press: http://tns.thenews.com.pk/talking-music-pakistan/#.XD8QBtWFOcY

Junaid is a turnaround and growth specialist, known best for his work in the corporate and financial sector of Pakistan. His experiences range from work at CNBC Pakistan, BMA Capital and Financial Services, Elixir Securities, E2E – to his presence on multiple global forums and television as an advisor and commentator for finance and business. Junaid is known to be the youngest CEOs in the financial sector, however, he earned one of his first paychecks photographing a Junoon concert, nearly twenty years ago. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he read Economics, and has attended an Executive Education Program at the Harvard Business School. Junaid serves on the boards of The Lyceum School, Charter for Compassion and AIESEC Pakistan. He is a patron of the arts, and wishes to develop sustainable systems for the arts and music industry.

In September 2015, Junaid co-founded Salt Arts Pvt. Ltd, where he serves as the Chairperson.

Mary is a Cultural Manager, and has over 20 years of experience in the Arts, Publishing and the NGO sector. She has conducted projects across cities in India and Internationally, and is the founder of KHUBLEI. Mary is an Arts Management Fellow of Art Think SouthAsia/ KHOJ International Artists Association (India).