Mustafa Suroush has worked in different leadership and management capacities for government and international non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan in the last twenty years.  Mustafa holds two master's degrees: one in International Development from the Turin School of Development, Italy, and the other in Leadership and Change Management from the Institute of Executive Capabilities-Steinbeis University, Germany. He completed his bachelor’s degree in political science at the American University of Afghanistan. Mustafa is currently researching on political stability in Afghanistan.