Our Team

Ijaz Nabi

Ijaz Nabi is Country Director (Pakistan) and Senior Advisor (Jordan and Lebanon) at the International Growth Centre hosted jointly by the London School of Economics and Oxford University and is a non-resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development, Washington DC. He is Honorary Executive Director, Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) and teaches Economic Policy at Lahore University of Management Sciences. He was at the World Bank in Washington DC (1986-2008) and worked on Mexico, Korea, Thailand (leading the World Bank team during the East Asian financial crisis), Malaysia, Korea, Laos and Myanmar, and in 2002-2008 was Manager, Economic Policy, for South Asia region.

He has published extensively on economic growth, investment and finance, industrialization, international trade and labor markets in developing countries. He has a BA from Government College Lahore, B.Sc. Honors from London School of Economics and a PhD from Warwick University, UK.

Zara Salman

Zara Salman has worked in various areas of research such as education, health, governance, trade and industry. She has extensive experience working on donor projects with the World Bank, FCDO, USAID and UNICEF. Ms. Salman has also worked with government departments, providing evidence based research to help formulate policies. She has a keen interest in encouraging research uptake that allows informed decisions by all stakeholders.

Ms. Salman has completed her MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and BSc Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Sajid Maruf Khan

Sajid Maruf Khan has the has over twenty years of work experience with public and private sector organizations in the fields of accounts, finance, audit, project planning and management. He started his career with a chartered accountant firm, Grant Thornton and later joined Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) where he has served in senior management positions.

Mr. Khan is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He received his B.Com degree from the University of Punjab and BSc (Honors) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University (OBU), UK. He obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting & Finance from the Liverpool College of Management Sciences, UK. He also has a Fellow Public Finance Accountant certification (FPFA) from the Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants.

Emun Hafeez

Emun Hafeez has completed her Masters in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and BSc Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences. Her research interests lie in the fields of gender, social policy and urban development.

Faiza Zia

Faiza Zia holds a Master’s degree in Policy Economics from Williams College. Ms. Zia has several years of experience working on social and behaviour change communications, organisational development, and monitoring & evaluation. Her research interests include economic growth & development, public sector service delivery, and women empowerment.

Muhammad Bilal Pervaiz

Bilal Pervaiz has completed his MBA-Finance from the University of Central Punjab, Lahore Campus. Prior to joining CDPR he has worked for two years at Interwood Mobel Pvt. Ltd as an Account Officer in their taxation department.

Eiva Arshad

Eiva Arshad has completed her Master’s in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Her research interests include International and domestic migration, labour force participation trends, and gender disparity.

Ayesha Zaman

Ayesha Zaman has completed her Masters in Global Migrations and Social Justice from the University of Glasgow. Her research interests include social justice, human rights and climate change.

Ali Mustafa

Ali Mustafa has completed his MBA-Finance from the University of Central Punjab Lahore Campus. Prior to joining CDPR he has worked at Mir Group International as an Account Officer.

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