Speaker’s Profile: Dr Shahid Rashid is the Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CE-CPEC), Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad. The CE-CPEC is envisioned as an apex research center to work as a think tank to reap the true spirit of the CPEC portfolio; energy, infrastructure, Gwadar and industrial cooperation to support the broader initiatives
Read MoreSpeaker’s Profile: Syed Zahid Ali is a professor of economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He did his M.A and PhD in economics from McMaster University Canada. He joined LUMS in 2002. His teaching interest covers areas like Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematical economics, Monetary Economics, Econometrics, and Finance etc. Syed Zahid also taught at various universities such
Read MoreSpeaker’s Profile Sheikh Bilal Khan, Co-author of ‘International Takaful Report: Shari’ah and Legal Analysis’, holds an LL.B (Hons), MA and MBA from various British universities as well as BA and MA from Darul Uloom Karachi. In the global Islamic Finance industry, he is uniquely positioned as both an English qualified lawyer from the ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Linklaters and an award-winning Shari'ah
Read MoreSpeaker’s Profile: Dr. Moeen Naseer Butt is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He received his PhD in Marketing from Ivey Business School at Western University, Ontario, Canada in 2017. His current research projects include assessing the impact of growth, governance, and geography on the performance of franchise
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