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Shahid Najam

Shahid Najam

Vice Chairman -Member Board of Directors

Biography

Mr. Najam is the Vice Chairman of BIPP. He has four Masters including LLM and MSc. Public Policy form London School of Economics, UK and MSc. Rural Development from Wye College London. He has more than 39 years of experience (17 years with Government of Pakistan and more than 22 years with the UN System) in policy and strategy formulation; development planning and programming ; and implementation of large scale programmes for sustainable development. He joined the Pakistan Administrative Services in 1974 and held important assignments including Commissioner Lahore Division (1999-2001). As the first Chief Operating Officer, he made key contribution in establishing the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade in August 2009. Mr. Najam worked with the UN system on senior positions including Chief of Management Support Services covering 133 Decentralized Offices (2002-2007), FAO Representative, Iran (2007-2009) and Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative of the UN system in Turkey (2009-2013). He led the formulation and implementation of UN Development Cooperation Strategy for Turkey (2011-2014), a pioneer initiative in the world to reposition UN system in the Middle Income Countries. He was also instrumental in establishing the UNDP Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector in Development

Chronology

December 2014 – Present
Vice Chairman
Shaid Javed Burki Institute of Public Policy
December 2009 – March 2013
Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative
UNDP Türkiye
August 2009 – November 2009
Punjab Board of Investmet & Trade (PBIT)
Chief Operating Officer
January 2007 – July 2009
FAO Representative, Iran
FAO
October 1999 – August 2001
Commissioner Lahore Division
Government of Pakistan
August 1995 – September 1999
Chief Management Support Services
FAO
January 1992 – July 1995
Deputy FAO Representative
FAO
August 1988 – December 1991
Deputy Secretary International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture
Government of Pakistan
2013-Present
CTO, Senior Software Engineer of Apple Co.
May 1988 – August 1988
Director Development Islamabad Administration
Government of Pakistan
May 1980 – September 1983
Deputy Secretary/ Staff Officer to Chief Secretary
Government of Punjab
January 1977 – August 1979
Assistant Commissioner
Government of Punjab

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