Kashmali joined ASI in 2011 in the South Asia team, with a focus on business growth in Pakistan. Since then she has led several multi-million pound, multi-year programs in economic development, governance and institutional reform, climate change, and education. Kashmali was awarded the presidential award from the President of Pakistan in recognition of her work in economic and social reform in 2023.

Richard is a senior economist and international development practitioner focused on economic development in emerging markets, in Africa, South Asia and with Small States. He is passionate about the role of innovation and investment to unlock development as well as the need for good economic governance to underpin it all. Richard's career spans 20 years leading on development partnerships to support economic reforms, economic diplomacy and harnessing the power of the private sector and tech innovations for sustainable growth and job creation.

Usman Khan, CFA,  leads the investment work at REMIT and comes with over 25 years of strategic leadership, large programme delivery, innovation funds, investment, trade, industrial policy, economic governance, skills and youth, SME, private sector development and Investment Banking experience. He holds several honorary positions with key ones including Director for TPI LUMS, Director SMEDA, Director Saindak Metals LTD, and Director Punjab Housing Corporation. He is a CFA charterholder and holds first-class honors in economics from UCL and a postgraduate degree in finance from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Musharraf Cyan has worked 20 years in the areas of public services, fiscal decentralization, tax reform and development planning, recently moving his research into public health with a focus on designing and assessing the efficacy of solutions to address achievement lags in health outcomes for underserved populations.

Cyan’s research interests are global health, innovations in service delivery, development economics and public sector reform. He has consulted for organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and United Nations and has worked as a local administrator and chief economist in Pakistan. He has also worked on public sector reform and policy in Nepal, Egypt, Macedonia, Nigeria and Rwanda. Cyan also holds a degree in medicine from King Edward Medical University, Pakistan, and a master’s degree from University College, London.

Dr Samina is a public-sector reform and international trade specialist with 23 years’ professional experience across Pakistan’s federal institutions, development programmes and international economic engagement. Her senior appointments include Economic Minister at Pakistan High Commission London,Secretary, Institutional Reform Cell at the Prime Minister’s Office; National Project Manager with UNDP; and Director General of the National Institute of Management. Her UK posting as Economic Minister adds experience in cross-government dialogue, investment promotion, policy engagement and international partnerships. During this tenure, she served as a conduit between the governments of Pakistan and the UK for economic cooperation and market access across both countries. She managed the UNDP-implemented component of the SNG programme. At the National Institute of Management, she led training-policy implementation, organisational capacity building and monitoring systems.

Dr Manzoor is an international trade and customs policy expert with over three decades of experience in senior positions with the Government, international organisations and development agencies, specialising in international trade, customs and institutional reforms. These include serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to WTO, Director (D2) FAO, Member Customs, FBR and Senior Trade Advisor to USAID and Adam Smith International. He has also served on several Prime Minister's initiatives, including as Chairman of the Subcommittee on drafting the National Tariff Policy 2025–30, Chairman of the Committee for modernizing the National Tariff Commission and a member of the National Tariff Policy Board. He currently chairs a WTO trade arbitration panel. He is a regular speaker at executive training programmes for senior government officials at NIPA and LUMS and contributes regularly to leading national newspapers on Pakistan's economic and trade policies.

Akbar Mayo leads revenue mobilisation workstream at REMIT, bringing over 17 years of extensive experience in tax reform, fiscal policy formulation and digital revenue administration. He has spearheaded the complete redesign of multiple core tax administration systems and pioneered the development of AI-enabled compliance monitoring tools in Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). His work has successfully integrated international best practices, including the OECD Compliance Risk Management Framework and DAMA-DMBOK data governance architectures, within FBR. A prolific commentator on digital transformation and the future of tax administration, he holds a Master of Laws from the University of the Punjab and a Master of Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Gulalai Khan is a policy communication, governance and gender specialist with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of public policy, institutional reform and inclusive digital transformation. She advises government institutions, development partners, the private sector and civil society on policy design, institutional capacity and stakeholder engagement, and is a leading voice in Pakistan’s discourse on emerging technologies and digital governance. She leads digital and AI literacy initiatives aimed at widening participation in the digital economy.

Gulalai holds an MSc in Communication Governance from the London School of Economics (LSE), where her research examined gender and the third-level digital divide in Pakistan, and is an alumna of the Oxford University Media Policy Institute and the European School of Internet Governance, Germany. An experienced facilitator of national and regional policy dialogues, she works to close the gap between policy formulation and implementation, convening government, industry, development partners and communities to advance evidence-informed, inclusive and sustainable governance reform.

Sabeen Mahmood is the Senior Programme Manager on the programme and leads overall on all programme management aspects of REMIT. She has over 15 years of experience providing project management leadership for large-scale, donor-funded programmes and is highly proficient in operational, financial, risk, and contract management, with a proven track record of delivering complex programmes successfully. She has managed programmes funded by FCDO/DFID, the European Union, and the Global Fund, and possesses in-depth knowledge of FCDO and EU terms, conditions, and procedures, ensuring compliant and effective programme delivery.

Junaid Akhtar is a senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and international development professional with over 20 years of experience providing strategic leadership in results-based management, programme performance, evaluation, research and public-sector governance. He has extensive experience designing and leading MEL systems for complex, large-scale donor-funded and government-led programmes, working with international development partners including FCDO, USAID, the World Bank, ADB and UNDP. His expertise encompasses the development of theories of change, results frameworks and performance measurement systems; evaluation design and management; data quality assurance; impact and outcome assessment; value for money; and the generation and use of evidence to inform policy, programme adaptation and strategic decision-making. He holds a PhD in Public Management and Governance from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and an MSc in Development Studies.

Usman Zahid is the Programme Manager for REMIT at Adam Smith International, overseeing programme delivery, financial and risk management, and stakeholder engagement. He has nearly a decade of experience in international development, working across economic governance, public sector reform, and public service delivery. He has previously worked with the World Bank, the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), and government institutions in Pakistan, including Punjab's Planning and Development Department and provincial health departments. He holds a Master of Public Policy from Central European University (CEU), specialising in International Development and Economics

Abid Zaman is an Administration and Operations professional with 14 years of experience at Adam Smith International (ASI), specializing in project operations, logistics, fleet management, procurement support, facilities management, and administrative coordination across multiple locations in Pakistan.