Dr Manzoor Ahmed

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.