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Prof. Dr. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi

PROF. DR. ZAFAR IQBAL QURESHI

Vice Chancellor, Dean Social & Mgt Sciences, Professor Leadership & Change Mgt. Professor (SDSB) and Chief of Party, ASP-LUMS

E-mail:-[email protected] 

Phones: (042) 111-555-600 (Ext 300); (Res.) (042) 35725230

Cell: 0300-80440327

Education:

  • Received Ph.D. degree in November 1980 with an overall ‘A’ grade Specialization in Policy Analysis and Organizational Behavior, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, USA (1977-80).
  • Received the degree of Master in Business Administration in August, 1970.  Followed a general management curriculum with emphasis on organizational theory and behavior. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, LEBANON, (1968-70) 

SPECIALIZED TRAINING:

  • April, 1986 Grid Seminar.
  • Oct. 1985 Certified Instructor in conducting Managerial Grid Courses.
  • June, 1987 Participated in a 3-week Human Resource Management course at University of Western Ontario, School of Business Administration, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jul-Aug 1988 Participated in a 6-week Applied International Management Program at Swedish Institute of Management Sweden.
  • Apr-May’91 Participated in a one-week seminar on Strategic Human Resource Planning and one-week seminar on Career Management at the School of Business Administration, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

HONORS & AWARDS:

  • 1968 Won USAID scholarship for MBA degree.
  • 1977 Won Government of Pakistan’s scholarship for Ph.D. studies. 
  • 1979-80 Member, Doctoral Committee, School of Public Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
  • 1984 Won the Best Management Trainer Award from CDA Training Academy, Islamabad.
  • 1986 Honorary Associate Editor, The Management Pakistan  Karachi.
  • 1995-todate Patron, HRM Forum-Pakistan.

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • October 2015 – To Date Chairperson, Board of Governors Nur International University Lahore. Senior Member, Strategic Governance Team, Fatima Memorial System Lahore.
  • August 2011 – September 2015Chief of Party & Professor, Handling an ASP-LUMS US $ 15 million plus project. Transformed the project from a non-performing to one of the best performing USAID project.
  •  July 2010 –  August 2011Provost & Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore. 
  • July 2005 – June 2010Dean & Professor of Management, School of Management, F C College University, Lahore.
  • Mar 1999 – June 2005Visiting Professor, Change Management, Human Resource Management, & Director, Social Enterprise Development Center, Graduate School of Business Administration, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan.  Special fields of interest in Performance Management and Reward System and Management of Change. 
  • Mar 2002 – Sep 2002Managing Director, National Institute of Banking & Finance, State Bank of Pakistan. 
  • Mar 1999 to June 2000Managing Director, Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company, Lahore.
  • Aug 1999 to Feb. 2000 Chairman & Chief Executive, Board of Investment & Trade, Punjab.  (Additional charge) 
  • Apr 1998 to Mar 1996- Institutional Development Specialist (World Bank Consultant with the Punjab Government).
  • Aug 1996 to March 1999 Associate Dean, MBA Programme, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan.
  • Mar 1993 to Apr 1993 & May 1996 to Jul 1996- Visiting Scholar, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Apr 1994 to June 1996 Associate Dean, B.Sc. (Hons.) Programme, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan.
  • Feb 1991-94 Professor & Associate Dean, MBA Programme, Graduate School of Business Administration, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan.
  • Mar 1989 Jan. 1991 Professor, Human Resource Management, Change Management
    Graduate School of Business Administration, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan.  Special fields of interest in Performance Management and Reward System and Management of Change. 
  • July 1986 – Feb. 1989Associate ProfessorGraduate School of Business Administration, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore – Pakistan. 
  • Mar 1984 to Jun. 1986 Director, Course of Studies & Management Expert, UBL School of Banking, Islamabad – Pakistan.
  • Aug 1983 -Feb 1984 Associate Professor in Management & Policy Analysis and Chairman, Department of Administrative Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad – Pakistan.
  • 1978-83 Assistant Professor in Management and Policy Research and Analysis, Department of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan.
  • 1979-80 Instructor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
  • 1977-79 Higher Studies in USA
  • 1976-77 Chairman Department of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan.
  • 1975-76 Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan.
  • 1974-75 Professor and Chairman, Public Administration, Gomal University, D.I.Khan – Pakistan.
  • 1970-74 Lecture in Management, Department of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan.

PUBLIC/NOT-FOR-PROFIT SECTOR ASSIGNMENTS

Present:

  • Chairman, Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company.
  • Chairman, Punjab Accreditation committee.
  • Chairman, Punjab Examination Commission.
  • Vice Chairman, Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP)
  • Expert on Education: Punjab Government Working Group
  • Fatima Memorial Hospital Systems
  • University of Health Sciences, Lahore
  • Member, Punjab Healthcare Commission.
  • Member, Board of Director Punjab Education Foundation

Past:

  • Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP)
  • Society For the Advancement of Education (SAHE)
  • Northern Power Generation Co., WAPDA
  • National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Lahore
  • Queen’s Mary College, Lahore
  • Services Hospital, Lahore
  • Punjab Municipal Development Fund Co. (PMDFC)
  • Member, Task Force on Reformation of Govt. Offices, Government of the Punjab
  • Member, Board of Management, National Institute of Banking & Finance (NIBAF), State Bank of Pakistan
  • Member, Board of Studies, Department of Administrative Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  • Member Privatization Board, Govt. of the Punjab
  • Managing Director, Punjab Municipal Development Fund Co.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE

    • State Bank of Pakistan
    • Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan
    • UNDPChange Management Facilitation at:
    • Regular speaker at the Civil Services Academy, Lahore – Pakistan; National Institute of Public Administration, Lahore – Pakistan; Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore – Pakistan; Army School of Logistics, Kuldana, Murree; WAPDA Academy, Tarbela; CDA Comprehensive Training Academy, Islamabad & Cantonment Staff College, Quetta, and National Defence College, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    • Management Trainer in Management Analysis, Cabinet Secretariat, O&M Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad and Lahore.
      Guest Speaker at IFL, Sweden, Applied International Organization, 1989

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS:

  1. Consultant to Academy for Education Development (USAID), on Family Owned Businesses during 1988-89.
  2. Conducted Salary Surveys for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Pakistan/Switzerland, in 1988 and in 1993.
  3. Undertook a study of “Organization & Management of Local Government” for the World Bank in 1989.
  4. South Asian Civil Services in 2000 AD’ for Asian and Pacific Development Centre, Malaysia in 1989.
  5. Study of HRM Practices at Packages Limited
  6. Advisor on HRM to Pepsi Cola (Pak), Inc. 1992
  7. Advisor of HRM to Ammar Textile 1993 to 1997.
  8. Study of HRM Practices at Bitumat Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
  9. Member, Management Review Team for IUCN-Pakistan, “an organization involved in environmental improvement and responsible for development of national conservation strategy”.
  10. Member, Management Review Team-II for IUCN-Pakistan.
  11. UNDP Consultant for Management and Organization Development for the Planning & Development Department, Government of the Punjab
  12. Carried a study on “Human Resource Development & Economic Policy: The Case of Pakistan” for ICEG.
  13. Management Review of WWF-Pakistan, “an organization involved in environmental improvement and responsible for development of national conservation strategy””
  14. Coordinated UNDP-New York in the organization of “The Regional Workshop on Public Sector Management” in Lahore-Pakistan (October 2-5, 1995).
  15. Paper on “Management of Change” read in MDP Regional Workshop on Public Sector Management for UNDP.
  16. Coordinated Asia Regional Ministerial Conference on Governance for Sustainable Growth and Equity.
  17. Paper on “Development & Enabling Governance Structure: Promoting Private Sector and People-Centered Development” for UNDP.
  18. Coordinated “Management Development Programme” at International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration with McGill University, Canada.
  19. Coordinated “South Asian NGOs: Managing for Growth and Change” Workshop, in collaboration with Aga Khan Foundation – Canada.
  20. Consultant in CBR Restructuring.
  21. HRM Consultancy Project, Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd.

 CONFERENCES & SEMINARS ATTENDED:

  •  Attended THIRD BIENNIAL CONFERENCE; ASIAN CORRESPONDENT INSTITUTES “Asian Economic Growth – Policies, Problems and Cooperative Endeavours”, Co-sponsored by International Center for Economic Growth (ICEG) and Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
  • Attended a two week seminar “The Business School to the year 2000: The British Vision” at Manchester Business School, UK, sponsored by The British Council.
  • Attended ‘Global Leadership Conference – management education and training for sustainable development’ held in INCAE, Costa Rica
  • Workshop on Business Schools Accreditation held in November, 2003 in Hyderabad, India arranged by AMDISA.
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