Green Industrialization

Conference speakers

Dr. Richard Kozul-Wright

Director, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland

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Dr. Richard Kozul-Wright
Dr. Richard Kozul-Wright is Director of the Globalization and Development Strategies Division in UNCTAD. He has worked at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva. He holds a Ph.D in economics from the University of Cambridge UK. He has published widely on economic issues including, inter alia, in the Economic Journal, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, The Journal of Development Studies, and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. He is the author of The Resistible Rise of Market Fundamentalism (with Paul Rayment) and The Case for a New Bretton Woods (with Kevin Gallagher) and is a co-editor of the Oxford Handbook on Industrial Policy. He has written widely in newspapers including the Financial Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El Pais, China Daily, Project Syndicate, Open Democracy.

Dr. Safdar Sohail

Executive Director, Social Policy Resource Centre, Author of the study

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Dr. Safdar Sohail
Dr. Safdar Sohail, former Special Secretary Cabinet, belongs to the 1984 batch of Commerce and Trade Service and carries a Ph. D. in Sociology from France. He established Social Protection Resource Centre in 2020. Green Industrialization Development Collective is hosted at SPRC at the SPRC Centre for Studies in Globalization and Development. [SIGAD] Dr. Sohail was the principle author of Draft National Sustainable Strategy of Pakistan in 2009 and of Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2009-12 & 2012-2015. He has served as DG Trade Policy, Ministry of Commerce and Economic Minister to EU in Brussels. He has been Convenor of CPEC Joint Working Group on Industrial Cooperation and Pakistan's lead negotiator on CPEC Long Term Plan. He volunteers his time for the joint initiative of Ministries of Health and Human Rights to make Islamabad Capital Territory a better place to live for the persons with disabilities and elderly. He is also the Convenor of Islamabad Club Library and Literary Committee.

Mr. Abbas Raza Shah

CEO, Engineering Development Board, Ministry of Industries and Production, Government of Pakistan

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Mr. Abbas Raza Shah
Mr. Abbas Raza Shah has professional experience of more than 30 years in strategic planning, policy making, management, marketing, and corporate governance in the public as well as private sectors in Pakistan. Provided leadership to major public sector technology organizations and led development of national policies for the engineering and technology sectors. In addition to full time and consultancy activities in the areas of engineering, technology, ICT and Digital inclusion / transformation, have supported various international development organizations in their developmental activities in Pakistan.

Dr. Aman Ullah

Joint Chief Economist, Planning & Development Board, Government of Punjab, Lahore

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Dr. Amanullah Khan
Dr. Aman holds a Ph.D. from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and M.Phil. in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University. He is the author of several Publications and recipient of many scholarships and grants. He writes economic articles for the leading newspapers including Express Tribune, DAWN, and The News. Currently, Dr. Aman is serving as Joint Chief Economist, P&D Board. Dr. Aman has held various important positions in P&D Board; Chief Economist, Director of Punjab Economic Research Institute, and Programme Director, R&D Fund for Academia along with being the Focal Person of Government of the Punjab for SDGs, CPEC, SIFC and Growth Strategy. Dr. Aman has a diverse experience in the public sector. He is a visiting faculty member at the Government College University, Lahore, and taught various courses at the University of Auckland, Quaid-i-Azam University, and SZABIST Islamabad. Before joining the Government of Punjab, he worked with the Planning Commission of Pakistan for many years.
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