Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed 

Dr Zeeshan Ahmed is one of the leading management educationists in the country. He has held key positions in the top business schools and universities in Pakistan, viz. LUMS, IBA Karachi, KSBL and Al Qadir University Project. He has also served on the board of country’s eminent Islamic Schools. His mission and passion is to change the society by reforming the education system. He has also studied traditional uloom under the tutelage of eminent scholars.

 

Currently, Dr Zeeshan is the founding Vice-Chancellor of the recently-chartered Al-Ghazali University. In his previous job, Dr. Zeeshan served as the founding Dean of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Al-Qadir University Project Trust. Prior to joining Al-Qadir Trust, he served as the Rector and Dean KSBL, an emerging business school set up by the Engro group. He has  significantly contributed to the institution’s academic growth and sustainability.  Earlier, he was heading the undergraduate program at LUMS business school. Dr. Zeeshan has over 25 years of diverse experience in teaching, training, consulting and research. Initially, he worked as a management consultant with Ferguson Associates, an affiliate firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has conducted multiple trainings and workshops on topics such as Leadership, Ethics, Teaching Excellence, Corporate Finance, Management Development Program, Change Management, Team Building, Islamic Finance and Digital Transformation.

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He completed his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University, US in the discipline of Finance and has also passed all CPA examinations. Recently, he has been working on curriculum and pedagogies that help in developing universally desirable character traits that are integral to the Seerah of Prophet ﷺ and his companions.

 

Dr. Zeeshan also serves as Member of Syndicate of Airwar College, Shurah Jamiatur Rasheed, Management Committee Reflections School, Board of Directors at Hikmah Institute, Academic Council of IBA Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance (CEIF), Advisor of The Lab School and Patron-in-Chief of Naseeha Institute.