ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday appointed Haroon Sharif as the Chairman Board of Investment (BoI)- which is a one window facility under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s office for enabling promotion of domestic and foreign direct investment.
The appointment was confirmed by the Minister for Information Fawad Hussain, who told the cabinet had given go-ahead for the appointment of Mr Sharif as BoI’s chairman, reports Dawn.
Mr Sharif takes over the helm from Naeem Zamindar who had been appointed to the post in November 2017 by the previous PML-N government and resigned in June this year.
The BoI’s role is to help domestic and international investors and enables it to build joint ventures in Pakistan.
Mr Sharif has had a distinguished career and is a renowned global expert of economic policy, international development, economic diplomacy and financial markets.
The new BoI chairman has worked as Regional Advisor the World Bank Group for enabling economic cooperation in Central and South Asia.
He has been involved in the execution of Islamabad-Kabul-Dushanbe Expressway and CASA-1000.
Also, Mr Sharif has been the head of Economic Growth Group at UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) for 10 years and served a three-year stint as Executive Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).
At present, Mr Sharif is serving as a senior fellow at the British Council for promoting regional knowledge and leadership networks between UK and Pakistan.
He is also a visiting fellow at the National Defence University.
