Mr. Haroon Sharif served as the Minister of State and Chairman of Pakistan’s Board of Investment in 2018-19. As a senior member of Prime Minister’s economic team, he actively contributed to major decisions taken by the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee and the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation. He was Pakistan’s Lead Representative for Industrial Cooperation in the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He championed various reforms for improving Ease of Doing Business, Specialized Economic Zones and facilitating foreign direct investment from China, the Arabian Gulf and East Asia. Pakistan’s ranking on the Ease of Doing Business Index improved by 28 places under his leadership. He has been recognized among top 100 leaders in Pakistan in 2019. He is a member of several high-level task forces including Prime Minister’s Task Force on Economic Diplomacy. He is currently advising United Nations and governments in Asia.

Mr. Sharif worked for the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) as the Head of Economic Growth Group. He worked as the Regional Advisor to the World Bank Group. He has been served as Executive Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan.

Mr. Haroon Sharif holds postgraduate qualifications in international business and development economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Hawaii, USA.