Arshad
Mahmood

Dr. Arshad Mahmood
Federal Secretary
MSc. Finance & Management, England
Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in Finance & Banking, USA

PROFILE:
Dr. Arshad Mahmood belongs to Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) with 30 years of high-profile experience in public, corporate and multi-lateral sectors. He has remained Secretary Petroleum Division, in Ministry of Energy where he also performed as Chairman BOD PARCO. Previously, he served as Secretary at Science & Technology Division, National Heritage & Culture Division as well as Additional Federal Secretary at Finance Division, dealing with Expenditures, DFIs & Banking sector apart from performing as DG, CDNS. He has worked as Secretary to the Government of Punjab in the Departments of Finance, Mines & Minerals, Public Health Engineering, Housing and Urban Planning apart from various field assignments and also serving at Chief Minister’s Secretariat.
He remained as Head of Investment Banking in the Bank of Punjab and served as Chairman, Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd. He has performed as CEO/Managing Director of multiple state-owned Companies/Corporations/Authorities. He has served as Chairman, BOD National Security Printing Company (NSPC) and remained on the Boards of Directors of PNSC, OGDCL, PPL, LESCO, CAA, NTC & others. He has been the first to be appointed as External Auditor to audit ‘Auditor General of Pakistan’.
He has proven track record of designing and structuring internationally benchmarked metallic mineral exploration programs and mega investment propositions, shaping public private partnerships, organizational alignment and restructuring, complicated procurements, financial syndications and brings diverse experience in capital market interactions. He has performed as Secretary to the ‘Think-Tank’ which operated under Federal Finance Minister apart from representing Ministry in SECP Policy Board meetings.
He has also served with UNDP, National Audit Office, London and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), Boston, USA. He is British Chevening Scholar and got his MSc. in Finance & Management from Cranfield University, School of Management, England. He is Hubert Humphrey Fellow (Fulbright) in ‘Finance & Banking’ from Boston University, School of Management, USA from where he also obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management. He has received trainings in Financial Management at World Bank and IMF. He is graduate of Kind Edward Medical College, Lahore and takes interest in cosmology, classical music and golf. He has travelled to multiple countries for professional engagements.