Dr Ghulam Mohey-ud-din, Senior Economic Planner

Dr Ghulam Mohey-ud-din

Senior Economic Planner

Parsons - Saudi Arabia

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Doctorate, PhD Economics
Experience
18 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 3 Months

Senior Economic Planner at Parsons - Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Yanbu
  • My current job since November 2023

• Undertake a critical review the Royal Commission's Economic Plan and provide economic analysis and recommendations towards developing and implementation a successful base for the city.
• Collect, analyze financial, political and socio-economic data.
• Analyze market trends, calculate and anticipate future growth in GDP, jobs and revenues.
• Able to customize the economic plan and industrial opportunities to maximize GDP growth, jobs and revenues by utilizing the limited industrial area.
• Identify competitors and recommend initiatives to beat them.
• Review the proposed 'Value Proposition' and medium to long-range basis.
• Provide expert industry-investment guidance, based on the current global, regional and future market industry trends in primary and downstream industries.
• Review potential industrial investors' proposals for the city and make informed economic recommendations towards their implementation.
• Formulate economic recommendations and policies to resolve various economic challenges.
• Provide expert advice regarding consultation on different economic relationships with investors and related business.
• Develop policy recommendations towards achieving the Royal Commission vision in a regional competitive marketplace.
• Conduct economic analysis of potential primary and downstream cluster opportunities, taking into consideration the Royal Commission's Master Plan objectives, strategic plan and City phasing plans.
• Review and develop economic objectives for social/community and leadership initiatives.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders, tenants and investors in order to obtain the necessary feedback on proposed economic plans and initiatives.
• Attend conferences, meetings and industry events to promote the Royal Commission, contribute to industry publications.

Director Economic Affairs at Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2022 to November 2023

+ Conduct and supervise the research on geoeconomics, economic security and other economic issues of Pakistan
+ Write opinion articles (OpEds) in reputed newspapers on the topics related to the economy and current issues of Pakistan
+ Supervise and review the articles of researchers
+ Capacity building and mentoring of researchers
+ Attend and represent CASS Lahore in the nominated seminars, conferences and workshops
+ Provide technical advise on matters related to economy of Pakistan
+ Establish and maintain liaison with similar think tanks and key stakeholders
+ Any other research related work assigned

Urban Economist at The Urban Unit, Government of Punjab
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2016 to November 2022

+ Effectively plan, design, and conduct economic analyses that advance the objectives of project teams working on issues across varying urban sectors.
+ Conduct economic change related analysis and provide expertise in the inter-linkages of spatial, environmental and economic visions and the economic impact of development and urban infrastructure projects
+ Critically analyze and assess economic research and arguments presented by project partners, stakeholders, and others.
+ Actively engage public and private sector decision-makers in one-on-one meetings, group briefings, and other venues to persuade them of analytically based recommendations.
+ Any other task assigned by the Chief Executive Officer

Senior Assistant Professor at Bahria University lahore Campus
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2015 to September 2016

+ Teaching various courses to post graduate classes in Management Sciences Department.
+ Acting Head Management Sciences Department (March - May 2016)
+ Research supervision of post-graduate (MS/MPhil) thesis / dissertations.
+ Post-Graduate Program Coordinator, Management Sciences Department.
+Coordinator Faculty Training Program, Management Sciences Department.
+Cluster Head (Quantitative) - Spring 2016 Semester
+ Writing research proposals for funding
+ Active member of Research Group (Development Eco)
+ Secretary, Departmental Board of Studies
+ Secretary, Departmental Research Committee
+ Member, Faculty Board of Studies
+ Member, Faculty Research Committee
+ Acting Member, Academic Council (during acting HOD charge)
+ Acting Member, Higher Education Research Board / BASR (during acting HOD charge).

Urban Economist at Meinhardt Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2014 to June 2015

“Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project", Lahore

Key Responsibilities
• Research activity on Urban Economic Issue in Special Context of Project Area
• Continuous support to the Urban Planning team other teams of project
• Data collection and processing from official social economic sources
• Drafting of reports on Economy of Lahore / Punjab / Pakistan with special reference to Urban Economy
• Integration with the project team work ( particularly urban planners and designers, legal and financial experts)
• Build different scenarios / projection based on real time analysis of economic data of Lahore city especially the surroundings of project area.
• Any other relevant research work assigned by management.

Economist at Punjab Small Industries Corporation
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2012 to May 2014

Being Head of R&D Cell, leading and supervising the team of Research & Development Cell
under the Directorate of Planning, Evaluation and New Initiatives (PEN) in PSIC Head Office.
 Conducting research and analysis of the data of Census of Small and Cottage Industries in
Punjab conducted by PSIC and preparing/ publishing the one provincial (consolidated) and 36
district census reports.
 Providing specialist advice / comments on various technical/economic reports based on the
application of economic theory and principles.
 Doing research for preparing concept/working papers (followed by preparation of PC-Is) of
development projects (ADP schemes) of PSIC.
 Monitoring & Evaluation of on-going ADP schemes / development projects of PSIC and
preparing working papers for monthly/quarterly ADP review meetings.
 Economic analysis of projects to assess feasibility and determining the implications of their
findings and make recommendations of ways to improve efficiency.
Using modern economteric software and advanced methods in statistical/econometric analysis
for creating knowledge based products /reports.
 Writing various technical and non-technical reports on economic trends and forecasts.
 Contributed in preparation o PSIC vision 2025, Punjab Growth Strategy 2014-18 (PSIC Role),
PSIC Sectoral Plan, PSIC Capacity Building Plan and Monitoring Mechanism/ Policy for M&E
of PSIC ADP schemes/projects.

Research analyst at Economic Affairs Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics, Government of Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2009 to November 2009

RESEARCH ANALYST UNDER WORLD BNAK'S PSBP PROJECT (ON CONTRACT)

JOB PROFILE:
 Comprehensive Analysis of Portfolio of World Bank’s Projects/Programs
 Analyzing Economic Reports by the multi-laterals donor agencies
 Monitoring and Evaluation of World Bank’s Projects/Programs
 Preparing monthly reports on activities of the EAD (World Bank Wing)
 Preparing Policy Documents and Manuals for an informed policy making
 Preparing working papers for informed decision making

ADDITIONAL DUTIES PERFORMED:

 Attended various meetings with donor agencies as a Minute Taker
 Participated in the 3rd Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA):
o Rapporteur in the meeting of Technical Working Group on “Energy and Infrastructure” in
RECCA
o Minute Taker in Plenary Session of RECCA
o Consolidated and compiled material for Final Conference Report, “Regional Cooperation in
Development Perspective” published by EAD
 Performed the duty of Deputy Project Director, PSCBP in his absence (leave)
 Handled the procurement of computer /IT equipments/hardware purchased under PSCBP
Key Achievements
 Completed a research report titled, “Impact Evaluation of Trainings under Public Sector Capacity
Building Project”
 Worked as a member of Research Team for drafting the Aid Policy of Pakistan

Lecturer (Economics) at Economists’ Inn: College of Economics and Commerce, Haroonabad
  • Pakistan
  • January 2006 to March 2009

Taught the papers of:
1. Development Economics (MA Economics Level)
2. Macroeconomic Theory (MA Economics Level)
3. Economy of Pakistan (B. Com Level)
4. Principles of Economics (B. Com Level)

Research Work:
visit: www.moheyuddin.co.cc/research.html

Customer Services Officer at Khushhali Bank
  • Pakistan
  • August 2003 to June 2004

Job Profile
 Frontline microfinance sales and service function
 Customer servicing and education
 Outbound sales/business acquisition operations
 Sales team management
 Prepare and monitoring case loadings
 Documentation and policy compliances
 Cash flow based credit appraisal
 Ensuring high-quality social collateral formation
 Front-end delinquency and collection management

Lecturer (Economics) at AFAQ College of Commerce
  • Pakistan
  • March 2002 to July 2003

 Teaching the papers of:
1. Principles of Economics
2. Economy of Pakistan

Education

Doctorate, PhD Economics
  • at GC University, Lahore
  • August 2015

PhD Dissertation Title: “GDP Fluctuations and Its Impact on Private Investment and Economic Growth: A Study of Selected South Asian Countries".

Higher diploma, Diploma in Project Management
  • at Pakistan Institute of Management
  • December 2014

6 Months Diploma in Project Mangement

Master's degree, M. Phil Economics
  • at GC University, Lahore
  • March 2008

MPHIL DESSERTATION: "Macroeconomic Analysis of Foreign Capital Inflows in Pakistan: A Re-examination using Vector Error-Correction Approach" OTHER RESEARCHES: www.moheyuddin.com/

Master's degree, Economics (Gold Medalist)
  • at Islamia University
  • January 2002

Gold Medalist [ Overall 1st Position in Islamia University]. Courses Taken:  Islamic Economics  Microeconomic Theory  Macroeconomic Theory  Mathematical Economics  Monetary Economics and Public Finance  International Economics  Statistics and Econometrics  Economics of Development and Planning  Advanced Mathematical Economics  Economics of Marketing  Agricultural Economics

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc.
  • at Islamia University
  • September 1999

Bachelors of Science (B.Sc): Subjects:  Economics  Statistics  General Mathematics

Specialties & Skills

Data Analysis
Applied Econometrics
Applied Research
Economic Modeling
Economics
MS Windows, MS Words, MS Execel, MS Frontpage, MS Powerpoint, SPSS, Graphics & Web designing etc.
Project Management
Economics Teaching
Research (Economics)
Project Monitoring and evaluation
Econometric Softwares (Eviews, SPSS, GRETL)
Data Analysis
Data Science
Econometric Sofware (Stata, RATS, Microfit)
R Programming / Statistical Analysis

Languages

Urdu
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Memberships

Institute of Bankers Pakistan
  • Examinee for Junior-Associateship
  • November 2004
Sustainable Developmentand Policy Institute
  • member
  • February 2005
Global Devlopment Network (GDN)
  • Virtual (online) Member
  • July 2004
Development Gateway
  • Virtual (Online) Member
  • February 2004
Virtual Think Tank of Pakistan
  • Virtual (Online) Member
  • December 2006

Training and Certifications

Introduction to Programming with Python (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
R Programming (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Literature Review – Made easy (using EndNote & Nvivo Software) (Training)
Training Institute:
IRP Institute of Research Sciences, Institute of Research Promotions (IRP)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
14 hours
Managing Qualitative Research Using NVivo Software (Training)
Training Institute:
IRP Institute of Research Sciences, Institute of Research Promotions (IRP)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Duration:
14 hours
Advanced Quantitative Analysis through SPSS & AMOS (Training)
Training Institute:
Centre for Training and Development, Institute of Research Promotions
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
14 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading