Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood

Abdul Razak Dawood is a prominent Pakistani industrialist, engineer, and public servant serving as Director at the Institute of Peace and Connectivity. Educated in the United Kingdom, he graduated in mining engineering from Newcastle University and obtained an MBA from Columbia University in 1968. He founded Descon Engineering in 1977, building it into one of Pakistan’s foremost industrial conglomerates, and served as its CEO and Chairman until 2018.

He served as Federal Minister of Commerce, Industries and Production from 1999 to 2002 under President Pervez Musharraf, and as Adviser for Commerce and Investment to Prime Minister Imran Khan from 2018 to 2022. He established the Suleman Dawood School of Business at LUMS and has served as a university trustee. He is founder of the Bilquis and Abdul Razak Dawood (BARD) Foundation, a Lahore-based non-profit dedicated to education and social welfare.