Dr. Salman Shah

Dr. Salman Shah is a distinguished economist and former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan, serving as Director at the Institute of Peace and Connectivity. He holds a PhD in Finance and Economics from Indiana University Bloomington’s Kelley School of Business and brings sixteen years of teaching experience at the University of Michigan, Indiana University, the University of Toronto, and the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

He previously served as Adviser to Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz and Chairman of the Privatization Commission. As Finance Minister from 2004 to 2008, Pakistan’s economy recorded an average annual GDP growth rate of approximately seven percent, among the highest in the world at the time. He has served on the Central Board of the State Bank of Pakistan and the board of Pakistan International Airlines. In 2009 he founded Bridge Asia Financial Services, a financial advisory firm.