Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry

Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry is a senior civil servant from Pakistan Administrative Service having more than 25 years of diverse and rich professional experience. As a civil servant, he has held several key positions in the government including, among others, the Special Secretary/Finance Secretary Punjab, Special Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab, District Co-ordination Officer in Attock and Bahawalnagar and Programme Director, Punjab Resource Management Programme. He has also worked extensively with bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies during his career and these include Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of UK Government, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and UNDP. He recently served as the Team Leader for the FCDO-funded £31 million Subnational Governance Programme (SNG) in Punjab and was instrumental in driving transformative reforms in the areas of public finance, governance and public policy. He has also worked in South Sudan where he supported the government in policy and institutional reforms. Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry completed his BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore. He also holds a Master in Public Policy (Specialization in Development Policy) degree from Australian National University, Australia. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Policy also.