Dr Manzoor Ahmad serves as Senior Fellow at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Chairman of a World Trade Organization (WTO) trade dispute panel in Geneva, member of the Governing Council of Pakistan Single Window, and Trade Adviser to the REMIT project.

He served as Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO (2002–2008) and subsequently as Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Liaison Office to the United Nations in Geneva. Previously, he held senior positions as Deputy Director of the World Customs Organization (1986–1996) and Member Customs (2000–2002), where he led tariff and trade facilitation reforms that contributed to Pakistan’s recognition by the World Bank as one of the world’s top ten reformers.

His earlier government appointments included serving as Collector of Customs in Karachi and Peshawar and Chief Tariff at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). More recently, he has contributed to national economic reforms as a member of the Task Force on FBR Reforms and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tariff Rationalisation for Export-Led Growth.

Dr Ahmad has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pakistan LNG Limited and as President/Chairman of the Policy Research Institute for Market Economy (PRIME). His professional expertise encompasses international trade policy, customs administration, tariff rationalisation, trade facilitation and export-led economic growth.