Dr Vaqar Ahmed is an acclaimed macroeconomist and private sector development strategist with over two decades of experience advising governments, multilateral agencies, and business chambers across the Global South.

He currently serves as Research Director at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and leads flagship policy portfolios at Oxford Policy Management. Previously, he was the Joint Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and headed the Macroeconomics Section at the Planning Commission of Pakistan, serving on the national Task Force on Private Sector Development. He is a recognised authority on tax competitiveness, trade integration, and deregulation. Dr Ahmed is the author of ‘Pakistan’s Agenda for Economic Reforms’ (Oxford University Press).

He holds a PhD from the National University of Ireland, Galway.