Mr Naveed Ahmed Sheikh is Director (Planning and Coordination/Rescue 1122) at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan, where he leads provincial planning, coordination and implementation of disaster risk management and emergency preparedness initiatives. He oversees multi-hazard contingency planning, early warning systems, anticipatory action and humanitarian coordination with government departments, Deputy Commissioners, District Disaster Management Authorities, United Nations agencies, international non-governmental organisations and development partners. His work also includes situation reporting, needs and damage assessments, and the development of climate resilience and disaster risk reduction projects. Earlier, as Deputy Director (Relief, Planning and Rescue 1122) at PDMA, he led relief and emergency response operations. Before that, his career in the Government of Balochistan spanned agricultural research, planning and development, monitoring and evaluation, and the provincial locust programme. A certified Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Level 2 analyst, he also has expertise in food security analysis. He has attended international training on emergency management in Beijing and on integrated water resources management in the Netherlands. He holds an MSc (Hons) in Horticulture from Sindh Agriculture University.