Mr Shahid Hamid is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and President of SOS Children’s Villages Pakistan. He also chairs the Board of Advisors of the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) and the Institute of Good Governance. He served as Governor of Punjab from 1997 to 1999. During that time, he was Chancellor of all public universities in the province and chaired the boards of Aitchison College, Lawrence College, Sadiq Public School and Cadet College Hasan Abdal. Earlier, he was Federal Minister for Defence, Establishment and Law (1996–1997) and a Director of the State Bank of Pakistan (1988–1993). Mr Hamid spent 14 years in the Civil Service of Pakistan, including two years in East Pakistan. He has practised law for more than 40 years as an Advocate of the High Court and of the Supreme Court. Since 1999, he has chaired several social welfare, charity, educational and medical institutions. He is the author of 'Treasured Memories' and several PILDAT research publications. He holds an MA from the University of Cambridge and is a Barrister-at-Law.