Dr. Jawaid Ghani

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, US
MSc, Carnegie Mellon University, US
BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

Dr. Jawaid Ghani is a distinguished professor of corporate strategy, business analytics, and consumption trends. He is also one of the leading corporate trainers in the country and has conducted training sessions with the higher management of some of the foremost organizations in the country. Dr. Jawaid has diversified experience working with professionals, leaders, and innovators in the corporate and development sectors. Dr. Jawaid Ghani has served as a faculty member at some of the most revered business schools in the country and abroad.

Moreover, Dr. Jawaid Ghani was simultaneously engaged in high-profile development projects as Dr. Jawaid Ghani served on the governing bodies of PIA Corporation Ltd., NADRA Technologies Ltd., and the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). As the Founding Chairman of PITB, he worked closely with the Chief Minister of Punjab, which involved the revision of the computer science curriculum taught in colleges across Punjab and the design and negotiation of high-budgeted IT programs with international organizations such as Oracle Corporation. Dr. Jawaid Ghani was also responsible for the development of the Arfa Software Technology Park, establishing the Tier III Data Center, and overseeing the Punjab Health Line. In addition, he was actively involved in various significant citizen support initiatives for Lahore High Court and about a dozen departments, including Health, Agriculture, Livestock, and Disaster Management Authority.

He is one of the most renowned members of academia in Pakistan. At LUMS, he was a Professor of Strategy and Marketing and pioneered major research and development projects and also served as the Dean of the LUMS Business School (SDSB). Thereafter, he joined KSBL as a Professor, where he served for almost a decade. Before joining LUMS, he worked as the Marketing Advisor of the Wazir Ali Group of Companies and a Consultant for the Ministry of Science and Technology and the World Bank, which allowed him to develop business plans for the Sialkot Surgical Goods Industrial Cluster and the Gujrat Fan Industrial Cluster.

Dr. Jawaid also served as the Director and Founding Partner of Gallup Research Institute, Pakistan, where he worked on and launched nationwide surveys for market and social research for the first time in Pakistan. He was engaged in conducting market studies and consulted a variety of organizations, including Beecham, Brooke Bond, Chloride, Ciba-Geigy, English Biscuits, ICI, Paintex, Johnson & Johnson, Piaggio, Rafhan, Reckitt & Colman, Transpak Corporation, Zulfiqar Industries, and the Pakistan Narcotics Control Board. These studies comprised competitive analysis and reviewed consumer behavior in several industries, ranging from tea and biscuits to motorcycles and tube lights.

Dr. Jawaid Ghani earned his BS in Management Science from one of the finest business schools of the time, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and another BS in Electrical Engineering and Data Science from MIT as well. Later on, Dr. Jawaid Ghani pursued his PhD from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Decision Sciences.

He went on to teach and earn honors at the Wharton School and MIT’s BBA and MBA programs, and he served as an Associate Professor at Western Michigan University. Dr. Jawaid Ghani also taught courses in MIS at King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia during the mid-1980s.

Dr. Jawaid Ghani has also published extensively in several areas of research, including the psychology of human-computer interaction, economic tariff policy, and strategy, with over 3000 international journal citations. His contributions to diverse fields of research have left an indelible mark on academia and continue to inspire and inform scholars worldwide. Learn more about Dr. Ghani's work and contributions at GELC.