IQBAL M KHAN
President
FOUNDER: President/Chairman /- SURE Institute
- SURE Education Trust
- SURE Entrepreneurship Education Village
- Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship Society
- Pakistan Association of Small Enterprises
- Progressive Bank for Small Enterprises
SENIOR CONSULTANT: /
- World Bank Consultant 1991: Washington USA
- UNICEF Consultant, Advocacy & Training for Hygiene Education 2001 to 2002
- EU-HTSPE Survey of BDSP for Capacity Building BDS Expert for Small Enterprise 2006
- US AID Project Empower Pakistan – Entrepreneurship Survey Karachi
- WTO Consultant
- International Youth Foundation IYF/ US AID
- Asian Productivity Organization APO Japan: (2000-2002) National Expert on SMEs
- Association of Development Finance Institution in Member Countries of IDB - Deputy Secretary General
- SMEDA – one of Top 3 consultants who setup SMEDA, Government of Pakistan.
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE: /
- Senior Fellow Entrepreneurship, Lahore School of Economics since 2007 to date.
- As Director Case Development Unit: launched as Editor a Journal. Lahore School Journal of Case Studies.
- Launched a virtual business project for Entrepreneurship.
- Taught Marketing, Advertising, Banking, Research Methodology, Business Communication and Case Study Writing besides Entrepreneurship.
- Visiting faculty, Punjab University
- Visiting Professor: ILM/University of Management & Technology (UMT)
- Visiting Professor: Kinnaird College for Women
- Visiting Professor: University of Lahore
- Visiting Professor: Imperial College of Business Studies
- Visiting Professor: Pak-AIMS
- Visiting Faculty: Al-Hajvery College of Business Administration
- University of Allama Taba Tabai: Tehran
- Thai Chamber of Commerce University: Bangkok
OBJECTIVE: / Versatile, accomplished Entrepreneurship & Small Enterprise Executive / Business Consultant with MPhil in Entrepreneurship Education and diverse experiences. Seeking opportunity to leverage skills in Education Management and Business Development. Recognized as a positive, productive peak performer who knows ground reality of Entrepreneurship environments and achieves key business goals in education, business incubation, and establishing Entrepreneurship Development Institute.
PROFILE: / 1. APROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY:
A proven ability to drive superior business performance with innovation process improvements, tools and programs. Identifies business opportunities and creates new models that generate better utilized resources, and improve satisfaction. Use collaborative leadership style to build consensus for organization change. Dynamic entrepreneur who utilizes creativity, leadership and teamwork to design and execute solutions that creates new values.
Has proven track record with responsibility for recruiting, training, and supervising in important organization as SMEDA.
Over thirty five years of experience in the field of international trade and Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship Development, Entrepreneurship Policy, Social Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise (SE), Small Enterprises Support Systems, Financing of Small Enterprises. Seasoned outsourcing/off shoring professional with experience analyzing transacting, implementing, managing, optimizing, and overseeing all aspects of O/O lifecycle.
QUALIFICATIONS: /
- PhD Candidate in Education with Specialization in Entrepreneurship(Thesis to be submitted) (UMT)
- M Phil: Education with Specialization in Entrepreneurship
- MA ELM from University of Management & Technology (UMT) Lahore (Educational Leadership) Specialization in Entrepreneurship.
- Graduation from Government College, Lahore with Economics and Political Sciences
PROFESSIONAL JOUREY: / 1. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Areas of Specialization: Research and Consultancy in Entrepreneurship
- Training and Development and Teaching.
- Developing Banking Products of Small Enterprises
- Writing books, articles, research papers and case studies on Entrepreneurship.
- Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship Development, Entrepreneurship Policy, Social Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise (SE), Small Enterprises Support Systems, Financing of Small Enterprises. Administrative ability to manage multidisciplinary organization/Institute.
- As Entrepreneurship Specialist have conducted research, consultancy, and training for small enterprises. Have assisted in venture creation, developing capacity of entrepreneurs, written and published books and research papers. Continuing research for minority entrepreneurs, indigenous entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs.
- As Entrepreneurship Education Specialist and academic have written research papers and designed training programs for educating Entrepreneurs of all ages and all experiences. Area of expertise lies in entrepreneurship Education, Social Entrepreneurship, Minority Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship policy and Women Entrepreneurship and Training Entrepreneurship to Vocationally Trained personnel’s to setup small and micro enterprises.
- As Small Enterprise Specialist set up the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) for Government of Pakistan. Have conducted research, consultancy and training for small enterprises, donor agencies, Government of Pakistan
- As SME Banking Specialist have been the president of a small enterprise bank, have designed banking products for banks for the betterment and development of Small Enterprises and Microenterprises. Have conducted consultancy and training for small enterprise bankers.
- Senior Fellow Entrepreneurship, Director Case Development Unit, Lahore School of Economics since 2007 to-date with additional objective to promote entrepreneurship as a separate discipline of study and develop local case study to teach from the experience of local entrepreneurs and also to record the contribution of entrepreneurs who evolved the corporate environment of Pakistan and develop local literature for teaching.
- Providing exposure to Students: Organized a study tour of Turkey by leading a delegation of 25 researcher associates to conduct a study of Entrepreneurship Eco-System of Turkey in Feb. 2013. Study Tour was called the Academic Ambassadors Tour covering 4 universities, KOSGEB, TUSCON, ISMEK, Halk Bank, ADFIMI and association of Businessmen and 4 schools.
- Led a delegation of research associates to International Conference on Entrepreneurship to Sweden June 2011 (ICSB Conference 2011)
- Led a delegation of research associates to Northern Cyprus, Feb 2011 to an International Entrepreneurship Conference of ECSB
- As Director Case Development Unit launched as editor a Journal. Lahore School Journal of Case Studies.
- Launched a Virtual Business Project for Entrepreneurship classes in LSE on-Campus Business Activity.
- Taught Marketing, Advertising, Banking, Research Methodology, Business Communication and Case Study Writing.
- Visiting faculty, Punjab University: International Marketing.
- Visiting Professor: ILM/University of Management & Technology (UMT): Entrepreneurship & SMEs Management; Global Dynamics.
- Visiting Professor: Kinnaird College for Women: Research Methodology; Business Communication
- Visiting Professor: University of Lahore: Entrepreneurship
- Visiting Professor: Imperial College of Business Studies: International Marketing; Entrepreneurship; & Advertising Management.
- Visiting Professor: Lahore School of Economics: Marketing; Banking; SMEs & Entrepreneurship and involved with initial curriculum development (1998-1999)
- Visiting Professor: Pak-AIMS: Entrepreneurship & SME Management
- Visiting Faculty: Al-Hajvery College of Business Administration: Management
- University of Allama Taba Tabai: Tehran: Export marketing courses on Special invitation.
- Thai Chamber of Commerce University: Bangkok, Thailand. SME and Entrepreneurship on Special invitation
BANKING Experience / 4. Banking Related Position:
- Managing Director/Founder President’ 1971-76 Progressive Co-operative Bank Ltd.' Championed the cause of entrepreneurship and small enterprises and micro-entrepreneur and Venture Creation in the face of nationalization. In 1971 engineered a strategy to open branches, mobilizing deposits by moving closer to the customers by opening “pay offices”. No products existed oriented towards collateral free financing. Some of its products are listed below:
2. “Mutual Investment Account” whereby matching amount was invested with entrepreneurs in micro/small firms for venture creation and venture financing.
3. It was the first bank in Pakistan to introduce a “Women’s branch” in 1975. These bankers were trained at the Staff Training Institute and it empowered women to be banker and also empowered women to do banking with banks. Until this moment women as depositors or customers were not seriously targeted. It started a new trend of banking and inhibition in women to deal with banks was reduced. Women were happy to have their own private accounts without the influence of their men folks.
4. “Saving & Investment Advisory Services” was another successful services by this bank.
5. “Daily Balance Pass Book Saving Account” was introduced to promote the mobilization of deposits from small entrepreneurs.
- Manager: United Bank' 1966-69 (Leading Commercial Bank 3-years) Opened new branches in interior Punjab & acted as Area Manager in Mianwali.
- Manager: Habib Bank' 1969-71 (Leading Commercial Bank in Pakistan 3-yrs) Banking Development activities in Lahore and Manager of branch on Mall Road, Commercial Building.
- Facilitator and Trainer: ADFIMI for Training and Capacity Building of bankers in the region of IDB. 1997- 2003.
PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS: / ¥ SKILLS SUMMARY:
- Presentation: Developed ability to produce reports and presentations to a professional standard
- Organizational: Effective at time management and prioritizing tasks to achieve deadlines.
- Interpersonal/Communication: Strong team working, leadership and Communication skills. Innovative: Approach to tasks with ability to devise new solutions.
- Cognizant with all laws, regulations, and standard operating procedures related to the import & Export International and marketing.
- Excellent integrity, interpersonal andtime management skills.
- Fine team player, organization, professional management, and diplomacy.
- Computer Skills: Basic, Lotus 1 2 3, Word Perfect,
CARRIER HIGHLIGHTS: /
- 2013 As Conference Chair & Chairman Organizing Committee organized the 02nd International Conference on Entrepreneurship (ICE-13) 08 & 09th November 2013, Lahore.
- Executive Steering Committee Member of the Hall of Fame Pakistan (Current).
- Organized a study tour of research and survey of Entrepreneurship to Turkey which undertook a comprehensive survey on the “Entrepreneurship Eco-System.”
- Organized a 3 days International Conference on Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship and the Spread of Entrepreneurship at Lahore 08, 09 & 10th December 2012 as Conference Chair & Chairman Organizing Committee of ICE-2012
- Member of Think Tank of World Entrepreneurship Forum (WEF-2010) EM Lyon France, which is an international think tank for the promotion of Entrepreneurship.
- Led a delegation of research associates to International Conference on Entrepreneurship to Sweden June 2011 (ICSB Conference 2011) to present research papers
- Led a delegation of research associates to Northern Cyprus, Feb 2011 to an International Entrepreneurship Conference of ECSB to present papers.
- Founding President of International Council of Small Business (ICSB) Pakistan Chapter 2012.
- Invited as Keynote Speaker to Abdul Gul University, Kayseri Turkey December 2011 at a Conference to introduce the University.
- Organized a 4 days Conference of JWEF-Pak at Lahore School of Economics July 2011
- USAID Project Empower Pakistan: (FIRMS) As consultant carried out survey of Karachi to determine Entrepreneurship projects and potential of new business (2009)
- Developed the concept and model of Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Hub: a model for developing entrepreneurship and small enterprises. (2000) (2009) The Entrepreneurship Eco-System
- Established the Case Study Journal at LSE, as its Editor. (2008)
- Establishing the Entrepreneurship Development Centre at the Lahore School of Economics. (2008)
- Deputy Secretary General of Association of Development Finance Institutions of Member Countries of Islamic Development Bank (ADFIMI), Turkey, a regional agency (2003-2005) for over two years: administered a territory of 20 countries of the OIC member countries, training of bankers, providing Technical Assistance to Banks, and writing policy advocacy papers for Islamic Development Bank, reorganizing ADFIMI’s mission statement and operational manuals and drafting it’s new byelaws/constitution.
- European Union (EC) consultant (2005-2006) implementing a project to survey, identify and train Business Development Service Providers in Pakistan and creating a forum for the BDSPs.
- Asian Productivity Organization’s designated National Expert on SMEs for three years (2001, 2002, and 2003) and to conduct research on SMEs in Pakistan.
- UNICEF Consultant (2001) and implemented a project on Hygiene Education for Afghanistan.
- One of the three lead consultants who set up the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) for the Government of Pakistan. (1999)
- World Bank working experience as Consultant (1991) in Washington DC. For Latin American and Caribbean countries.
- Managing Director of Chemical industry producing Activated Carbon based on appropriate technology.(1976-1988)
- President of a Small Enterprise Bank for 5 years developing policies and developing assets and liabilities products for financing small enterprises. (1971-1975)
SENIOR CONSULTANT: / ¥ USAID PROJECT EMPOWER PAKISTAN: 2009
- USAID Project Empower Pakistan (2009) as consultant carried out survey of Karachi to discover potential of business and investment opportunity for economic development of Pakistan. This involved focus group at the Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, another at Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry and another at Korangi Industrial Association (KATI) besides personal interviews with presidents of banks, presidents of investment companies, leasing companies, owners of Industrial projects. Report submitted to USAID.
- The Punjab Education Foundation consultant for the training of the Principals and Headmasters, which was called “School Leaders Development Program”. It was expected to develop educational leadership among the principals and headmasters. Conducted training for the primary school teachers across Punjab. Three subjects were required to be taught: English, Math’s and Science. This program was called “Cluster Based Primary Teachers Training”.
- All these programs were designed and conducted within the period from April 2007 to October 2008.
- Re-Engineering and Human Resource Development at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2007) reorganized the R and D department and the structure of LCCI: Prepared the new Vision and the Mission Statement of the Chamber for approval. Created the Operations Division and the R & D Division and prepared the SOP of all Departments: Implemented the TQM procedures and practices through extensive trainings of the entire staff affected.
- Project commissioned by the European Union; As SME Business Development Services (BDS) Expert training and Capacity Building of
- BDS Providers of selected consultants as BDSP: and developing a forum and a Directory of BDSP in Pakistan and Creating Support System for Small Enterprises in Pakistan. The overall objectives to enable availability of affordable, accessible and sustainable BDS/BSS for the SMEs in Pakistan
- A Provincial Survey of Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) on behalf of International Youth Foundation (IYF) funded by USAID. A study to determine the success factor behind the creation of 139 Vocational Training Institutes of the PVTC run on the utilization of Zakat fund for the purpose of education of the deserving (Mustakheen-e-Zakat) and developing prospect of Entrepreneurship.