Aijaz Ahmad, currently working as a Senior Specialist with the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) Group at the World Bank, has over 20 years of experience in project finance, infrastructure development, PPPs and privatization.
Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Ahmad was the Chairman and CEO at Pangea Growth Ltd. providing project finance and PPP advisory services in the Middle East and South Asia markets. Before this he was the CEO of the Infrastructure Project Development Facility – a company owned by the Federal Finance Ministry of Pakistan to act as its central PPP unit. Mr. Ahmad was also the founding member and acting Head of the PPP Unit in the National Treasury of South Africa. Earlier he was a Program Advisor with the Privatization Commission of Pakistan, after launching the first private sector airline of Pakistan in the capacity of the airline’s Vice President, Corporate Affairs.
Mr. Ahmad’s country experience includes assignments in Bhutan, Brazil, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Kuwait, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Maldives, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, USA, Uzbekistan and Yemen.