Mr. Suhail Kassim is a Fellow with the Competitive Industries Practice of the World Bank Group. He is also a Private Sector Development Specialist with the South Asia Region. His work on conflict-affected states has so far taken him to Afghanistan, West Bank & Gaza, Sri Lanka, and Niger. Prior to joining the World Bank Group in 2007, Mr. Kassim worked for four years as a manager with the Tata Administrative Service, the Tata Group's leadership program. Mr. Kassim is an alumnus of the London School of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and BITS Pilani.