Awais Manzur Sumra

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Mr. Awais Manzur Sumra joined PSO’s Board of Management in February 2023. He is a qualified professional, with nearly 30 years of experience in serving the Federal and Provincial Governments as a member of the Pakistan Administrative Service. He has been working as a Special Secretary at the Ministry of Finance since June 2022.

Since his first posting as Assistant Commissioner in North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in 1995, Mr. Sumra has served on various positions including the Additional Secretary –Ministry of Finance, Additional Secretary - Establishment Division, Joint Secretary - Ministry of Finance, Finance Secretary - Gilgit-Baltistan, Director – Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority, Deputy General Manager - Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, and Deputy Secretary- Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Sumra has also served as Senior Advisor to Executive Director at the World Bank Group in Washington D.C (USA) and as Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of Pakistan, Athens (Greece).

Mr. Sumra graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore followed by a Bachelors in Arts from the University of Punjab in 1991. Later, he completed his Masters in Finance from London Business School in 2005, and another Master in Business Administration from Stockholm University in 2002.

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