Special Message recorded for the Summit Special Edition 2020

Shafqat Mahmood

Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, National History and Literary Heritage
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Shafqat Mahmood was appointed Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, National History and Literary Heritage in August 2018.

He has been a member of the National Assembly since June 2013 and was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1994 to 2000. He previously served as Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Minister of Environment, Urban Affair Forestry and Wildlife, and Minister of Local Government and Rural Development. He served as Provincial Minister for Information of Punjab from 1999 to 2000.

He received Masters Degrees in Psychology and Public Administration from Harvard University in 1981. He obtained a Masters in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Southern California in 1987.

He was elected President of UNESCO’s Education Commission in 2019.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

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