‘CPEC created 75,000 jobs in last five years’ An interview with the Executive Director, CPEC Centre of Excellence

Dr Shahid Rashid has been serving since March 2017 as the Executive Director of Centre of Excellence, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (COECPEC) – a joint initiative of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform (MOPDR). A supply-chain-management and project-management professional with over 17 years of local and global experience, Dr. Rashid obtained his PhD from Loughborough University, UK (2009). He has been actively involved in teaching and research at different universities as visiting faculty. Previously, he was Deputy Director Supply Chain Management in CPEC Secretariat, MOPDR. Prior to that, he was General Manager and Deputy Project Director at National Development Complex, NESCOM Islamabad. Alongside his other academic contributions, he has successfully supervised 4 PhD projects; another two projects are in progress, including one specific to CPEC.