VC Provost Council
This Council was created in January 2022 by the VC and Interim Provost to unite central academic services including the Registrar, and the Directors of Research, Programme Enhancement, Admissions, and Accessibility and Inclusion. Once a month, the team meets to share progress on their respective portfolios and discuss strategic responses to the ongoing needs and developments of the LUMS academic community.
Dr. Jadoon has been a faculty member at LUMS since 2001, and has served in various capacities including Associate Dean Undergraduate Programmes (2007), Registrar (2008-11) and Department Chair Electrical Engineering (2016-19).
As the first Registrar at LUMS, he oversaw a complete PeopleSoft Campus Management Implementation.
He is currently the Provost.
Dr. Fazal Jawad Seyyed has been a faculty of finance at SDSB, since 2012. He spearheaded AACSB accreditation making SDSB the first business school in Pakistan to be accredited. Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Seyyed, had very successful career spanning over 30 years as an Investment Banker, as well as professor at various institutions in the United States, Middle East, and Pakistan.
Dr. Seyyed holds a PhD from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA. He is a member and charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA. His research work focuses on emerging financial markets and has appeared in several international journals. His current focus is on agriculture as a catalyst for the economic growth and development of Pakistan.
Dr. Aziz is one of the School’s founding members. She studied law at the University of British Columbia and gained her doctorate from the University of Melbourne Law School. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who has authored major works in constitutional law and history and has taught in the areas of jurisprudence, labour law and constitutional law.
Dr. Zahid graduated with a PhD in Marketing from the CASS Business School, City University, UK, in 2010. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB), LUMS. His research focuses on exploring consumption through a socio-cultural lens. He is interested in issues of status consumption, acculturation, gender, religion and consumer culture.
Dr. Zahid completed his MBA at LUMS, an MSc at Oxford University, and a PhD from City, University of London. Having served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies at SDSB, he recently returned to LUMS after working as the Director of the Namal Institute in Mianwali.