The LUMS MBA is a transformative programme for career-driven individuals. It sharpens critical thinking and problem-solving skills through a case-based approach and provides access to diverse perspectives from fellow students, faculty, and guest speakers. With a broad range of courses, the programme ensures a well-rounded education. These features equip you with the tools and network needed to succeed and expand your outlook. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to advance in their career.
SDSB PhD Faculty

SDSB has the largest pool of exceptionally qualified, research-active faculty in Pakistan. SDSB faculty research is published in some of the highly regarded and top-ranked international academic journals. The PhD students receive academic training from the most research-active faculty providing exposure to the latest academic knowledge and best quality research. The programme allows extensive and ongoing interaction with the faculty who mentor students for an enriching academic experience at the SDSB and a rewarding career after graduation. Below are some of the faculty members currently teaching in the PhD programme:
Available Faculty Advisors
Abdur Rehman Malik
Associate Professor
PhD, LUMS University
Interests: Creativity; Motivation; Performance Management Systems; Team Building and Leadership
Arif Nazir Butt
Professor
PhD, McGill University
Interests: Negotiations & Conflict Management; Team Building & Leadership; Cross-Cultural Management; Performance Management
Attique Ur Rehman
Assistant Professor
Interests: Supply chain management, strategic decision making, and creativity in supply chain and supply chain risk management
Ayesha Masood
Assistant Professor
PhD Anthropology, Arizona State University
Interests: Cultural influences on network formation, front-line bureaucracy, and evidence-based health policy formulation
Bushra Naqvi
Associate Professor
PhD, Université Paris
Interests: Financial Markets; Risk Management; Corporate Finance
Faiza Ali
Associate Professor
PhD, Macquarie University
Interests: Diversity Management; Gender Equality at Workplace; International HRM; Leadership
Fazal Jawad Seyyed
Professor
PhD, University of Arkansas
Interests: Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management; Asset Pricing and Capital Markets; Financial Markets Structure and Efficiency; Information Content of Bond Rating; Behavioural Finance
Ferhana Ahmad
Associate Professor
Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar
Associate Professor
PhD Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Interests: The global political economy of labor, class, and global finance.
Ghufran Ahmad
Assistant Professor
PhD, Graduate School of Management, Université Paul Cézanne, France
Interests: Leadership; Culture; Group Dynamics; Social Dilemmas faced by Group Members; How Social Preferences Influence Behaviour; Performance of Groups
Ghulam Ali Arain
Associate Professor
PhD Organizational Behaviour, Aix-Marseille University, France
Interests: Knowledge management, leadership, business ethics, trust, voice, and employee performance. His 30+ research papers have been published in top-ranked journals, including Group & Org Mgt. Journal of Business Ethics, Int Journal of HRM, Applied Psychology, Tourism Management, European Journal of Work & Org Psychology, and Journal of Knowledge Management amongst others.
Hassan Rauf
Assistant Professor
PhD, North Carolina State University
Interests: Supply Chain Management; Retail Supply Chains; Strategic Sourcing; Vendor Management; Textile and Apparel Value Chains; Supply Chain Risk Management
Jawad Syed
Professor
PhD, Macquarie University, Australia, Academic FCIPD
Interests: Leadership, Teams and Organisational Development; Human Resource Management; Change Management and Strategy; Business Communications; Gender and Diversity in Organisations; Ethics and Human Rights.
Junaid Ashraf
Associate Professor
PhD, University of Essex
Interests: Corporate Governance; Management Accounting and Control Practices in Public Sector Organisations
Misbah Tanveer Choudhry
Assistant Professor
PhD Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Interests: Gender studies, financial inclusion, and youth employment, with a particular emphasis on developing and emerging economies.
Muhammad Adeel Zaffar
Associate Professor
PhD, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Interests: Development of Decision Support Systems; Technology and Innovation Diffusion; Social Networks and their Impact on IS Strategy and IS Diffusion; Agent-based Computational Economics; IS Pedagogical Issues and Network Location Models in the Context of Disaster Response and Recovery Systems
Muhammad Azfar Nisar
Associate Professor
PhD, Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University, USA
Interests: Decolonizing public administration scholarship, improving public governance, and men and masculinity in Pakistan
Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq Jajja
Professor
Post-Doctorate, Stanford University
PhD, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Interests: Supply Chain Management; Technology and Innovation in Supply Chain Relationships; Social and Environmental Compliance in Supply Chain Relationships; Operations Management
Omair Haroon
Assistant Professor
PhD, Accounting, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Interests: Capital Market Research in Accounting; Financial Reporting & Corporate Governance
Raja Usman Khalid
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Kassel, Germany
Interests: Sustainable Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain Relations Management; Procurement Management; Operations Management; Base of the Pyramid
Saad Azmat
Associate Professor
PhD, Monash University
Interests: Islamic Banking & Finance; Financial Instruments used in Islamic Capital Markets
Salma Zaman
Assistant Professor
PhD International Business, Rutgers Business School
Interests: Intersections of international business, innovation networks, and digital transformation.
Salman Khan
Assistant Professor
PhD, Finance, I.A.E, Graduate School of Business, University Aix Marseille, France
Interests: Investment and Portfolio management, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Entrepreneurial Finance, Finance for Managers and Financial Econometrics using participant-centered learning methods.
Shehryar Shahid
Assistant Professor
PhD Corporate Governance, Financial Regulation and Islamic Finance, University of Warwick (UK)
Interests: Corporate Governance; Company Law; Commercial Laws; Financial Regulation and Islamic Finance
Syed Aun Raza Rizvi
Associate Professor
PhD, INCEIF
Interests: Financial Markets; Islamic Finance; Econophysics; Equity Markets in Emerging and Islamic Countries
Tanveer Shehzad Choudhry
Associate Professor
PhD, Finance RuG (NL) FRM
Interests: Financial Intermediation and Banking; Financial Inclusion; Risk Management; Corporate Finance and strategy; Economic Policies and Economic Management
Ummad Mazhar
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Strasbourg, France
Interests: Monetary policy, governance issues like the informal economy and corruption, performance constraints of firms in developing countries, and women empowerment
Ussama Yaqub
Assistant Professor Management Information Systems
PhD, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Interests: Social Media Data Analyses; Including Sentiment and Behavior Analyses; Data Mining and studying the use of Twitter for Campaigning during General Elections




























