Shaheer Shahriar is an Independent Consultant who has been consulting for the World Bank, Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) in the UK, the British & Irish Agencies for Afghanistan Group (BAAG), MOBY Group and International NGOs. He is the former Deputy Minister for Programmes at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan. He also served as the Director General for Afghanistan Land Authority (Arazi), Director General for Private Sector Development at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Afghanistan, Chairman of Board for Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA) and Director for Tadbeer Consulting Company. Mr Shahriar has a Master’s degree in Conflict, Development and Security from the University of Leeds and MBA from London Business College in the UK.