Amir Jahangir
Amir Jahangir is a strategic communication
and media professional and currently the
Chief Executive Officer of Mishal (Private)
Limited. Previously, he had joined Jaag
Broadcasting Systems (SAMAA TV) as
Chief Executive Officer in 2008. He is
Program Advisor to the VINNOVA-Stanford
Research Center of Innovation Journalism
at Stanford University. In the development
sector, he has been working closely with
the Government of Pakistan on media
development, creating innovative models
for healthcare delivery mechanisms and
communication, advising it on privatization,
skill development, sector development reforms and
improving Pakistan's competitiveness. He is one of the
pioneers in creating industry-academia linkage between
media and the Higher Education Commission. Jahangir was part of the team that launched the Competitiveness Support Fund, the first joint venture initiative of USAID and the Government of Pakistan. He earned the title "Most Innovative Strategist" for developing a comprehensive strategy for Executive Opinion Surveys for Global Competitiveness Rankings to collect soft data on Pakistan. He also managed Pakistan's partnership for the Global Competitiveness Network of the World Economic Forum.
