Dr. Liaqat Ali Shah is Head of Policy CPEC in the Centre of Excellence for CPEC, PIDE. He has also served as Project Director CPEC & Executive Director Centre of Excellence for CPEC during 2019-2020. Before joining the Ministry, Dr. Liaqat Ali Shah was a faculty member at the Management Sciences Department of COMSATS University at Islamabad Campus. Dr. Liaqat has a major in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Master and PhD degree in Industrial Management from Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France. Moreover, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Technology of Compiègen(UTC) at Picardie region of France and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Ecole des Mines de Nantes (EMN) Engineering School at Pays de Loire France. He has worked in National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) as Assistant Manager (Technical) and has served as industrial systems analyst in Montupet automotive industry, France.