Mr. Agha Mureed Ahemed khan is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Finance from FAST-NUCES LHR. He completed his MBA (finance) from the same university. He has more than 4 years of experience in academia at FAST University and has Audit and Banking experience. Area of interest includes Equity, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, and Portfolio.

In addition to a M.S. in Business IT from Beaconhouse National University, Mr. Hamid Sajjad has also received post graduate diplomas in Labour Laws and Corporate Laws from Punjab University Law College.
After serving for more than a decade as an HR and ERP professional in construction industry, he is currently working on designing and implementing information systems in education and real estate development sectors.

Dr. Yasir Karim holds a PhD in Management with a specialization in Marketing from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His research focuses on digital marketing and digital advertising. He has extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has served as visiting faculty at several prestigious institutions, including the International Islamic University Islamabad, University of the Punjab, University of Sargodha, and Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi.

His scholarly work includes publications in HEC-recognized and Scopus-indexed journals, reflecting a dedication to high-quality academic research in marketing.

Dr. Kashif completed his PhD in Finance from the School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Prior to that, he obtained MS and MBA degrees in Finance from COMSATS University, Lahore. His PhD research involved quantification of macro-economic and micro-economic factors that impact corporate investment decisions. Dr Kashif has produced quality research output in high ranked academic journals and has also presented his work at several international conferences. His most recent research work aims to understand the effect of political uncertainty on corporate investment decisions.

Dr. Sara has done her PhD in Entrepreneurship from University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Before her PhD, she did MSc. International Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) with Distinction from University of Exeter, United Kingdom. Prior to joining ITU full time, she has been working as a Visiting Faculty of Entrepreneurship for the EMBITE program since 2018. She has received extensive trainings for startups and academic trainings including Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE) Stage 1 and Researcher Development from University of Exeter. She has also has been involved in advisory roles for students as well as startups both in Pakistan and United Kingdom.

Dr. Nokhaiz has completed his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Industrial Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University of South Korea and BSc. Electronics Engineering from Islamia University, Bahawalpur. Prior to his masters and PhD, he served the telecom sector for three years and now working in academia since March, 2019. He has published his research work in top tier journals and presented his work in several international conferences. He is an HEC approved supervisor and has supervised students at graduate level.

Dr Zeeshan has completed his PhD in Management from the prestigious University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He has several accolades to his name. He obtained a distinction in Consumer Behaviour in his MBA from IBA, Punjab University. He is also the recipient of the Global Research Scholarship and the Principal Career Development Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Zeeshan’s academic experience spans graduate and master-level teaching in the area of Marketing. Before joining the ITU Business School as an Assistant Professor, he taught in and outside Pakistan in various capacities. Dr Zeeshan’s endeavors to provide a positive experience to those around him, notably the students, earned him a nomination for the Outstanding Contribution to the student experience award at the University of Edinburgh.

His research interests are in understanding the various aspects of consumer behavior with an emphasis on consumer identity, consumer culture, consumer acculturation, and consumer well-being. Dr Zeeshan also has a longstanding interest in the role of religion and ethnicity in consumption. His PhD explores the role of religious and ethnic identification in the consumption and consumer acculturation of different generations of British Pakistani Muslims.

Dr Ateeq Abdul Rauf is a qualitative researcher, ethnographer, and marketing academic. He received his PhD in Marketing from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2016.
Common to Dr Ateeq’s research projects is the underlying theme of how consumers cope with social influences in modernity. He is currently conducting research with a specific focus to understand the tensions between religious identity and marketplace demands. This work contributes to the recent conversation in marketing literature by looking at traditional influences such as religion and modern effects such as deinstitutionalization. Social class plays an important factor in these investigations.

Dr Ateeq has had his research presented at prestigious international conferences and seminars such as American Marketing Association Winter Conference, Association of Consumer Research Conference, Academy of Management Conference, and Consumer Culture Theory Conference. He also has media reviews published in the journals Organization Studies, Consumption Markets and Culture, Academy of Management Learning and Education, and Organization.

In 2013, Dr Ateeq won the prestigious Association of Consumer Research (ACR)/Sheth Foundation Dissertation Grant in the area of cross-cultural consumer behavior.
Dr Ateeq has previously taught courses in business management, marketing and research methods. He was a Research Fellow at Lahore University of Management Sciences (2009-2011) where he also (co-)authored a couple of case studies and edited book chapters of the South Asian edition of Principles of Marketing.

Dr Ateeq is also an alumnus of the Medill School, Northwestern University where he completed a Masters in Integrated Marketing Communications (2007-08) with a concentration in brand communications. He studied at Medill on a Fulbright scholarship and was one of four to receive the Euro RSCG Tatham Award for exceptional performance and a promising career.