OPEN Boston and the Cambridge Innovation Center welcome you to a unique conversation exploring global business and entrepreneurship in Pakistan, a country of 208 million, and one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Discuss shared lessons and opportunities between the US and Pakistan, balancing globalization with local cultural and economic realities.

Our guest is Hussain Dawood, a Pakistani industrialist, and ardent philanthropist, He currently chairs the boards of Engro Corporation, a diversified conglomerate; Dawood Hercules Corporation, the group’s holding company; Hub Power Company, an independent power producer; Karachi Education Initiative, which funds the graduate management school Karachi School of Business & Leadership, and The Dawood Foundation, with its legacy of establishing various educational institutions across the country.

His social responsibilities include Memberships of the World Economic Forum and its Global Agenda Councils of Anti-Corruption and Education. He was conferred the award “Ufficiale Ordine Al merito della Repubblica Italiana” by the Republic of Italy. Hussain Dawood holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA, and is a graduate of Metallurgy from Sheffield University, UK.