Muhammad Ismail Khan
Director
Senior External Relations Officer at Asian Development Bank
Currently employed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as Senior External Relations Officer at its Pakistan Resident Mission. I lead, plan, implement and monitor external relations, media and communication strategies.
Before joining ADB in 2007, I worked as Parliamentary Representation Adviser in Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project (PLSP) funded by USAID and implemented by DAI Inc., The project helped improve representation, lawmaking, oversight, and management capacities of the Parliament of Pakistan and the four provincial assemblies, leading to establishment of Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) in Islamabad.
Earlier, I remained associated with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where i led communication work of a complex set of programs and policy initiatives at the global, national and regional levels.
I advised and or led team of consultants for number of organizations including The Asia Foundation, ADB, World Bank, PANOS South Asia, ICIMOD, and WWF Pakistan.
I served on the six-member global Board of Directors of the Mountain Forum as an elected representative from the Asia Pacific region for a three-year term from 2004 to 2007.
I also contributed a weekly op-ed for Pakistan’s leading English newspapers on wide range of topical and policy issues, and actively participated in peace building and regional cooperation processes and meeting of minds in Asia, Europe and North America.
Specialties: strategic communication; media; corporate affairs; content management; impact stories; training and capacity development; regional cooperation, public consultations; monitoring and evaluation; impact assessment; conflict resolution; post-conflict communication; communication for infrastructure development; policy, democratic, and legislative reforms; communication for sustainable development; climate change communication; campaigns and strategies; social media; multi-media; knowledge management.