Muzaffar Ud Din

Muzaffar Ud Din is country representative for The Asia Foundation in Pakistan and coordinator for Afghanistan. He brings over 30 years of experience in multi-sectoral international development, much of it in senior leadership positions. He has managed programs, conducted research, and provided training on a wide range of topics, including poverty alleviation, gender, youth, micro and small enterprise development, value chains, quality of life analysis, microfinance, and participatory rural development.

He began his career in 1993 as part of the microfinance program at the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. In 1998, he worked for UNDP as a credit and enterprise specialist. He then rejoined AKRSP in 2001 as Programme Manager for Market and Entrepreneurship Development, where he focused on developing social enterprise in the area. From 2013 to 2016, Muzaffar served as the country representative and chief executive officer for Pakistan at BRAC. He then returned to AKRSP in June 2016 as the chief executive officer. Since 2020, he has been working as an advisor to various development organizations in the area, including the Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF)/IFAD Gilgit-Baltistan Rural Support Programme (GBRSP) and Soni Jewari Center for Public Policy Center in Pakistan.

Before joining The Asia Foundation, he was the country director for BRAC International in Afghanistan, focusing on redesigning programs to address the changing needs in the country. Muzaffar is also the director on the Board for six major civil society and development organizations in Pakistan, including the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), which is Pakistan’s largest development organization.

In addition to his work experience, Muzaffar has also taught as a visiting faculty member at Karakorum International University, Toyo University Japan. He is also a senior research fellow with the PIDE University Islamabad on climate change and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad on renewable energy.