Secretary Finance Mr Hamed is a PAS officer from 20th CTP. He has more than 27 years of experience working in a broad range of organisations both within the public sector as well as outside. Hamed has served in three provinces (Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab) and Federal Government in various positions. He has extensive experience working in the realm of public finance.

Mr Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh has also served at key positions in the provincial hierarchy both at the provincial level as well as in the field including Secretary Finance, Commissioner Bahawalpur, Secretary Livestock & Dairy Development Department Punjab, Special Secretary Finance, Chief Economist at Planning & Development Department, etc. In his last assignment as Finance Secretary Punjab, he saw through transitions of elected governments as well as a local government system.

He has worked with international development partners as an advisor and consultant in the realm of policy and governance reforms especially relating to public finance. He headed DFID/UKaid funded governance reform programme, titled Sub–National Governance Programme, in Punjab under which support was provided to the Punjab government for the transition to a new local government system, PFM reforms besides running an innovation fund to test several service delivery models.

Mr Hamed earned MBA from IBA Karachi and MSc Development Studies from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), United Kingdom, on the Chevening Scholarship. He was awarded Hubert Humphery Fellowship in 2013 as well.