Hussain Dawood
| Hussain Dawood | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1943 Bantava, Gujrat, India |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education |
Northwestern University, USA, Sheffield University, UK[1] |
| Children |
Azmeh Dawood Shahzada Dawood Sabrina Dawood Abdus Samad Dawood |
| Parent(s) | Ahmed Dawood, Mariam Dawood |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2009)[2] |
Hussain Dawood (Urdu: حسین داؤد) (born 1943) is a Pakistani industrialist, educationist and philanthropist, with origins from Bantva, Gujarat in western India.[3][4] He is the Chairman[5] of Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited. He is also the Chairman[6] of Engro Corporation Limited, Hub Power Company Limited,[7][8] Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund[9][10] and The Dawood Foundation.
His social activities include Chairmanship of the International Advisory Council of the Cradle to Cradle Institute[11] in San Francisco, Karachi Education Initiative’s Karachi School for Business & Leadership.[12] He also serves as a Member[13] of the Government of Pakistan Education Task Force, Director of the Pakistan Business Council,[14] Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, Beaconhouse National University[15] and is a Global Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).[16]
He is the Honorary Consul of Italy in Lahore and was conferred the award “Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Order of Merit of the Italian Republic)” by the Italian Government.[17] Mr. Dawood is an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA, and a graduate in Metallurgy from Sheffield University, UK.
Philanthropic Work
The Dawood Foundation is a private charitable trust in Pakistan, formed by Hussain’s father, Ahmed Dawood, in 1961. Hussain Dawood assumed the chairmanship of in 2000.[18] It operates various schools[19][20][21] and supports The Citizens Foundation and the Engro Foundation][22][23] It has also done work in the sphere of medical care[24][25] and has assisted those affected by the 2005 earthquake, 2010 floods, and tsunami of 2004.[26]
References
- ↑ http://pbc.org.pk/mr-hussain-dawood/
- ↑ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C12%5C05%5Cstory_5-12-2008_pg5_1
- ↑ http://www.weforum.org/contributors/hussain-dawood
- ↑ http://picg.org.pk/leader.php
- ↑ Hussain Dawood – Chairman DH Corp http://dawoodhercules.com/about-chairmans-msg.php
- ↑ http://engro.com/our-company/leadership/hussain_dawood/
- ↑ http://www.hubpower.com/about-hubco/leadership/board-of-directors/
- ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/514070/power-generation-hubco-to-incorporate-narowal-plant-as-a-subsidiary/
- ↑ http://www.ppaf.org.pk/BOD.aspx
- ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/331969/stress-laid-on-social-entrepreneurship-to-help-poor/
- ↑ http://c2ccertified.org/index.php/who/advisors
- ↑ http://www.ksbl.org/about/karachi-education-initiative/bod/
- ↑ http://pakistaneducationtaskforce.com/bios.html
- ↑ PBC board members http://www.pbc.org.pk/boardmembers/boardmembers.html?prof=HD
- ↑ http://www.bnu.edu.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=58
- ↑ TiE Global member https://www.tie.org/content/hussain-dawood
- ↑ Hussain Dawood Honorary Consul conferred with Italian Award http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C12%5C05%5Cstory_5-12-2008_pg5_1
- ↑ "KSBL". http://www.dawoodhercules.com/csr_dawood-fdn.php. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ http://www.dps.edu.pk/
- ↑ "Dawood Public School". http://www.dps.edu.pk/about_us.html. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ http://bnu.edu.pk/bnu/SVAD
- ↑ "Dawood Hercules". http://www.dawoodhercules.com/csr_dawood-fdn.php. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ "Engro Foundation". http://www.engrofoundation.com/our-work/education/. External link in
|website=(help); - ↑ "Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital". https://www.shaukatkhanum.org.pk/.
- ↑ "Al-Shifa Eye Hospital". http://www.alshifaeye.org/.
- ↑ "Dawood Foundation". http://www.dawoodhercules.com/csr_dawood-fdn.php. External link in
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