Dr. Mohey-ud-din specialises in spatial econometrics and GCC development economics, with applied expertise in SEZ pre-feasibility analysis, Vision 2030 economic planning, and Pakistan’s macro-fiscal constraints. His methods span GIS-based regional diagnostics using ArcGIS and GeoDa, ARDL and VECM time-series modelling in Stata and EViews, and spatial inequality analysis for industrial city strategy — skills deployed across both Gulf and South Asian contexts.
Dr. Ghulam Mohey-ud-din is a lead urban economist and Senior Economic Planner at Parsons Corporation, embedded with the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu (RCJY) in Saudi Arabia. His work sits at the intersection of spatial economics, industrial policy, and applied econometrics, with a particular focus on regional development strategy, special economic zone planning, and the economic transformation underway across the GCC under Saudi Vision 2030.
His research addresses three interconnected concerns: how industrial cities and economic corridors can be designed to generate inclusive structural change; how spatial inequality shapes development outcomes in South Asian economies; and how evidence-based policy frameworks can bridge the gap between econometric modelling and government decision-making. He has over 20 peer-reviewed publications and has advised on development programmes exceeding US$60 million in combined value.
Dr. Mohey-ud-din’s research has appeared in academic journals including Public Health, Sustainability, and The Pakistan Development Review, among others. He is the author of The Macroeconomic Analysis of Foreign Capital Inflows in Pakistan, published by GRIN Verlag. Alongside his academic work, he has collaborated with international development organisations including the World Bank, UNDP, GIZ, and DFID/UK Aid, contributing to flagship programmes on spatial planning, SME competitiveness, and regional economic governance. His policy commentary has informed government strategy at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels in Pakistan, as well as institutional planning at the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu.
Prior to his current role at Parsons Corporation, Dr. Mohey-ud-din served as Director of Economic Affairs at the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS) in Lahore, where he founded and led the Economic Affairs Department, setting the research agenda on national economic security, fiscal stability, and energy economics. Before that, he spent six years as Senior Urban Economist and Senior Programme Manager at The Urban Unit, Government of Punjab, where he led the economic analysis component of the US$60M World Bank-supported Punjab Spatial Strategy — the largest sub-national regional planning exercise in Pakistan’s history, using GIS-based spatial analysis in ArcGIS and LISA cluster modelling in GeoDa. He has also served as Senior Assistant Professor and Acting Head of Department at Bahria University, Lahore, and as Economist and Head of the Research Cell at Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC), where he directed provincial research on SME competitiveness and industrial development.
Dr. Mohey-ud-din holds a PhD in Economics from Government College University, Lahore, where his doctoral research examined GDP fluctuations and their impact on private investment and economic growth across selected South Asian economies, applying ARDL bounds testing and structural break analysis. He completed his MPhil in Economics, also at GCU Lahore, and his MA in Economics at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. He holds a PMI-PBA® professional certification in business analysis from the Project Management Institute.
His teaching and training work has covered macroeconomic theory, spatial econometrics, and applied quantitative methods. He has supervised twelve postgraduate theses at MPhil level and has delivered quantitative economics training to planning officials at Punjab’s Planning and Development Board, connecting academic rigour with the practical demands of public sector decision-making.