[1] He is also the chairman of the Karachi School of Business & Leadership (KSBL), and a director of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute.

[citation needed] In the late 1990s, he spearheaded the expansion of the company, including the acquisition of Engro Corporation.

This has involved a number of joint ventures over the years with European, US, Japanese and Chinese parties,[5] such as Royal Vopak,[6] FrieslandCampina,[7] and China Machinery Engineering Corporation.

[9] He is the founding donor of the Mariam Dawood School of Visual Arts & Design at the Beaconhouse National University Tarogil Campus, in Lahore.

[citation needed] Dawood holds Maltese citizenship since 2016, reportedly through an individual investor programme,[14] and is based in Dubai.