Sir Victor Alfred Charles Turner, CSI, CIE, MBE, SI (12 March 1892 – 16 October 1974[1]) was an English-Pakistani[2] civil service officer, statistician and economist, and one of the founding fathers of the Civil Service of Pakistan,[2] serving as the first Finance Secretary of Pakistan in the government of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, as well as Chairman of the Central Board of Revenue from 14 August 1947 until 1 February 1950.

[1] After the establishment of Pakistan, Sir Victor Turner was the first finance secretary as well as the first Christian to be appointed to one of the key administrative posts, by the Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan.

[2] Soon after being appointed, Turner became the first person to head the Federal Bureau of Statistics, and was asked by the Prime Minister to re-organize the government departments and financial institutions.

[10] Turner succeeded in establishing the installation of a paper currency mill, with the help of De La Rue plc., printing the first official rupee which carries his own signature, V.A.C.

[12] After the assassination of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, Turner was removed from the government and he moved back to the United Kingdom to take up an appointment as the financial adviser to the High Commissioner of Pakistan in London.