Ali Salman is Founder & Executive Director of Policy Research Institute of Market Economy (PRIME), an independent economic think tank in Pakistan that he founded in 2013. PRIME is credited with leading national debates on public debt, tax reforms and national finance. He has served as CEO of Malaysia’s prominent independent think tank, IDEAS from 2018-2020. He is also a co-founder and CEO of Islam and Liberty Network, a global platform for researchers and academics exploring and promoting ‘A Muslim Case for Freedom.’ Ali remains actively engaged with the government as an economist and public policy expert. He has advised the Competition Commission analyzing economic implications of legal decisions. He has also served on the Board of Punjab Saaf Pani Company, a government owned company for provisioning of clean drinking water in Pakistan. Ali played an instrumental role in writing Pakistan’s first youth policy while working with the Government of the Punjab. He often writes op-eds for Express Tribune, a partner publication of New York Times.