Ali Ahmad Jan has masters in Economics with additional post graduation in Mass Communications, and Graduation in Law. Mr. Jan is Director of Sustainable Solutions (Private) Limited (SSPL) based in Islamabad, Pakistan. SSPL is a consultancy Firm working for sustainable development especially community based and innovative initiatives. As Director of the company Mr. Jan leads a team of consultants and expertise in delivery of services..

Mr. Jan has been working with LEAD Pakistan as Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist and then as Project Manager. Ali Jan has also worked with World Wide Fund For Nature – Pakistan (WWF – P) as Project Development Officer and then Project Manager of the Northern Areas Conservation Project. He has experience in Integrated Conservation and Development (ICD) approaches and participatory conservation by involving stakeholders and local people in the process. He has been leading professionals in implementation of conservation and development initiatives for five years during his assignments with WWF – Pakistan. Ali Ahmad Jan had started his career from Planning and Development Department, Northern Areas, Pakistan where he served for 7 years from April 1993 to December 1999

He is Fellow of Kinship Conservation Institute (KCI), Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), Bozeman, Montana, USA. He is certified practitioner of AT Kissan Accelerator Tools in Pakistan.

Ali Jan has written a number of papers project proposals, project strategies, concept papers and evaluation reports. He has participated and contributed in international conferences and workshops on various themes including community development, M&E of environmental and development projects, global warming and climate change, food security, human conflicts and peace etc.