In his role as the head of the Secretariat of the Consultative Council on Improvement of Investment Climate under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Numon Abdughafforzoda leads the Council’s efforts to provide public-private dialogue and promote necessary economic reform for improvement of investment and entrepreneurship climate. The Secretariat is the executive body of the Council and is responsible for organizational and technical support of the Council’s activity and consists of consultants on economic, legal and administrative issues. Previously, Mr. Abdughafforzoda spent a decade working at the Ministry of Industry of Tajikistan from 1998 to 2008. He is a graduate of the Tajik Institute of Entrepreneurship and Service, World Economy Faculty (1994 – 1998), the Indian Institute on Manufacturing Management, Management Development Branch (2001), and the Japan Language Institute (2006).