Our Leadership

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Mian Zahoor Ahmed Watto

Chainman of Lahore Leads University

Since assuming leadership, Mian Zahoor Ahmed Watto has played a pivotal role in strengthening institutional vision, advancing academic excellence, and fostering innovation through strategic initiatives and dedicated leadership. Under his guidance, the institution has expanded its impact, enhanced educational standards, and cultivated a dynamic environment for creativity, research, and professional growth.

Senior Staff

Asad Manzoor Watto serves as the Managing Director and Founding Member of the School of Art, Design and Architecture. He leads the institution with a vision centered on creative excellence, interdisciplinary learning, and contemporary cultural engagement. His work focuses on developing innovative academic environments that connect art, design, architecture, technology, and research while encouraging critical thinking, experimentation, and industry collaboration among emerging creatives.

Asad Manzoor Watto

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Hamza Watto serves as Director of Strategic Development at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, where he contributes to institutional growth, innovation, and long term academic planning. His role focuses on strengthening interdisciplinary initiatives, fostering industry engagement, and supporting the development of contemporary creative programs that connect art, design, architecture, and emerging technologies within an evolving academic environment.

Hamza Watto

President Lahore Leads University

Amna Hassan serves as Director of International Relations at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, where she oversees global partnerships, academic collaborations, and international engagement initiatives. Her role focuses on building connections with institutions, artists, researchers, and creative organizations worldwide to expand opportunities for students and faculty. She works toward fostering cross cultural dialogue, exchange programs, collaborative research, and international visibility for the institution within the global creative and academic community.

Amna Hassan

Executive Director

As the Vice Chancellor of Lahore Leads University, Dr. Nadeem Ahmad Bhatti has redefined academic leadership through visionary planning, inclusive governance, and a strong commitment to academic excellence, expanding the university’s research capacity, strengthening industry linkages, and introducing student-centered policies to produce globally competent graduates.

Dr. Nadeem Bhatti

Vice Chancellor

Prof. Dr. Munawar Iqbal Ahmed serves as Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, providing academic leadership rooted in creative excellence, critical inquiry, and interdisciplinary education. His role focuses on advancing innovative curricula, strengthening research culture, supporting faculty development, and fostering contemporary studio practices across art, design, architecture, and media disciplines. Through academic vision and institutional collaboration, he encourages an environment that promotes experimentation, cultural engagement, and the development of emerging creative professionals.

Dr. Munawar Iqbal

Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Vernon Lowe first joined the University in 2006 as Assistant Dean for Academic Support Programs. He served as Assistant Dean until 2013, when he became a full time lecturer at the College. He teaches classes relating to legal theory and reasoning, race and law, gender and law, and in the area of commercial transactions. 

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Vernon Lowe

Assistant Vice President for Communications

After graduating from Kempbelle University with a MA in Communications, Harriet Erickson served as the director of Freshman and Transfer Programs before becoming the Vice President for Student Affairs. Holding both a BA and MA degree in Communications from Kempbelle University, Harriet Erikson has spent much of her professional life at the College.

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Harriet Erickson

Vice President, Student Affairs

Wesley Clark was named Senior Advisor to the President in May 2018. An expert in corporate law, he teaches a wide range of courses including Contracts, Sales, Closely Held Business Organizations, Publicly Traded Corporations, Mergers & Acquisitions, International Law and International Securities Regulation. 

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Wesley Clarke

Senior Advisor to the President

Betty Bowman joined the faculty in 2002, and received tenure there in 2007. Before joining the faculty, she was a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University College of Law. Prior to that, she was a legal consultant with JPMorgan Chase; a contract attorney for Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and an assistant prosecutor for the Ministry of the Attorney General in Toronto, Canada. 

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Betty Bowman

Acting Vice President for Finance

With over four decades of law teaching experience, Johnny Jones is a nationally-recognized constitutionalist who has received numerous awards for his teaching, including the first-ever Pioneer Award for his commitment and dedication to students from the FIU Student Bar Association in 2004. Since then, students have voted him “Professor of the Year” multiple times. 

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Johnny Jones

Dean, Diversity and Compliance

Dennis Ruiz was a member of the faculty at Texas Tech University School of Law, where she held the Alvin R. Allison Distinguished Professorship and received every teaching award the law school and the University conferred. She was the Distinguished Fulbright Professor of American Constitutional Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Greece in 1992.

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Dennis Ruiz

Acting Vice President of Administration

Vernon Lowe first joined the University in 2006 as Assistant Dean for Academic Support Programs. He served as Assistant Dean until 2013, when he became a full time lecturer at the College. He teaches classes relating to legal theory and reasoning, race and law, gender and law, and in the area of commercial transactions. 

Contacts:

Vernon Lowe

Assistant Vice President for Communications

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