Mr. Sikandar Hayat Jamali is a retired Government Servant. He did his Senior Cambridge from St. Francis Grammar School Quetta, and Higher Senior Cambridge from Aitchison College Lahore and graduated from Government College Lahore. He is M.A in History (Gold Medalist) from the Punjab University and M.A in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Wisconsin (USA). He is also M.A in Area Studies (Middle East and North Africa) from the University of London. He also attended training course on Public Expenditure with the IMF, Higher Management Course with the Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA) London and long courses at National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) Karachi and Pakistan Administrative Staff College (PASC) Lahore.

He joined the Civil Services of Pakistan in 1966. He has served in various coveted positions with the provincial Government of Balochistan such as, Deputy Secretary (Finance), Secretary (Education), Member (Board of Revenue) and Chief Secretary. With the Federal Government, he has served as Deputy Secretary (Information), Joint Secretary (Establishment Division), Chief Executive Officer (RDFC), Joint Secretary (Economic Affairs Division), Member (Planning Commission), Secretary (Education), Secretary (Environment and Local Government) and Secretary (Parliamentary Affairs) from where he retired in 2003. He has widely traveled all over the world.

Presently he is also Director on the Board of OGDC, Member, National Public Safety Commission. He is member of Iqbal Academy and Vice-President Balochistan Citizens Forum and member Senate Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).