Hanbal Tahir Kahlon obtained his law degree from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. Afterwards, he worked as a counsel in corporate and civil law firms before joining the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a law clerk. In 2018, Hanbal attended Pepperdine University on a Fulbright Scholarship, where he completed his LLM in Dispute Resolution. Hanbal joined the World Bank Group in 2020 as a short-term consultant with Peer Review Services. Prior to joining CAO, Hanbal worked as a consultant with Mediation Services (MEF) and the Advisory team of the Ethics and Business Conduct Department (EBC) at the World Bank.