Ibrahim Amin

Mr. Ibrahim Amin is a successful businessman in the financial services sector and is a highly qualified self-motivated professional with a prompt and decisive style of management rendering hassle- free services to all valued clients.

He started his career by working with a renowned Leather Garments Manufacturers / Exporters at Sialkot for two years and attained rich experience of Administration, Foreign Trade, and versatile business techniques. He has achieved a certificate from Leather Industrial Development Organization and was also operating a retail shops in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

There-after, he started his own business of a Collateral & Valuation Management working with Banks in Lahore. Initially with Allied Bank, MCB Bank and The bank of Punjab. He struggled and established a good repute in North by establishing a company “Tristar International Consultant Pvt. Ltd.” which is registered on the approved panel of Pakistan Banks Association as “Any Amount” and all major Local / Foreign Banks for the last 18-years.

He came to Karachi in 2015 to establish and develop business in this big city and he successfully established all services operations in South as well by maintaining high quality standards and good relationship with banks and corporates.

While working with the financial institutions he began contemplating on finding IT solutions for enhancing the customer experience.

Then he started working extensively on training needs of the banking and financial sector specializing in payment systems and IT for which he established an associated Firm under name & style of M/S. Dellsons Associates. This company has its credit numerous conferences on the subjects of Digital Banking, E Money Institutions, Cyber Security, IFRS9 and Forensic Accounting and Fraud Risk Management, just to name a few.

He has to his credit the introduction of an EBot which enriches the banking experience of the CIB through one click of a button. He executed induction of Cyber Security Control Systems in various Banks and also started consultancy services to cater their sophisticated needs by using the modern technologies for up-grading Operational Systems and professional competence of Human Resource amongst Banks & other Organizations.

He has worked on a payment system to help improve the movement of finances for the freelancers of Pakistan and in order to broaden the scope of business-to-customer (B2C) transactions through legal channel, he was engaged with SBP to allow these payments so that freelancers will not have to face any hassle and due to his continuous and countless efforts, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has also enhanced payment limits against freelance services in computer and information systems and other freelance services from $ 5,000 to $ 25,000 per individual per month. After long struggle he succeeded to establish “Pakistan Freelancers Association” (PAFLA) which is a non-profit organization founded to empower Pakistani freelancers through mentoring, providing opportunities, collaborating with government, industry and academia, and providing them a platform as well as a support group to help grow their career and overcome their challenges.

Recently he has partnered with IBA CICT for Digitization of Banking Sector of Pakistan. The project aims to build the capacity of overall banking sector of Pakistan in order to bring technology disruption.

He is also a Mentor and Judge at IBA – Sindh Research Incubation Centre. This is a project initiated by the Information Science & Technology Department, Government of Sindh in collaboration with IBA - CICT to provide the selected start-ups incubation facilities for 6 to 12 months which include co-working space at IBA, utilities, seed capital and access to investors. The objective is to ensure sustainable growth for early stage IT-enabled product based ideas by providing domain specific mentorship and investment opportunities to create commercially viable technology startups from Sindh. He is mentoring Ain Savaree (http://www.ainsavaree.com//) , a new start up providing mobility services exclusively for women.

He has also partnered with PwC Pakistan (A. F. F. Ferguson), PIAIC, ISACA, ACCA and ICMA.

Shahzada Dawood

Mr. Shahzada Dawood joined the Board of Engro in 2003 and currently serves as the Vice Chairman. He has over 2 decades of experience in corporate governance and transformation of industries, including growth and innovation opportunities through mergers and acquisitions of diversified public-listed companies across textiles, fertilizers, foods, and energy.

Shahzada is a leading voice for the institutionalization of key international networks, including the World Economic Forum (WEF). Under his guidance, Engro has become Pakistan’s first company to sign a commitment sponsored by WEF’s International Business Council to implement Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, and has also Shahzada Dawood Vice Chairman & Chairman, BIC joined WEF’s Global Plastic Action Partnership to promote a circular economy. He aspires for a sustainable future, and believes in inclusive business models involving low-income communities, building value chains along business interests. In line with this, Shahzada serves as Trustee on the Boards of both Engro Foundation and The Dawood Foundation. In December 2020, Shahzada also joined the Board of Trustees of the SETI Institute. He serves as Director across Boards of various companies within the Dawood Group, including Dawood Hercules Corporation Ltd and Dawood Lawrencepur Ltd, instituting high standards of corporate governance and perpetuating the future proofing of these businesses.

Shahzada holds a M.Sc. in Global Textile Marketing from Philadelphia University, USA, and a LLB from Buckingham University, UK.

Farrukh H. Khan

Mr. Farrukh Khan is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, United Kingdom (UK), and also holds a BA (Hons.) in Economics and Finance from the University of Manchester.

With over 30 years of senior management and board-level experience, Farrukh is an experienced entrepreneur, and leading business and financial advisor who has advised on many landmark transactions. Previously he has held senior positions with Acumen in Pakistan & the UK, including Country Director & CEO, Pakistan, Senior Director Business Development, Chief Business Development Officer and member of the Management Committee. Mr. Khan was the founding partner and CEO of BMA Capital Management Limited. Under his stewardship, BMA established itself as the leading investment banking group in Pakistan and received several international awards, including the 2010 Euromoney award for the best investment bank in Pakistan. His experience includes lead managing the US$813 million GDR offering and London listing of OGDCL, Pakistan’s largest listed company, and successfully advising Etisalat on their $2.6 billion acquisition of Pak telecom, the largest mergers and acquisition transaction and the largest foreign direct investment in Pakistan’s history. Other historical transactions include the US$ 1.5 billion privatisation of Kot Addu Power Company and the US$898 million GDR offering for Pak Telecom. He has advised, either on the buy or sell side, on almost 50% of all successful privatisations in Pakistan, totaling over $4 billion in value. He has also worked with American Express Bank in Pakistan and Deloitte in London.

Mr. Khan has an excellent network and deep knowledge of global business and investments. He has previously served as President of Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI), Chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization, Pakistan Chapter and on the boards of prominent public and private sector organisations. He was also associated with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan as a member of its Policy Board from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Khan was selected by Euromoney as one of the top 50 global financial leaders, below the age of 40 years. His philanthropic interests include children’s health and education.

Yousaf Hussain

Mr. Yousaf Hussain, President Faysal Bank has over 26 years of professional experience, primarily at ABN AMRO Bank where he held multiple senior managerial positions including those within the Corporate / Credit and Transaction Banking functions. He has been with Faysal Bank since August 2008, with a significant contribution to the franchise in his previous positions as Chief Risk Officer, Regional Corporate Banking Head-North and Head of Special Assets Management Group. His experience also includes a senior role with Samba Bank and earlier assignments with Mashreq Bank and Mobilink / Motorola. Mr. Yousaf has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and has done his MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Asim Buksh

Asim is the CEO of a dynamic, high end, luxury Retail Company, Buksh Group. With its inception in 1993, Buksh Group has repeatedly proven itself with sustained revenue and growth in changing markets. From fashion to sound and technology, jewelry and automation, the company has defined new directions which are both challenging and exciting.

Asim has made the strategic decision to venture into untapped markets in Pakistan and initiate projects which will generate Impact Investment in Pakistan. This includes the formation of Buksh Foundation, where he envisions reaching out to the ‘unbanked’ masses and providing them affordable financial services, which is a niche segment in the financial sector of Pakistan. Also, he initiated an Energy Company, under the Buksh Group banner, Buksh Energy Pvt. Ltd which will be works on the lines of the first ESCO in Pakistan, providing complete energy solutions to the commercial, industrial, domestic as well as agricultural clients. It specializes in the arena of renewable energy solutions. Asim has also been awarded the title of “Heroes of the Environment 2009″by TIME magazine for his efforts to make a difference by initiating a solar energy entrepreneurship in Pakistan.

Also, more recently he has initiated an Energy Company, Buksh Energy Pvt. Ltd which will be working on the lines of the first ESCO in Pakistan, providing complete energy solutions to the commercial, industrial, domestic as well as agricultural clients. It specializes in the arena of renewable energy.

Asim has also been awarded the title of “Heroes of the Environment 2009” by TIME magazine for his efforts to make a difference by initiating a solar energy.

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Ebrahim Qassim

Mr. Ebrahim Qassim joined the Board of Directors of National Foods Limited in 2000. He served at a British Pharmaceutical Company in Pakistan for 3 years at different capacities finally as Country manager. Later Mr. Ebrahim Qassim set up his own distribution business by the name of Premier Distributors in 1971, which has now a well-established network throughout Pakistan.

He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Karachi Stock Exchange in the year 2000. Presently, he is on the Board of Directors of English Biscuits Private Limited, Coronet Foods Private Limited and is also the Chairman of Shield Corporation Limited.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, Mr. Ebrahim Qassim has also been part of the National Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and the Marketing Association of Pakistan (MAP) in the past.

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Naba Mansoor

Naba Mansoor is a Young, Islamabad based Fashion Designer, currently Working through a Co-Owned Brand Name of "DiyaNoor". She is seen making her way through the market saturated contrives with a radical spirit.

Naba lived her early childhood and teenage years in Muscat, Oman.  She did her O levels and A levels from a locally proclaimed school, in affiliation with the University of Cambridge. She Completed her University Degree of BBA (hons.) and later, MBA in Human Resource Management from International Islamic University, Islamabad during the year 2009. 

She came be talked about as a creatively infused mind, where she loved art plays in all aspects of life. Academically, she was not linked to art or fashion. Yet, her entrepreneurial instincts led her to pave the fashion fiesta her mind produced. She ran a leading  ready to-wear clothing brand's franchise in one of the most visited areas of Rawalpindi for around 2 plus years. There she observed the customer likes, market trends and the exploitable gaps to satisfy customers. She now is working as a designer, where she has made a mark in a very short time span. She has worked for some celebrities and is producing vogue of fashion flares. 

Her work has gained potential popularity in a shrunk time period and she now is focusing on overseas Pakistani-wardrobe fashion shows.

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Masood Hamid

Masood Hamid  is a graduate from Karachi University and has done Post Graduate Courses from IBA (Institute of Business Administration – Karachi) and EPBA Columbia University – USA. He started his profession with M/s. Spectrum Communications from 1984 to 1985 and then joined DAWN Group of Newspapers in 1985 as a Manager Supplements. Done projects on Industries, promoting/marketing DAWN internationally. He was appointed General Manager in 1993 and was promoted as Senior General Manager in 2004. Presently serving as Director Marketing.

He attended various International Advertising Conferences and Newspaper Conferences abroad. He is Secretary, Marketing Association of Pakistan, Member of Marketing Association of Pakistan (2012 – 2015), Vice President of International Advertising Association (IAA) – Pakistan Chapter, Founder Member / Treasurer, Italian Development Council (IDC), Independent Trade body for the promotion of trade between Pakistan and Italy. Member MALPAK (Malaysia-Pakistan) Joint Business Council.

He served as Joint Secretary of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) for the years 2006 – 2007. He was elected Secretary General, APNS for the term 2012-2013.

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Huzaima Bukhari

Huzaima Bukhari is based in Taxand Pakistan where she is a partner and Head of Research and Planning at Huzaima & Ikram, Pakistan’s leading independent firm of tax advisors. With 25 years’ experience of local and international tax, she develops innovative tax structures for companies engaged in cross-border e-business. She possesses a wealth of experience advising clients on joint ventures in Pakistan. A recent key transaction involved providing tax advice on a US$250 million contract for a joint venture between a leading Bangladeshi company and a Pakistani construction company. The two companies were building schools in earthquake-affected areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Areas of Expertise: 

International Tax, Joint Ventures and Cross-border e-business

http://www.huzaimaikram.com

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Abdul Khaliq Khan

Abdul Khaliq Khan, Vice President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, represents Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the Executive Committee of FPCCI. He is well known and prominent businessman of Pakistan.

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Bilal Mustafa

Mr. Bilal Mustafa, President and CEO of KASB Bank Limited, possesses over 38 years banking experience in various capacities in banking, initially in Habib Bank and subsequently in Allied Bank. In addition to being the Manager of various branches, Zonal Chief, Circle Executive, Area Regional Chief, Provincial Chief (Balochistan, NWFP, AJK and Punjab), he has also worked as Chief of Audit and Inspection/Group Chief Human Resources and as the overseeing executive of various divisions of Central Office, Karachi.

Having graduated in 1965, he did his M.A (Economics) in 1967 from Punjab University. His professional qualifications also include DAIBP. He started his career with Habib Bank in April 1968, progressing into managerial positions in various branches. He then joined Allied Bank in Sept 1973 as Manager, and was gradually promoted to the level of Senior Executive Vice President. He also worked as Chairman / Director First Allied Bank Modarba. He retired from ABL as SEVP in June 2007.

The Govt. of NWFP appointed Mr. Bilal Mustafa as Managing Director of the Bank of Khyber where he took over the charge on March 05, 2008. He served as Managing Director & CEO for five years.

He has undergone various foreign and national level trainings / courses during his career.

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Faiq Husain

Mr. Faiq Husain, President and CEO of Rozgar Microfinance Bank is an MBA (Finance) from IBA, Karachi. He has over twenty years experience of Investment Banking, Lease Financing, Monitoring, Settlements, Recovery of dues, Asset Management etc., at different senior levels viz. Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President and Acting Managing Director of a Joint Venture Financial Institution of the country. He has been actively supporting self-employment through Micro Financing, and has written papers also on this subject.

Qamar Hussain

Mr. Qamar Hussain is the President of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), the largest Commercial Bank of the country. He holds an MBA degree in International Business & Finance from Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada and has undergone extensive training in business leadership abroad.

Mr. Hussain started his banking career from Bank of America N.T. & S.A., Pakistan in the year 1981. Prior to joining NBP in 2009, he has worked with American Express Bank Limited as Senior Director Global Credit, New York and earlier as Senior Director Country Manager, Bangladesh. He had also been associated with the CHASE MANHATTAN BANK in Pakistan and USA.

Mr. Hussain is a distinguished Banker and brings with him rich experience in various aspects of banking particularly in Corporate Finance, Credit/Risk Management, and has excelled in strategic planning and business management.

During his tenure with NBP as Chief Operating Officer, he has made significant contribution in recognizing the field structure throughout the country, strengthened credit and risk function, reorganized Corporate and Investment Banking Group, streamlined performance management processes and as a member of Bank’s strategic planning team has initiated business and other changes for further strengthening the organization.

Anis Shiekh

Anis Shiekh heads the business desk at dunya Television, also the host for the daily business program NafaNuqsan. Mr. Shiekh is a seasoned journalist with over 10 years of experience in Media Industry, having contributed for National and International News Media in the capacity of Columnist, Reporter, Editor and Anchor. For the last five years he is working as a Television journalist. He is a technical analyst for Equities and Commodities and has written many articles based on his research. Previously he has worked as a software developer and designed financial applications for Companies working with Kuwait and NewYork Stock Exchanges. He is MS (Computer Science),BSc., MCSD, MCSE, CCNA and DCS.

Mian Muhammad Masroor Saeed

Mian Muhammad Masroor Saeed was born in 29/12/1964 at Lahore , He started his study from Lahore & pass the examination of Metric from  JOHN MCDONALD HIGH SCHOOL in 1979 & also pass the examination of B-A from MAO COLLAGE LAHORE . He started his own business in United Kingdom . He join PMLN in 1990 from United Kingdom . Now he is the Senior Vice President of PMLN in UK

Aisha Ghazi

Aisha graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) in 2002 and thereafter undertook the Bar Vocational Court at BPP Law School London and the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the Bar in October 2003. She then proceeded to complete the post graduate LLM degree from University College London, University of London (UCL) in Corporate and Commercial Law in September 2004 and thereafter worked in-house with a firm of solicitors in Middlesex, London before returning to Pakistan and joining Vellani & Vellani in May 2005. 

Since her return, Aisha has been involved in and had conduct of matters including general corporate and commercial transactional work including matters relating to finance and taxation, joint ventures, project financing, projects involving the grant and exploitation of government concessions, anti-trust, the setting up and operation of manufacturing facilities, banking and financing transactions, privatisation deals, mergers, acquisitions, foreign direct investment, incorporation of companies, public floatation and tender offers for listed securities, patent and copyright related work, general commercial and corporate litigation and certain arbitration matters. Such work has been conducted in the field of petroleum, natural gas, minerals, cement, steel, tobacco, edible oils, tea, shipping and trade, banking and finance, telecom and civil aviation, and coal washing and coal purification. She is enrolled as an advocate with the Sindh Bar Council and is a member of the Karachi Bar Council, the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AIPPI) and the Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA).

Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal completed Senior Cambridge and FSc from Lawrence College, Ghoragali. He attended Murari Chand (MC) College, Sylhet and Notre Dame College, Dhaka before graduating from Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul. 

Commissioned into 2E Bengal (Junior Tigers) in Oct 1965, the infantry unit his father raised in 1949, he served in Army Aviation (fixed wing and Helicopter Pilot) from 1968 to 1971. Taken PW in April 1971, in then East Pakistan, he was the first Pakistani PW to escape from India in July 1971. Joining 44 Punjab (now 4 Sindh) in Nov 1971, he was given battlefield promotion to the rank of Major on Dec 13, 1971, leaving the Army on Jan 24, 1974. 

He worked as a commercial pilot before starting his own business in 1977. A regular columnist in the print media since 1987, he graduated to his own TV Talk Show. Member of international organizations like the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), etc. Ikram Sehgal is presently Chairman Pathfinder G4S, Pakistan.

Mansoor Ijaz

Mansoor Ijaz (born 1961) is an American businessman of Pakistani Ancestry. He is an investment banker and media commentator, mostly in relation to Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership since 1990 that includes retired General James Alan Abrahamson, former director of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Ijaz has had ties to former CIA Director James Woolsey. Ijaz is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mansoor Ijaz was born in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up on a farm in rural VirginiaIjaz received his bachelor's degree in nuclear physicsfrom the University of Virginia in 1983 and master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985, where he was trained as a neural sciences engineer. His father, Dr. Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz, was a theoretical physicist who played a major role in nuclear detterence development throughout 1970s and 1980s, and was a pioneering figure in the designing of the weapons.

Ijaz developed CARAT, a currency, interest rate and equity risk management system. He started his own investment firm in 1990. Away from Crescent's daily business affairs, Ijaz serves on the College Foundation Board of Trustees at the University of Virginia and is a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations.

The memogate controversy (also Mullen memo controversy revolves around an alleged memorandum seeking help of the Obama administration (addressed to Admiral Mike Mullen) in the wake of the Osama Bin Laden raid to avert a military takeover in Pakistan Central actor in the plot included American-Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleging that the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United StatesHusain Haqqani asked him to deliver a confidential memo asking for US assistance. The memo is alleged to have been drafted by Haqqani at the behest of President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, but Haqqani and several senior Pakistani officials have consistently denied these allegations.(Source: Wikipedia)

Aun Rehman

Aun Rehman is the Country Director/CEO of Acumen Fund Pakistan – a social-venture fund investing in enterprises providing essential products and services to low-income markets in Pakistan, and affiliated with Acumen Fund, Inc. (USA). Aun is overseeing portfolio management, as well as business development and operations.

Before joining Acumen Fund, Aun Rahman worked for five years in economic and strategy consulting at Charles River Associates in Boston, specializing in financial modeling and quantitative analysis. Aun joined Acumen Fund in 2003 as a Fellow, working for 18 months with Acumen Fund's investee Saiban to structure and incubate an affordable commercial housing project in Lahore and to develop the organization's management information systems. In 2005, he became Acumen Fund's Country Manager in Pakistan. Originally from Karachi, Aun came to the United States to attend the University of Chicago, where he earned a BA in Economics.

Roshaneh Zafar

Ms. Roshaneh Zafar is the Founder and Managing Director of Kashf Foundation – the first specialized microfinance organization in Pakistan established in 1996. Kashf Foundation was awarded the Microfinance Excellence Award by the Grameen Foundation-USA for its groundbreaking innovations in the field of microfinance in Pakistan, while in 2005 it won the AGFUND International Prize for Microcredit 2005 out of 98 countries.

Prior to establishing Kashf Foundation, Ms. Zafar worked with the World Bank in Islamabad in the Water and Sanitation department for several years. Ms. Zafar was one of the first Ashoka Fellows in Pakistan and has been a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur since 2004. Ms Zafar has also been awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian awards, by the President of Pakistan for her work in the field of development and women’s empowerment and was also awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2007. Ms Zafar is a graduate of the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and also holds a Masters degree in Development Economics from Yale University, USA.