Mr. Javaid Bashir Sheikh

(Chairman of the Board- Non Executive Director) 

Mr. Javaid Bashir Sheikh holds MBA – Finance degree from USA and is a certified director from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) . He has extensive global experience spanning over five decades in the financial and investment banking sectors in London (UK) and Pakistan. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Sindh Bank Limited, Nimir Industrial Chemical Limited, Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited and the Privatization Commission, Ministry of Privatization, Government of Pakistan. He is also the Co-Founder & Senior Partner at JSSR Consultants.  Throughout his career, Mr. Javaid Bashir Sheikh has held several senior leadership positions including Executive Vice President/Country Head (Marketing & Corporate Finance) at Atlas Bank of Tokyo Investment Bank, President & CEO of Fidelity Investment Bank Group and Vice President at National Development Finance Corporation-NDFC. He holds strong consultancy background as well and worked as a senior advisor in the Abu Dhabi Group. Previously, he has served on the Boards of Golden Arrow Selected Stocks Fund Limited, AKD Reit Limited, Nagina Cotton Mills Limited, Burj Islamic Bank Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited.

Mr. Fouad Farrukh

(NBP Nominee/Non-Executive Director)

Mr. Fouad Farrukh holds MBA degree from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) with Dean Honor list credentials and Aftab Associates gold medal for Marketing Research. He is an experienced banker with around twenty-nine years leadership roles in Retail, Corporate, Risk and Islamic Banking. His experience is divided in over twenty-two years in Pakistan and over six years in GCC.  Currently he is serving as Group Chief & Senior Executive Vice President at Aitemaad Islamic Baking Group, National Bank of Pakistan. Prior to NBP, he served Faysal Bank Limited as Group Head of both Retail Banking and Islamic Banking, Country Head HBL Bahrain and Head of Risk for Gulf Countries out of Dubai for HBL. He was recognized and rewarded for building market-leading profitable, sustainable businesses.

Mr. Fouad Farrukh is Chairman Board of Directors of Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company and is Board Member of Atlas Power Ltd. He has previously served on the Board of Pakistan Mercantile Exchange.

Mr. Usman Shahid

(NBP Nominee/Non-Executive Director)

Mr. Usman Shahid holds MBA degree from University of Bristol, England. He has more than 25 years of diversified experience in Corporate Banking, Credit and Risk with large international banks. Presently, he is serving National Bank of Pakistan as Senior Executive Vice President / Group Chief-Corporate & Investment Banking Group. Previously, he has served at Bank Islami Pakistan Limited, United Bank Limited, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Habib Bank Limited and Riyad Bank, Saudi Arabia at executive positions. He was nominee director on various boards of industries as well such as Textiles, Power, Home Appliances, Insurance, Fertilizer, Credit Restructuring and Rehab.

Mr. Hasan Ahmed

(Independent- Non-Executive Director)

Mr. Hasan Ahmad is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Incorporated Executive Accountant (IEA), Fellow of The Institute of Taxation Management (FITM), Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He is also member of California Society of Certified Public Accountants, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Management Accountants, Institute of Taxation Management and Lahore Tax Bar Association. He has 31 years of rich multi-dimensional experience in the fields of financial management, strategic planning, auditing and risk management, taxation and corporate matters. He has been a top professional and worked in diversified environments from Sugar Industry, textile and food business, real estate and educational institutions. He is also Director of Nagina Cotton Mills Mills Ltd., Agritech Limited and M/s. AKD Investments Ltd.

Mr. Ijaz Bashir Sheikh

(Independent -Non Executive director)

Mr. Ijaz Bashir Sheikh is a seasoned banker with Thirty-Five Years of diversified experience in Banking, Finance & Management, Litigation, Recovery/ Collection of Non-performing loans. He has served prestigious financial institutions at senior positions including Punjab Provincial Cooperative  Bank Limited as SVP/Head Credit Risk Management/Administration, Al Baraka Bank Pakistan Limited (Formerly Burj Bank/Dawood Islamic Bank Limited) as Country Head/SVP - Special Assets Management, Trust Investment Bank Limited as Country Head Branch Banking, SME/Consumer Finance and SAM/Recoveries,  SME Bank Limited  as Head/Manager Credit Administration & SAM/Recoveries, Bank Islami Pakistan (Formerly KASB Bank Limited) as Vice President/Head Operations & Administration. Mr. Ijaz Bashir Sheikh is a graduate from Government College University, Lahore.

Ms. Tosheeba Sarwar

(Non-Executive Director)

Ms. Tosheeba Sarwar holds Masters degree in Business Administration. She is an experienced entrepreneur, business executive and advisor to a number of emerging and established businesses. She has experience of working closely with companies and business owners providing business valuation services and advice on developing and implementing strategies to maximize business value.

Ms. Tosheeba has teaching experience of more than 25 years at reputed academic institutions in Pakistan, focusing at Entrepreneurship Development, Marketing, International Business Development, E-business management, Media & Digital Promotions. She is a faculty member of Aitchison College, Lahore since 2013. Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor at Government College University, Lahore. She also remained associated with Kinnaird College, PCBA (now UCP) and BNU.