Mr. Manzoor Ahmed is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of National Investment Trust Limited (NIT). As COO, he has been successfully managing the operations and investment portfolio worth over Rs. 150 billion. He has experience of over 31 years of the Mutual Fund industry and has been placed at many key positions within NIT that includes capital market operations, investment management, research and liaising with the regulatory authorities. He has also served NIT as its Managing Director (Acting) twice from May 2013 to May 2014 and September 2017 to February 2019. He is M.B.A. and also holds D.A.I.B.P. He has also been the Council Member of The Institute of Bankers Pakistan. Presently, he is pursuing Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level III.
Mr. Manzoor Ahmed has vast experience of serving on the Boards of various top ranking companies of Pakistan belonging to the diverse sectors of economy.
Mr. Ahmed has also attended various training courses organized by institutions of international repute like London Business School (LBS) UK, Institute of Directors, London and Financial Markets World, New York (USA).
Currently, he represents NIT as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of many leading national and multinational companies of Pakistan. Mr. Ahmed is also a Certified Director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.
Mr. Manzoor Ahmed is also member of the Defence Authority Country and Golf Club – Karachi.
He also holds directorship on the Board of following companies:
Hub Power Company Limited
Ghandhara Tyre & Rubber Company Limited (Formerly General Tyre & Rubber Company of Pakistan Limited)
Dr. Nadeem Inayat holds a Doctorate in Economics and has over 37 years of diversified experience in the corporate sector. He has vast experience in corporate governance, policy formulation, project appraisal, implementation, monitoring & evaluation, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
He also has conducted various academic courses on Economics, International Trade and Finance at reputable institutions of higher education in Pakistan. He is also a member of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).
He also holds directorship on the Board of following companies:
Ms. Zoya Mohsin Nathani is a senior banker with two decades of broad based experience in corporate banking relationship management, cash & trade sales, corporate finance, syndications, structured trade finance, SME Banking, Consumer Banking and Credit Risk Management.
Ms. Nathani completed her Masters in Business Administration from IBA Karachi and holds a MSc degree in Finance and Accounting from London School of Economics.
She has held various senior level positions in International and Local banks such as Director and Head of Global Corporates Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank, Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking, Pakistan, JS Bank Ltd (Formerly American Express Bank), Director Capitas Group International and Head of Strategy Planning and SME, Burj Bank Limited.
Ms. Zoya Mohsin Nathani also holds directorship on the Board of MNZ Limited.
Samina Rizwan is the CEO and Founder Partner of The CalmKaaj Network (Pvt.) Limited, a coworking space and professional services provider for the community. CalmKaaj aspires to transform loosely connected groups of people into a healthy community of members, who contribute high value to their business ventures in particular, and to the community’s ecosystem in general. The flagship project, CalmKaaj coworking space in Islamabad, is operational, and a number of followup projects such as community and partnerships, professional services, and learning pathways are in the pipeline. After 20 years of a global career in big tech, Samina returned to Pakistan and became associated with Code for Pakistan, a not-for-profit initiative where, as Country Director, she built support for civic tech.
Samina joined Oracle in 2001 as Managing Director, South Asia Growth Economies, and established Oracle’s presence in Pakistan, which led to Pakistan’s leadership of other countries in the region, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Afghanistan. Samina’s last assignment with Oracle was as Vice President of Key and Lead Accounts, where she took stewardship of Oracle’s most critical customer accounts in ASEAN. Prior to that, she led the ECEMEA Analytics & Big Data team, which architected data mgmt. platforms for customers. Over the past 20 years, Samina’s focus has been on establishing and scaling operations in new geographies and introducing cutting- edge solutions and technologies into the regions she has been responsible for such as MEA, SAGE, and ASEAN.
Before Oracle, Samina was Director, Information Systems, at Paktel Limited, a subsidiary of UK telecom company Cable and Wireless. She began her career 30 years ago in Washington DC as a Systems Analyst for The American Security Bank Limited. Her industry experience mainly consists of technology solutions in banking, telecom, and the public sector.
Samina founded Rizwan Scholars, a trust registered in Pakistan, which sponsored tertiary education scholarships for students from underserved communities in the country. Samina maintains a strong interest in Pakistan’s evolving startup ecosystem, investing in early-stage startups that offer tech interventions in education, healthcare, agriculture, the inclusion of marginalized communities, and indigenous small and medium industries.
Samina holds an Executive MBA from the Lahore University of Management Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from American University in Washington DC. She is a Certified PMP from PMI and a Certified Board Member from PICG. Currently, she serves as Member of Advisory Boards of USAID IPA and the National Incubation Center Peshawar. Samina lives in and operates from Islamabad.
Association, Certifications and Awards
Member Advisory Board of USAID IPA, Pakistan
Member Advisory Board of National Incubation Center, Peshawar
Club Excellence performance winner several years from Oracle Corp
Certified PMP of Project Management Institute (PMI) (First Pakistani woman to achieve this certification)
Certified Director from Pakistan Institute of Corporation Governance
Scholarship winner from USAID for higher studies
Ex-Member Prime Minister’s Business Council, of Pakistan
Ex-Global Executive Committee Member, Oracle Women Leadership
Ex-Member Board of Governors FMTI-PIMS
Ex-Member Board of Directors, Khushhali Bank
Ex-Member Advisory Board, Competitiveness Support Fund, USAID
Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Nov. 1968) from United Kingdom and started his career in Pakistan as an auditor with A.F. Ferguson & Co. Mr. Mirza then made a career move in December 1970 and joined Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited, a multinational Pharmaceutical cum health care company as Chief Financial Officer. He became one of the youngest Managing Director’s of his time in the year 1977 and remained in that position, i.e. Managing Director Abbott Pakistan, for 29 years.
Mr. Mirza held the position of Chairman Export Processing Zones Authority from February 2007 to March 2009 and then joined PBC (Pakistan Business Council) as its Chief Executive Officer, a position he held till December 2015. PBC is a Think Tank cum Business Policy Advocacy Forum.
He is the Chairman of Philip Morris (Pakistan) Ltd. and Unilever Pakistan Foods Ltd. (UPFL). He is also serving as Director on the Boards of Colgate Palmolive (Pak) Ltd., Education Fund for Sindh (EFS), of which he was the Chairman from Dec. 2012 to Oct. 2016.
Previously, he served as Chairman of Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Ltd. (PMEX)–formerly National Commodity Exchange Ltd. (NCEL), Chairman of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), President of Overseas Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI), President of American Business Council (ABC), Chairman of Pharma Bureau (Association of Pharmaceutical Multinationals).
He served as Director on the Boards of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan State Oil (PSO), International Steel (ISL), Sarmaya-e-Pakistan Ltd., National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Bank Alfalah Ltd, Abbott Laboratories (Pak) Ltd., Pakistan Textile City Ltd., Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), Genco Holding Company, NAVTEC, Safari Club of Pakistan Ltd. and Karwan-e-Hayat of which he was also the Chairman. Further, he represented PBC on the Board of BOI (Board of Investment) and other Government Bodies/Institutions.
Mr. Mirza has also been a past Chairman of a Task Force set up by Planning Commission on Pharmaceutical Industry, a member of the Economic Advisory Board of the Federal Government and Sindh Wild Life Board. He has served as a Member on Quality Control Board of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He also lectures regularly at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).
Other Directorships
Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited
Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited
EFS (Education Fund for Sindh) Registered under Section
Lieutenant General Muhammad Mustafa Khan, HI (M) (Retired) joined the Board of Directors on June 20, 2013.
Lieutenant General Muhammad Mustafa Khan, HI (M) (Retired), was commissioned in Pakistan Army in April, 1974. During his long meritorious service in the Army, the General Officer had been employed on various command, staff and instructional assignments including the prestigious appointment as Chief of General Staff and Corps Commander of a Strike Corps/Commander Central Command.
The General is a Graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta and Command & Staff College Fort Leavenworth USA. He is also a graduate of Armed Forces War College Islamabad (National Defence University) and completed Senior Executive Course from USA and holds Master Degrees in War Studies and International Relations. He has attended Finance for Executives Course at INSEAD France.
In recognition of his meritorious services, he has been conferred the award of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military). The General brings along a vast and diversified experience in operational, administration, management and evaluation systems up to various level of Command.
Presently the General holds the offices of Managing Director of Fauji Foundation and is Chairman on the Board of various Fauji Group of Companies including Fauji Cement Company Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited, Fauji Cement Company Limited, Mari Petroleum Company Limited (Formerly Mari Gas Company Limited), Fauji Kabirwala Power Company Limited, Foundation Power Company (Daharki) Limited, Daharki Power Holdings Limited, Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal Limited, FFC Energy Limited, Foundation Wind Energy-I Limited, Foundation Wind Energy-II (Pvt) Limited and Managing Director of Fauji Oil Terminal & Distribution Company Limited. After the recent acquisition of Askari Bank Limited by Fauji Foundation Consortium, Managing Director Fauji Foundation is also Chairman of the Bank.
