H.E. Yahya Bin Said Bin Abdullah Al-Jabri
Chairman

Executive President - Capital Market Authority, Sultanate of Oman. H.E Yahya Bin Said Bin Abdullah Al Jabri has vast experience as a commercial banker, with academic qualifications from prestigious institutions including the Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School and Darden University. He has also participated in the Corporate Financial Analysis program at Midland Bank, London UK.

H.E Yahya Al Jabri is currently the Executive President of the Capital Market Authority in Oman and has spearheaded the effort to introduce and implement sound corporate governance practices in the financial sector of Oman.

Mr. Javed Mahmood
Chief Secretary, Government of Punjab

Mr. Javed Mahmood has two decades of experience of civil service of Pakistan. He specializes in International Development Cooperation, Economic Development Planning and Management, and Performance Management in the Public Sector.

Mr. Javed assisted the federal government at the policy formulation level for nearly a decade. During this time his key assignments were as Additional Secretary to Prime Minister (where he was responsible for Prime Minister’s directives and key development projects) and as Joint Secretary Economic Affairs Division (where he was responsible for international development assistance from various countries and agencies).

Before that Mr. Javed assisted the provincial government of Punjab in overall governance of the province while serving as Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab. He first earned recognition and reputation of being a dedicated and efficient civil servant during his tenure as Director General Lahore Development Authority and Deputy Commissioner Lahore (the second largest district in Pakistan).

Mr. Javed previously served as the Additional Secretary Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. He is director of Pak Oman Investment Company

Agha Ahmed Shah
Director

Mr. Agha Ahmed Shah, Managing Director & CEO of Pak Oman Investment Company Ltd, has over 25 years of banking experience in the field of Corporate & Investment Banking and Risk Management. He started his banking career with American Express Bank Limited where he also attended a one year intensive program at the bank’s head office in New York. He has also worked in ANZ Grindlays Bank Ltd in Karachi as Senior Manager Corporate Banking and was responsible for the Multinational and Public Sector Groups.

In MCB Bank Limited, Mr. Shah worked as Head of Corporate South, Head of Investment Banking and Head of Risk Management. He prepared the Credit and Risk Manual of MCB Bank Limited and was responsible for restructuring of the Corporate and Investment Bank to bring it in line with the emerging challenges faced by the bank. His last job was as Chief Executive Officer of MCB Financial Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MCB Bank Ltd.

Mr. Humayun Murad
Chief Executive Officer, Orix Leasing Pakistan.

Since 1989 Mr. Murad has been CEO of ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited, the Country’s largest leasing company. He is also the Chief Executive of MENA & CIS Region for ORIX Corporation, Japan’s largest diversified financial services company. He has played a significant role in introducing leasing in several countries and supervises the ORIX operations in Pakistan, Oman, Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan. He also represents ORIX Corporation on the Boards of Oman National Investment Corporation and Al Ahlia Insurance Company (Oman). In the past the Government of Pakistan had nominated Mr. Murad to serve on the Board of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, Pak Oman Investment Company Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited. Currently he is on the Board of Pak Oman Asset Management Company Ltd and serves as a trustee of Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi. In the year 2007 Mr. Murad was a recipient of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for his services to leasing. He is an FCA of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in England and Pakistan.

Mr. Zafar Iqbal, FCA
Director.

Mr. Zafar Iqbal has on his credit, more than twenty years of extensive experience in the areas of Global Corporate Finance, Banking Releationships, Project Finance, Capital Market and Portfolio Management.

A senior Chartered Accountant qualified from England, he has for several years been at the helm of affairs at large public sector organizations, and has been credited with extremely profitable and well- managed commercial leasing and corporate brokerage outfits.

He is currently serving as Director on the Boards of CNBC Pakistan Limited,Pak Oman Microfinance , the National Industrial Parks development & Management Company (NIPs) and Pakistan Textile City Limited. As Chief Executive Officer of Pak Oman, he had positioned the company at the forefront of the financial sector in Pakistan in a very short period of time. In the past, he has served two terms on the Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange.

Mr. Sulaiman Hamad Al Harty – Director

Mr. Harthy brings with him significant experience in strategic positioning of the banking organization as well as consumer banking in the GCC region.

Mr. Harthy has an MBA from University of Leicester and is exploring opportunities to cross sell services in Pakistan and Oman through strategic partnerships.

Mr. Ali Said Ali
Director

Ali is the Head of Asset Management at BankMuscat and brings with him more than 18 years of experience in the field of Credit, Equity Research and Investment.

He completed his MBA from The University of Birmingham, UK. As a leader in the local fund management industry, BankMuscat enjoys an outstanding track record that is the result of the bank adopting disciplined investment processes, following sound operational systems & controls and being committed to meeting stringent ethical practices.

Major General Imtiaz Ahmed
Director General, NLC

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Mr. Pervaiz Usman
Director Business

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Ms.Hina Ghazanfar
M.D. and CEO

Ms. Hina Ghazanfar, an MBA from Pakistan’s prestigious business school Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has been engaged in senior management positions for the past 10 years. Through her dedication and commitment she has been able to carve an exceptional career for herself in Pakistan’s capital markets. Her determination to excel in her work has ensured that she is able to contribute up to the best of her abilities towards the development and growth in Pakistan’s capital markets as evidenced by her career path. Ms. Hina has had the opportunity of not only managing international equity portfolios worth $100 million to $200 million, but has also been involved in the management of large local equity portfolios for prime DFI’s like Pak Kuwait Investment Company (PKIC). In June 2007, Ms. Hina was appointed as MD and CEO of Pak-Oman Asset Management Company Limited (POAMCL). She ensured that having a conglomerate of Omani investors on the Board of POAMCL, the Omani interest in the Asset Management industry and Capital Markets was not only solicited but also increased over a period of time. Ms. Hina has played a pivotal role in establishing the company on a solid footing. She joined the company at a very nascent stage, and since then with her sheer determination has been instrumental in guiding the company towards financial stability.