Mr. Shahid Ghaffar has extensive experience of fund management in Pakistan. He has served as Managing Director of NIT, one of the biggest Asset Management Company in the Country. Previously He has been associated with Habib Bank Limited as Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Representation. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of HBL Asset Management Limited for over six year 2005-2012. He has vast experience of working in capital markets including monitoring of projects, the debt/fixed income portfolio, the equity portfolio and trading desk. Mr. Ghaffar served as the first non-member Managing Director of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for over 2 years during the period 1998-2000 and was instrumental in introducing effective risk management systems at KSE. He has also served as Executive Director / Commissioner (Aug.2000-Nov.2005) at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and actively participated in the successful implementation of wide ranging reforms in the capital market. Mr. Ghaffar holds an MBA Degree from Gomal University, D.I.Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP), Pakistan.

Mr. Mir Adil Rashid possesses rich and diversified experience of approximately 20 years of portfolio management, brokerage along with managing retail & institutional client relationships and investment portfolios. He has previously served as Chief Executive Officer of erstwhile PICIC Asset Management Company Limited for 6 years which has since been merged with and into HBL Asset Management Limited in 2016.

Mr. Abrar Ahmed Mir is an engineer and MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA. He has extensive experience in ecommerce, fintech and innovative financial products.

He is currently working as Chief Innovation & Financial Inclusion Officer at Habib Bank Limited. Prior to that Mr. Mir has been associated with UBL from 2003 to 2015 with his last assignment being SEVP – Group Executive, Banking Products Group. During his long association with UBL he has led Mobile Payments, Branchless & e-Banking including the launch of UBL-Omini.

Mr. Rayomond Kotwal is an experienced professional with over 31 years of experience and the last 25 years in financial services. He has worked as Chief Financial Officer with United Bank Limited, NIB Bank Limited, Citibank NA and Citi Cards Canada Inc., and with ICI Pakistan Limited and Standard Microsystems Corporation, NY in a variety of roles. Currently, Mr. Kotwal is the Chief Financial Officer of Habib Bank Limited. Mr. Kotwal holds a Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan, and a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts (USA). At present Mr. Kotwal is also on the board of First MicroFinance Bank as its Chairman and a member of the Board at Habib Allied Holdings Limited – UK and Pakistan Parkinson’s Society.

Ms. Ava Ardeshir Cowasjee is a prominent person in the shipping industry of Pakistan. She did her schooling at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi, and higher education at Roedean School, England. Thereafter she pursued Management training at Hyde Park Hotel, London, Intercontinental Hotel, Karachi, and got her diploma in Hotel Management from the Ecole Hotelier, Switzerland. She worked as Manager, Manpower Development at Intercontinental Hotel, Karachi, for four years before joining the family business.

Mr. Tariq Masaud is Chief Risk Officer of Habib Bank Limited. A seasoned banker with over 25 years of work experience in Pakistan and abroad during association with Citibank in different capacities since 1996. He has held senior roles in Corporate Banking and Risk functions at Citibank during his career. He headed Corporate and Investment Banking in Jordan and Kuwait, and managed Citibank’s Risk function for West and Central Africa cluster from Nigeria, where he also served on the Board of Citibank Nigeria. He subsequently moved to Kenya to manage the Risk organization for most Sub-Saharan Africa branches of Citibank. He then moved within Citibank to USA in 2015 to cover the Energy portfolio and became the Global Head for Risk Policy covering the Institutional Clients Group in 2018.

Mr. Tariq holds a Master’s degree in Economics Policy from the University of London and an MBA from LUMS. He is also a founder member of South Asian Association of Bankers in North America. He has been involved in the development of curricula for bankers in Africa and an Assessor for the Senior Credit Officers evaluation training at Citi.

Mr. Abid Sattar has the distinction of being one of the most successful bankers who, over the last 40 years has worked in Corporate, Institutional and Consumer banking with leading Multinational and Local banks, domestically and internationally. Mr. Sattar has established himself as a thought leader and a change agent who has the ability to look through the wide lens and at the same time narrow down to critical issues and opportunities to deliver exceptional and sustainable results.

In his roles as President and CEO of Askari Bank, Mr. Sattar has delivered records earnings in all three years by building a top of class management team and focusing on critical areas including, new business, operational efficiencies, roll out of latest technology and strong and business savvy Risk Management.

Prior to joining Askari Bank Ltd., in August 2018 he was based in Singapore heading International Business for Asia and Africa Regions for Habib Bank Ltd. During his previous assignments at HBL Pakistan, he has held positions of Head of Global Operations and Head of Retail and Consumer Banking. In his role of Retail and Consumer head, Mr. Sattar successfully completed the transformation of the retail bank (post privatization) and created a new model for Consumer and Retail Bank – that later became the market norm. His earlier experience includes senior level positions with Citibank, Standard Chartered and Chase Manhattan Banks.

Mr. Sattar has proven track record of leading and building efficient and excellent teams. He is well known for hiring talent, maintaining highest standards of compliance while expanding and growing businesses. He has been part of Business transformation teams post-merger of ANZ Grindlays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (2001-05) and HBL post privatization (2006-10) which provided rich experience in building highly motivated team and profitable businesses.

He holds Masters in Economic and Politics of Development from Cambridge University, UK and is a Gold Medalist in MBA Finance from the Punjab University, Lahore.

Mr. Khalid Malik is a Senior Chartered Accountant and is main sponsor/certificate holder of First UDL Modaraba (Listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange) and is currently serving as the Sponsor/Consultant for the First UDl Modaraba. He is also serving as the Chief Executive Officer of SASL Trading (Pvt) Ltd since 2006. In addition to HBL Asset Management Limited, he is also serving on the Board of UDL Pharmaceuticals Pakistan (Pvt) Limited since 2012. In the past he has also served on the Boards of Searle Pakistan Limited, United Distributors Pakistan Limited, IBL Healthcare Limited, Gillette Pakistan Limited, Unisys Pakistan Limited and United Brands Limited.