Mr. Muhammad Ismail Qureshi

Chairman

Mr. Muhammad Ismail Qureshi, was last Rector of National School of Public Policy (NSPP), Pakistan's premier institute of public-servants’ training and education till December, 2016. He has over 35 years of experience in public service and development. He served in many high positions in the Government of Pakistan including: Secretary, Establishment Division/Chairman, Board of Trustees, Federal Benevolent Fund & Group Insurance, Secretary, Ministry of Water and Power; Secretary, Ministry. of Food, Agriculture and Livestock; Additional Finance Secretary (External Finance and Policy), Ministry of Finance, Trade Minister, Embassy of Pakistan; Paris; Director General, Lahore Development Authority; Additional Secretary Finance Department, Govt. of Punjab; Secretary Health and Population, Govt. of Punjab.
Mr. Qureshi has been Alternate Governor, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank; Permanent Member, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD); and Member, General Body, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF). He has been Chairman of Board of Directors of ICIMOD, a Regional Agency for the Mountainous Regions of China, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Pakistan under a UN charter. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Council, a governing body of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the U.N. He was also a member of Pay and Pension Commission (2010) Government of Pakistan. He also led Government of Pakistan delegation in Pak-India water dispute and has been a member of Pakistan delegation on WTO's Doha Development Round negotiations in Geneva and Hong Kong. He has been also Chairman of Board of Governors, NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan), Habib Bank (2nd largest bank in Pakistan). Mr. Qureshi was born in Sargodha, has Law and Master Degree and Post Graduation in Development Administration from the University of Birmingham UK. Has been also associated with many philanthropic organizations.

Mr. Amer Tufail

Managing Director / CEO

Mr. Amer Tufail, a seasoned professional and a Chartered Accountant by qualification, currently serves as the Managing Director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Pakistan's leading gas utility company. With an illustrious career spanning over 33 years, Mr. Tufail brings with him a wealth of diversified experience across local and international markets, having worked extensively with both private and public sector entities. He joined SNGPL in 2004 and has since held several key management and leadership positions, contributing significantly to the Company’s strategic and operational excellence. Prior to joining SNGPL, he accumulated rich professional exposure by serving in large national and multinational organizations in Pakistan and abroad, including key multilateral funding agencies. His global experience includes working with the City of Ottawa, Canada, where he served as Senior Business Manager, overseeing the complex merger of eleven independent municipalities into a unified City of Ottawa. His professional journey is marked by hands-on expertise in restructuring, capacity building, institutional strengthening, unbundling, and privatization initiatives for large public sector entities across countries such as Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Jordan, Zambia, and Poland. Mr. Tufail has also worked with major international banks, including Chase Manhattan and the Bank of Tokyo, and has undertaken numerous audit and consultancy assignments for a diverse clientele from the financial services, fertilizer, industrial, engineering, chemical, and public utility sectors. His consultancy experience is complemented by his leadership training at renowned international institutions, including programs organized by the World Bank. He is a Certified Director and currently serves on several prestigious Boards, including:

• Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),
• Pakistan Institute of Petroleum,
• Public Sector Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).

In the past, he has served on the boards of the National Power Parks Management Company (overseeing Balloki and Haveli power plants) and the Pakistan Cricket Board. Mr. Tufail has also contributed to thought leadership in the fields of privatization and infrastructure development through several published works, notably:

• "Impact Analysis of Privatisation in Pakistan" — a study financed and published by the Asian Development Bank, co-authored with Dr. John Francis of the Adam Smith Institute of Finance, UK.
• "Corporatisation, Leasing and Securitization in the Road Sector, China" — a report financed and published by the World Bank, co-authored with Dr. John McPherson and Mr. Greg Wood, P.E.

Through his vast and varied experience, Mr. Amer Tufail continues to play a pivotal role in steering SNGPL toward sustained growth, innovation, and operational excellence.

Mr. Ahmed Chinoy

Director

Mr. Ahmed Chinoy, H.I, S.I is an elected Director on the Board of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX). He is the Managing Partner of Arch Group of Companies and is engaged in overseeing various businesses such as security investments, textiles, real estate and poultry farming.
Mr. Chinoy is qualified from Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) and holds a graduate degree in Commerce from University of Karachi. He is also a certified director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.
Mr. Chinoy is a prominent business and social figure in Pakistan. He has served the society in different capacities in the areas of business, education, health, crime prevention and other social services and has rendered invaluable services to the nation in these fields. He has successfully served as Chief of Citizen Police Liaison Committee, Sindh (a citizens’ body for prevention of crimes) from the year 2010 to 2015. He has also been actively serving on the Boards of various hospitals and educational institutions and has been heading the Memon Community as the President of All Pakistan Memon Federation. He has also served several times on the Managing Committee of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry and has also remained as Chairman of Pakistan Cloth Merchants’ Association (the apex body of textile exporters). For his services to the people of Pakistan, he has been awarded prestigious national awards of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (H.I.) and Sitara-e-Imtiaz (S.I.).
Mr. Chinoy is nominated by PSX to serve as Director on the Boards of Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited, National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited and Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited. In addition, he also serves on the boards of various private and social institutions.

Mr. Arif Saeed

Director

Mr. Arif Saeed graduated from the University of Oxford. He is currently the Chairman of Service Global Footwear Limited and Chief Executive of Service Industries Limited. He also serves as the Chairman of Engineering Development Board (EDB) and Director on the Board of Service Long March Tyres (Private) Limited as well as Servis Foundation. He has been the CEO of Dar Es Salaam Textile Mills Limited. He was the founding Chairman of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power (Private) Limited, Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power (Private) Limited and the National Power Parks Management Company (Private) Limited which successfully set up four leading power projects in the public sector. Mr. Saeed serves on the governing board of Aitchison College and is currently the President of the Pakistan Rugby Union. He has been Chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) as well as the Lahore Stock Exchange. He is also serving as Independent Director on the Board of SNGPL.

Ms. Faaria Rehman Salahuddin

Director

Faaria Rehman Salahuddin is a C-level professional with a career spanning 24 years in banking and entrepreneurship at leading financial institutions like ANZ Grindlays, SCB, HBL, UBL and Bank Alfalah Ltd and more recently as the Director Placements at Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Her expertise lie in delivering organizational turnarounds through synergies by strategic re-alignment of business lines.
Faaria’s experience spans Local and Regional Public and Private sector enterprises with a deep understanding of both operational and credit management aspects of corporate and retail banking. Her unusual experience makes her ideal to bridge the silos currently prevalent in most organizations, allowing her to lead business transformation through driving change in attitudes of teams, bringing them on a common platform and unlocking innovation and creativity.
Faaria is currently dividing time at LUMS, offering Consultancy Services to various individuals, institutions and business ventures and managing her heritage restoration boutique hotel project. She is also a Member of the Board of Directors for Dubai Islamic Bank, Ellcot Spinning Mills, GNR Consultants and a Member of the LUMS Financial Aid Committee as well as an Advisor for Lahore Biennale Foundation. Her passion for culture and heritage is also reflected in her reputation as a major patron and collector of local art and her involvement with Pakistan’s leading art institutions.
Faaria holds an MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and is a Rotary International – GSE Professional Scholar to Bavaria, Germany. She has held Strategic Advisory roles as a Committee and Board member of various institutions like Allama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital (AIMC/JH), Service Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS)/Services Hospital, Dairy Rural Development Foundation (DRDF), LUMS Financial Aid and NOP, Management Association of Pakistan (MAP) and Pakistan Fashion Design Council (PFDC).

Mr. Jawad Paul Khawaja

Director

Mr. Jawad Paul Khawaja has been serving as a civil servant for almost 3 decades in the areas of public service delivery, administration and management, currently serving as Federal Secretary Commerce in the Government of Pakistan.
Mr. Khawaja holds fellowship of Chevening (2009) and Eisenhower (2017) and holds an L.L.M. from the University of Warwick, a M.B.A. from Lahore University of Management Sciences, and a B.Sc. – Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
Some of his notable assignments have been Registrar – Supreme Court of Pakistan, Secretary Privatization, Secretary – Council of Common Interests, Additional Secretary – Prime Minister’s Office, Chief Commissioner – Islamabad Capital Territory, Joint Secretary – Prime Minister’s Office, Joint Secretary – Establishment Division, Director – Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and those as an Assistant Commissioner in various districts of Punjab and Balochistan.

Mr. Momin Agha

Director

An officer of Pakistan Administrative Services, Mr. Agha has rich professional experience, spanning over 27 years, including senior level administrative and managerial as well as leadership responsibilities. These include Commissioner Faisalabad Division and secretary of various provincial departments and Additional Chief Secretary. At the federal level, he has served at Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Industries and Production. Recently, he has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division).
Mr. Agha has obtained a master’s degree in globalization & labour studies from University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He also did his bachelor’s in business administration from University of Texas, Austin, United State of America.
He has the distinction of serving in various capacities and dealing with administration, establishment, litigation, budgetary and financial domains of key ministries/ organizations as well as those of companies / corporations, authorities and autonomous institutions.
He is also member of the boards of various public sector companies, including Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Mari Petroleum Company Limited, Government Holdings (Private) Limited and Pak Arab Refinery Company.

Mr. Osman Saifullah Khan

Director

Osman Khan currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Saif Group, a diversified industrial and services conglomerate headquartered in Islamabad. Mr. Khan joined the Saif Group in 1995, and has held a variety of strategic and operating roles with the Group since that time. He serves as the Chairman of Saif Holding Ltd, the Group’s holding company, as well as of the Group’s textile manufacturing businesses. Osman Khan was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Sky Electric Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan’s fastest growing solar company, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the company.
Mr. Khan is associated with various industry advocacy platforms and is a member of the Pakistan Business Council (PBC). He has served on the Advisory Committee to the Planning Commission of Pakistan, served as a member of the Policy Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and is a member of the governing body of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences (GIK).
Osman Saifullah Khan was elected unopposed to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2012 for a six-year term and represented the Federal Capital Islamabad. He was Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Science & Technology and a member of the Senate Special Committee on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He also served on three other Senate Committees: (i) Finance (ii) Information Technology & Telecommunications and (iii) Rules & Privileges.
Senator Khan was the mover of the private member's bill, the Domestic Workers (Employment Rights) Bill 2015, passed by the Senate on March 7". 2016. His term in the Senate ended in March of 2018.
Osman Khan has a Master's degree in Engineering, Economics and Management from Christ Church, University of Oxford (1995), where he was a Britannia Scholar and a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (2009).

Mr. Saadat Ali Khan

Director

Saadat Ali Khan has an impressive tenure of over 36 years at Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), he served in various capacities throughout his career. Having started in the organization, he displayed his skills and expertise, which led him to assume key leadership roles.
At SNGPL, Saadat held the position of Acting General Manager (Administration), he efficiently managed functions within the company. During his tenure as General Manager (Retail Sales), he played a pivotal role in enhancing sales strategies, customer engagement, and overall operational efficiency.
Ultimately, he retired as the General Manager (HR) in October 2010, leaving behind a legacy of successful human resource management within the organization. Throughout his career, he demonstrated a keen understanding of the importance of fostering a positive work culture, employee development, and talent acquisition to drive organizational success.
Saadat Ali Khan also served as the Chief Manager of SNGPL Cricket Team for five years.

Mr. Sajjad Azhar

Director

Mr. Sajjad Azhar is an experienced civil servant from Inland Revenue Service of Pakistan (28th Common Training Programme), having more than 22 years of experience in public financial management. He has served as Commissioner Inland Revenue and Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue in various field formations across Pakistan under Federal Board of Revenue.
In addition to his experience of Inland Revenue policy and administration, Mr. Sajjad Azhar has also served on various important assignments in the Federal Secretariat. He has worked as Joint Secretary (Budget), Ministry of Finance, dealing with federal budget formulation, fiscal management, Treasury and Cash management etc. His other assignments include his incumbency as Joint Secretary (Medium Enterprises Development), Ministry of Industries and Production, where he supervised SME policy formulation and implementation, restructuring of small and medium level SOEs, international linkage creation etc.
Presently, Mr. Sajjad Azhar is serving as Joint Secretary (Corporate Finance), Ministry of Finance dealing with the financial and corporate affairs of SOEs of various sectors including petroleum, power, minerals, aviation etc.
Mr. Sajjad Azhar has also worked as Executive District Officer (Finance & Planning) under the District Governments’ devolution plan, thus having worked on provincial and local governments’ revenue streams and expenditures, project planning and financing etc.
Mr. Sajjad Azhar, holds a Master’s degree in English and a bachelor’s in Law from University of the Punjab. He is a graduate of Civil Services Academy, National Institute of Management/National School of Public Policy.
Mr. Sajjad Azhar has attended a number of international seminars, workshops, visits etc. on various topics of public financial management.

Mr. Tariq Iqbal Khan

Director

Mr. Tariq Iqbal Khan is a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, with diversified experience of more than 40 years. He was pivotal in founding Islamabad Stock Exchange where he subsequently served as President as well. He has also served as the Member Tax Policy & Co-ordination in the Central Board of Revenue, followed by being appointed as Commissioner SECP, where he was instrumental in restructuring the SECP. He also held the charge of Chairman SECP (acting) for a brief period. He served on prominent national level committees like Committee for formulation of Takeover law. CLA Committee for review of Securities & Exchange Ordinance 1969, Committee for formulation of CDC law & regulations and Prime Minister's Committee for Revival of Stock Market. He served as the Chairman and MD of NIT for more than 8 years, which played the role of a catalyst in establishing, strengthening and stabilizing the capital markets. Additionally, during this period, he held the charge of Chairman & MD of ICP, for almost 5 years. He has served on Boards of the top companies like CDC, Faysal Bank Limited, Bank Al-Habib Limited, GSK, ICI, Siemens and Packages etc. He has remained Chairman of Attock Refinery Limited, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, K.P. Energy Board and KPOGCL. Presently he is a member on the Boards of National Refinery Limited, Packages Limited, Silk Bank Limited, Interloop Limited and Pakistan Oilfields Limited. Presently he is also serving as Chairman of Packaged Converters Limited and Audit Oversight Board.

Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry

Director

Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry is a senior civil servant from Pakistan Administrative Service having more than 25 years of diverse and rich professional experience. As a civil servant, he has held several key positions in the government including, among others, the Special Secretary/Finance Secretary Punjab, Special Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab, District Co-ordination Officer in Attock and Bahawalnagar and Programme Director, Punjab Resource Management Programme. He has also worked extensively with bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies during his career and these include Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of UK Government, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and UNDP.
He recently served as the Team leader for the FCDO-funded £31 million Subnational Governance Programme (SNG) in Punjab and was instrumental in driving transformative reforms in the areas of public finance, governance and public policy. He has also worked in South Sudan where he supported the government in policy and institutional reforms.
Mr. Usman Ahmed Chaudhry completed his BSc in Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore. He also holds a Master in Public Policy (Specialization in Development Policy) degree from Australian National University, Australia. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Public Policy also.