</p> <h3>Profiles of Board of Directors</h3> <p>
Mr. Khan has over 30 years’ experience with a career beginning in financial services for the largest Regional audit firm, Richter Usher and Vineberg Chartered Accountants, Montreal, Canada. In 1987, Mr. Khan joined the Jewish General Hospital (McGill University) as its Financial Controller. This followed by a move to KSA in 1993 to join the Mawarid Trading Company (owned by the Saudi Royal Family) as Group Chief Financial Officer. The Mawarid Group represents major pharmaceuticals and consumer franchises in Saudi Arabia including GSK, Organon, Aventis, P&G, Eli Lily as well as Pizza Hut, Revlon and Estee Lauder to name a few.
In 1999, Mr. Khan joined Organon (now part of Merck & Co. Inc. USA). He migrated to Pakistan as Managing Director, Organon Pakistan. Subsequently, responsibilities for KSA were also handed to Mr. Tariq Khan where he became MD for Pakistan & KSA.
Mr. Khan is a graduate of the Concordia University, Montreal Canada and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Accountancy (GDPA) from McGill University. He is also a Certified Management Accountant from Ontario Canada and Certified Public Accountant from California, USA. In addition he is the Honorary Consul General of Netherlands in Karachi, Secretary General of World Federation of Consuls, Brussels for Pakistan Chapter, former President of Pakistan Sri Lanka Business Forum to promote trade between the two countries and member of ASPEN Institute (USA) Partners for New Beginning Program (PNB) which was the initiative of President Obama with entrepreneurs of the Muslim World to create 500,000 jobs.
Ms. Nusrat Munshi has been the Managing Director of AGP since July 2009 and has positioned the Company at the forefront amongst its larger and more established peers, in terms of efficiencies and profitability. The per capita output in terms of production, operational efficiency, sales and profitability stands as one of the best in the industry. Under her leadership, AGP has seen stable growth in the top line while improving the performance ratios of the company in a challenging and inflationary environment. She also successfully steered the company during the critical process of change in ownership in 2014, after which the company has emerged much stronger with long term horizon and support of the new shareholder.
Ms. Munshi joined AGP in June 2007 and was working as Director Finance, Information Systems and HR prior to her elevation as the Managing Director in 2009. She holds an BBA (Hon)/MBA from the Institute of Business Administration and started her career with the Banking industry and has experience of over a decade in Treasury, Corporate and Credit. She was the Regional Corporate Head at HSBC, Pakistan before joining AGP. Ms. Munshi has also worked with HSBC Canada and holds a second MBA from the Queens University, Canada.
Mr. Naved A. Khan has almost 30 years of diversified experience in financial sector, investment banking, and corporate finance in Pakistan as well as abroad. Mr. Naved has worked in one of the largest financial institutions of the world, Bank of America as Vice President after which he moved to Pakistan in 1998 as Head of Corporate & Investment Banking at ABN Amro Bank and thereafter served as the CEO of ABN AMRO Pakistan. Mr. Khan has also served as President & CEO of Faysal Bank Limited as well as serving as President of Rotary Club of Karachi and Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce and Industry (OICCI). Mr. Khan currently serves as CEO and Board Member of Sharmeen Khan Memorial Foundation, and as Board Member of Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works, Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim and Dubai Islamic Bank.
Mr. Naved holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and an MBA from Butler University, Indianapolis, USA.
Mr. Arif Mian currently holds the position of Group Chief Financial Officer of OBS Pakistan Private Limited. He began his career with one of the Big Four audit firms in London while subsequently he worked for BCCI in Hong Kong and Middle East. Moving on, he joined National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia as Financial Controller – Treasury. He then joined Sottomayor Bank Canada as Chief Accountant and Controller. Additional experience includes working as Director Risk Management in Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC/Montreal Derivatives Exchange).
While soaring higher in his career graph, he took it up as Executive Director for CIBC Treasury Balance Sheet Management Group. Mr. Mian has also served at senior management level positions with other notable organizations such as Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC/IDA), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Askari Bank Ltd. Before joining OBS Pakistan he was working for AM Associates CPA’s Professional Corporation in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kamran Nishat is a qualified Chartered Accountant and currently serving M&P Pakistan as its Chief Executive Officer. In addition to being a Director of AGPL, he serves on the boards of ABL Asset Management Company Limited, Briogene Private Limited and Cyan Limited while serving as the CEO of M&P Express Logistics (Private) Limited (formely known as OCS Pakistan Private Limited), Tech Sirat (Private) Limited, TechSirat Technologies (Pvt) Limited, OCS road and rail cargo (Pvt) Ltd, Logex (Pvt) Ltd and VeriBest brands (Pvt) Ltd.
Moreover, Mr. Nishat has had variety of experiences which include being the member of Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee (South) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, member of Information Technology Committee (South) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, member of Management Association of Pakistan, Chairman of Finance and tax committee of American Business Counsel, Senior Manager at Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates (Private) Limited from the years 1997 till 1999, Group Financial Controller at MIMA Group in 1997, General Manager Corporate Affairs at Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited, Deputy Managing Director at Central Cotton Mills Limited from 1988 till 1996 and Manager Finance at Al-Ghazi Tractors.
Mr. Hiraj has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance, investment banking, principal investing and asset management. Mr. Hiraj has worked at leading global investment banks and financial institutions in U.S., U.K. and Canada. He started his career with Salomon Smith Barney in New York before moving to London with Citigroup’s Financial Sponsors Group, where he was covering leading Private Equity firms. Prior to moving back to Pakistan in 2012 to join Abu Dhabi Group, Mr. Hiraj spent five years with J.P. Morgan and Scotia Capital. During this period, he advised various U.S., Canadian and other international Fortune 500 companies and sponsors on mergers and acquisitions, and capital market fund raising opportunities.
Mr. Hiraj holds a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from McGill University and an MBA from Yale School of Management.
Mr. Batla is currently the Director Finance at OBS Pakistan. With an experience of 15 years in the pharmaceutical field, Mr. Batla started his career as Assistant Manager in Sante, from where he then moved to Philips Pakistan as Manager Finance & Accounts. Subsequently, he worked for Genix Pharma as General Manger Finance before moving to OBS Pakistan.