PK Directors Profile
PK Directors Profile
PK Directors Profile
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
* as of 30Sep18
SHAZAD DADA
CEO/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Shazad is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of
Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd.
Prior to joining Standard Chartered, he was the Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director of Barclays Pakistan. His experience spreads across Corporate,
Investment and Retail Banking. Shazad was additionally the Head of Regional
Transaction Services Steering Committee for Asia and India, UAE & Pakistan.
He has also worked at the Deutsche Bank Securities Inc in New York for over 15
years in various capacities; last as the Managing Director in the Mergers,
Acquisitions, and Corporate Advisory Group and was Head of Media M&A practice in
the Americas.
Moving back to Pakistan in late 2005 to head Deutsche Bank AG Pakistan as the
Managing Director, Chief Country Officer and Head of Global Banking, Shazad has
played an instrumental role in leading the turnaround of their Pakistan franchise.
He is an avid golfer with a keen interest in a number of sports including tennis and
chess.
Shazad is married to Samira and has three children, two sons and a daughter.
IAN ANDERSON BRYDEN
CHAIRPERSON & NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ian is the Regional Chief Risk Officer for the Africa & Middle East based in Dubai.
Ian was previously the Chief Risk Officer, South Asia and the Country Chief Risk
Officer, India, based in Mumbai with overall responsibility for implementing and
monitoring the Risk Governance Framework in South Asia. He has been an
Alternate Director on the Standard Chartered Nepal Board for the last four years.
Prior to February 2013, Ian was the Regional Credit Officer for South Asia
overseeing the credit risk of the Wholesale Bank portfolios for India, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and Nepal. He has worked at Standard Chartered for 20 years based in Hong
Kong, Dubai and London. His Risk roles have included Chief Credit Officer, Hong
Kong & Japan; Regional Credit Officer, Africa; and Regional Credit Officer, UK &
Europe. During his time as the Regional Credit Officer, Africa, he also served on the
Board of Standard Chartered Mauritius. He joined the bank as a Corporate Banking
Relationship Manager and had a number of roles in the business before moving to
Risk.
Before joining Standard Chartered, Ian worked at Chase Manhattan Bank and Bear
Stearns in various Corporate and Investment Banking roles. He also served in the
British Army for 5 years after leaving Oxford University where he studied Law.
Ian is married and has two daughters. His hobbies include travel and trekking.
FERDINAND PIETERSE
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ferdie is the Chief Operating Officer for Africa and the Middle East and has been
with Standard Chartered Bank for 3 years. He joined from The Kelly Group Ltd. in
2013 where he was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, a position he
held for over three years.
He is a Chartered Accountant and has spent most of his working life in banking,
initially at Ned Bank, where he progressed to hold senior positions in Internal Audit at
Ned Bank Africa.
Mohamed is the Chief Financial Officer for Africa & Middle East and has been with
Standard Chartered Bank since 2012.
Mohamed is a strategic partner and advisor to the CEO and RMT in delivering
financial targets with effective Balance Sheet management in a controlled
environment, identifying business risks and opportunities and participant in driving
and executing the business development agenda.
In addition he is also responsible for shaping and proactively managing the impact of
financial and regulatory requirements, ensuring the integrity of financial accounts as
well as establishing and monitoring reliable control systems to strengthen the risk
and control environment.
Before joining SCB in 2012, Mohamed was with Barclays Bank UK based in London
where he was most recently their International Financial Controller. Previously based
in Barclays’ Emerging Market Regional Office in Dubai, his coverage included Africa,
MENA, India and Indian Oceans (Mauritius and Seychelles), Pakistan, Indonesia
and Russia.
Mohamed joined Barclays from Citigroup, where he held the position of Chief
Financial Officer for their Egypt and Algeria business.
At SCB, Mohamed spent two years as the Regional Head of Wholesale Banking
Business Finance, MENAP & UAE and two years as the Regional Head of Business
Finance, MENAP & UAE for the combined business.
Spenta is an active member of civil society. She is Founding Trustee of the i-Care
Foundation, Pakistan’s first Donor Advised Fund. She is Trustee of the Layton
Rehmatullah Benevolent Trust, a renowned chain of 18 eye hospitals across
Pakistan, which has to date treated over 30 million patients completely free of
charge. She is Managing Trustee of the Captain Foundation, and is on the Board of
Governors of Liaquat National Hospital and the Jinnah Society. She is Chairperson
of the Parsi General Hospital and is a Founder Trustee of Al Mehrab Tibbi Imdad
Cancer Hospice. Until recently she has also served on the Pakistan Boards of the
World Wildlife Fund and United World Colleges. Spenta is also a ‘Certified Director’.
Spenta attended Karachi Grammar School following which she received a B.A. in
Political Science from Wellesley College.
Prior to joining ACHPL, he spent over 27 years with ICI Group where his last
assignments were as Chief Executive, ICI Pakistan Limited and Chairman, Pakistan
PTA Limited (now Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited). During his association with the
large multinational group, Waqar served in multiple markets and undertook different
positions including Chief Executive, Pakistan PTA Limited, and Vice President,
Polyester Fiber Business & Head of North, and Chief Financial Officer at ICI
Pakistan Limited.
Waqar is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants from England & Wales
and an Alumnus of the Harvard Business School and INSEAD. He is also a faculty
member at Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.
His previous engagements included; Board director, Chairman Audit Committee, and
member of Human Resource Committee at State Bank of Pakistan, President of the
Overseas Chamber of Commerce & Industry, President of Management Association
of Pakistan, director at Pakistan Business Council, director at IGI Insurance Limited,
member of Board of Governors at Lahore University of Management Sciences,
trustee at Duke of Edinburgh Trust, Pakistan and member of Board at Indus Valley
School of Art.
He is married with a daughter and a son, and is an avid art collector and fond of
gardening.