Profile of The Board: Maryam Aziz
Profile of The Board: Maryam Aziz
Ms Aziz is a highly experienced finance and audit professional, with over 20 years of professional experience
in financial reporting, audit and risk management. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant from the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, completing her article-ship from KPMG Taseer Hadi Khalid & Co. She also
holds professional certifications from Institute of Internal Auditors US, ACCA UK and CIMA UK.
Ms Aziz was associated with ORIX Group, a Japanese multinational financial group for twenty years in both
local and international roles and served at various critical positions in the Group both within and outside
Pakistan, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Internal Auditor, Group General Manager and Head of
Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Control Advisor to ORIX Group and Finance Director in the ORIX group
company in Kazakhstan. She has conducted and supervised multiple advisory and internal audit assignments
for ORIX group companies in the MENA region.
She is a certified director under the Code of Corporate Governance and is a member of Pakistan Institute of
Corporate Governance. She brings with her extensive experience of the financial services industry in the areas
of governance, risk management, compliance, audit and financial reporting.
Maryam Aziz
Independent Director
Joined the Board on July 5, 2019
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Mr Jensen is Technical Director in Haldor Topsoe A/S Global Service Chemicals, with responsibility of
coordinating the industrial feedback from the fertilizer industry and development of the ammonia technology.
He has qualifications within work of the board, project management, and safety hazard analysis of chemical
and petrochemical plants. He has profound experience in commissioning and has accomplished several
troubleshooting tasks around the world.
He graduated from the Technical University of Denmark as Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and
has more than 33 years of experience in refinery and chemical engineering. He served as engineer in various
position for Exxon/Statoil’s refinery in Denmark before he joined Haldor Topsoe in 1989.
Mr Jensen commenced his carrier in Haldor Topsoe as process engineer in the project engineering and
development department and was subsequently posted to Karnaphuly Fertilizer Plant in Bangladesh for
commissioning and subsequently assigned as ammonia plant manager.
He has been assigned as project manager and commissioning manager for various projects around the world,
including technical service contract manager and liaison officer for Haldor Topsoe’s regional office in South
America and senior technical advisor for Topsoe’s Subcontinent Ammonia Investment Company.
Mr Jensen has been alternate board director in Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company in Bangladesh.
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