Profile of The Board: Syed Bakhtiyar Kazmi
Profile of The Board: Syed Bakhtiyar Kazmi
Mr Kazmi is a fellow chartered accountant with over 35 years of experience in a diverse range of sectoral and
functional strata within national and regional economies. The key areas of his specialization are fiscal policy
and macroeconomic research, greenfield and brownfield projects, strategic collaborations, mergers and
acquisitions, outliers in accounting and finance, strategic level audit and assurance, tax reforms and strategic
level advisory.
He holds directorship on the Boards of following companies along with Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited:
• Askari Cement Limited • Fauji Oil Terminal & Distribution Company Limited
He has served on a number of diverse forums / boards in the Private Sector, Public Sector & Civil Society
Organization. As a thinker, he actively spreads his thoughts and ideas through his articles on national
economics, business and taxation mattes and issues, regularly published in reputable dailies.
Dr Khan is the Regional Managing Director for Pakistan at Acumen - a global impact investment fund based in
New York. Alongwith Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited she holds directorship of following Banks:
Dr Khan has a strong background in business strategy and international business, with a career that has
spanned across North America, Asia and the Middle East. She has previously worked as the head of strategy
at Habib Bank Limited and was the first person to hold this position at the bank. She has also worked in New
York as a management consultant with McKinsey and Co., where she focused on the financial sector, and at the
UNDP, where she was a consultant with the Millennium Development Project.
Dr Khan holds a doctorate from Harvard Business School, where she focused on understanding how to build
successful businesses in emerging markets. She has authored various case studies on international business
strategy and published several articles focused on emerging markets for different publications – including the
Harvard Business Review. She also holds a Masters in International Development (MPA-ID) from the Harvard
Kennedy School and completed undergraduate degree in Economics from Princeton University.
Dr Ayesha Khan
Independent Director
Joined the Board on October 09, 2021
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