Towfiq Habib Chinoy, a Non-Executive Director, has served as the Company’s Board of Director’s Chairman since 2008. He served as Managing Director of International Industries Limited (IIL) for 37 years till 2011. He was also the founding Managing Director of International Steels Limited (ISL), where he served for eight years until 2015. He is now the Chairman of Yaqin Steels Limited and is on the Mohatta Palace Gallery Trust Board of Trustees. He has previously served as Chairman of International Steels Limited, two terms on the Board of Governors at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, 23 years as Chairman of Jubilee General Insurance Company Limited, 14 years as Chairman of Pakistan Cables Limited, and 3 years as Chairman of PICIC Commercial Bank Limited. He has also served as a director of National Refinery Limited, Linde Pakistan Limited, Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited, and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy. Mr. Chinoy has also served on the Advisory Boards of the Ministry of Communications, Engineering Development Board, and Port Qasim Authority – Government of Pakistan, as well as Vice-Chairman of the Pakistan Business Council. He is also a qualified director through the Institute of Directors.

Syed Hyder Ali joined Packages Limited in July 1987 and is currently the Managing Director and CEO of Packages Limited and IGI Holdings Limited. He holds a Masters in Sciences from the Institute of Paper Chemistry.

He is also the CEO of IGI Holdings Limited and Packages Convertors Limited and holds directorship in several companies including IGI Life Insurance Limited, IGI General Insurance Limited, IGI Investments (Private) Limited, Nestle Pakistan Limited, Packages Real Estate (Private) Limited, Packages Lanka (Private) Limited, Tri-Pack Films Limited, Hoechst Pakistan Limited (formerly Sanofi Aventis Pakistan Limited), Bulleh Shah Packaging (Private) Limited, Packages Trading FZCO, National Management Foundation, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, Flexible Packages Convertors (Pty) Limited, Babar Ali Foundation, and Syed Maratib Ali Religious & Charitable Trust Society. He also serves on the Boards of several other philanthropic, educational, charitable and business support organizations including Ali Institute of Education, International Chamber of Commerce, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan Business Council, and World-Wide Fund for Nature – Member Advisory Council. He is also serving on the Board of Trustees of Packages Foundation and as an advisor to the Board of StarchPack (Pvt.) Limited.

Mr. Tariq Iqbal Khan serves as a nonexecutive director of the Company. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and has over 45 years of diverse and varied experience. He has held key policymaking positions in a number of Pakistani associations and institutions, including being founding director and president of the Islamabad Stock Exchange, commissioner and acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, and managing director/chairman of the Investment Corporation of Pakistan/National Investment Trust.

He is the Chairman of Board of Directors of Interloop Asset Management Limited and Packages Convertors Limited, as well as the director of Attock Refinery Limited and Shifa Medical Centre Islamabad (Pvt.) Limited. He also serves on the boards of the High-Altitude Sustainability Trust, the Human Element Foundation, the Islamic International Medical Trust, and the Pakistan Academy of Engineering Endowment Fund. In addition, he serves on the Audit Oversight Board and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan. He is also a qualified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

Syed Shahid Ali presently serves as a Non- Executive Director of the Company. He is the Chairman of Treet Corporation Limited and Gulab Devi Chest Hospital. He is also a director of a number of other companies, including First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba, Global Assets (Private) Limited, Hi-Tech Alloy Wheels Limited, IGI Holdings Limited, Loads Limited, Multiple Autoparts Industries (Private) Limited, Renacon Pharma Limited, Specialized Autoparts Industries (Private) Limited, Specialized Motorcycles (Private) Limited, Treet Battery Limited, Treet Holdings Limited, and Treet Power Limited. He is also actively involved in social and cultural activities, serving on the boards of various hospitals and philanthropic organizations, including the presidency of Liaquat National Hospital.

Mr. Atif Bajwa is the CEO and Director of Bank Alfalah Limited. He has an extensive career spanning over 40 years, both locally and internationally, including senior leadership responsibilities in banking, as well as several boards and public interest positions. Mr. Bajwa attended Columbia University in New York. He began his career with Citibank in 1982 and has since held a number of senior positions in large local and multinational banks, including President/CEO of MCB Bank and Soneri Bank, Regional Head of Citigroup for Central and Eastern Europe, Head of Consumer Banking for ABN AMRO’s Asia Pacific Region, and Country Manager of ABN AMRO Pakistan. Mr. Bajwa has been involved in corporate, social, and public interest initiatives, as well as leading significant advocacy organizations that have influenced the economic and social sectors. In this capacity, he has served as Chairman of the Pakistan Business Council and President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He has also served as a Director on the boards of several private and public corporations.

Mr. Bajwa currently serves as a director of Alfalah Insurance Company Limited, Avant Hotels (Pvt.) Limited, Karachi Education Initiative, Minhal Finance S.A., PIA Investment Limited, Roosevelt Hotel Corporation N.V., and the Institute of Bankers in Pakistan. He is also  qualified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

Mr. Hasan Askari is an Independent Director on the Board of Packages Limited. He has extensive experience in investment banking, mostly in advisory roles, as well as debt capital markets.

 

His previous senior post was with Old Mutual, where he oversaw the Group’s operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia. He was one of the five executives that oversaw the Group’s global operations. Old Mutual plc, which currently has its regional operations listed independently, was listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of more than £20 billion. Mr. Askari is also a trustee of the Packages Foundation and a director of Hasan Askari Foundation. The Foundation is supporting The Haveli, a first of its kind museum dedicated to the showcasing and conservation of heritage textiles in Pakistan. He is also a qualified director under the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

Ms. Saba Kamal has over three decades of experience in the area of Information Technology, with 20 years in senior leadership positions with IBM in Pakistan and internationally. She has an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, and has completed a number of certifications and trainings at IBM Centers and from Insead, Boston University and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Ms. Kamal has completed her Director certification from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and also serves on the Board of Habib Bank Limited. She is also a member of the IBA Board of Governors.

Mr. Josef Meinrad Mueller serves as the Company’s Non-Executive Director. He was born in Switzerland and received his education, including an MBA, at IMD (previously IMEDE) in Lausanne, where he also worked as an Executive-in-Residence. He has more than 40 years of top worldwide management experience with the Nestle Group in both established and emerging regions. He is familiar with Pakistan, where he worked as Managing Director of Nestle Pakistan Limited from 1992 to 1995. Throughout his career, he has held multiple top leadership roles in several countries, including his significant role as CEO and Chairman of Nestle in the Greater China Region. Mr. Mueller, who retired from the Nestle Group, is actively involved in the worldwide business sector as an independent business advisor.

Syed Aslam Mehdi, Executive Director and Group Head External Affairs, holds a Masters’ degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi and has previously worked for Packages Group in numerous roles. He also worked as the General Manager at Packages Limited from September 2008 until September 2014.

He now serves on the Board of Directors of Bulleh Shah Packaging (Private) Limited, DIC Pakistan Limited, Packages Real Estate (Private) Limited, Packages Lanka (Private) Limited, and Packages Convertors Limited. He also serves on the Boards of the National Management Foundation (LUMS), Ali Institute of Education, and Babar Ali Foundation. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Packages Foundation. He is also a certified director from the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Pakistan.

Mr. Osman Khalid Waheed is the CEO and Director of Ferozsons Laboratories Limited, which he joined in 1993 after receiving his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in the United States. Prior to becoming CEO in 1999, he worked in logistics, sales, and marketing at Ferozesons.

At this time, Ferozsons broadened its range of medical solutions for serious illnesses by forming partnerships with several top international companies.

In addition to being a Trustee of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Mr. Waheed is currently on the boards of several other businesses, including BF Biosciences Limited, Murree Brewery, the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), and the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC). He also holds the position of president of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries.