Kamran Rizvi

Senior Consultant, carnelian

Kamran founded KZR Associates (www.kzr.co) in 1991 and pioneered the self-improvement and organizational development (OD) movement in Pakistan. Kamran serves on the boards of School of Leadership, School of Leadership Foundation (www.sol.edu.pk) and is a senior consultant at Carnelian. He holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and UK, where he majored in organization development. He is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie Inc., having completed courses in Management, Executive Image, Effective Speaking and Human Relations. He was a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS) as well as being a member of two Toastmasters clubs in Greater Vancouver BC, the Rocky Point Toastmasters and City of the Arts Toastmasters (2006-7).

NisarMemon

Member of the Senate of Pakistan

Memon holds a Master of Science degree from Karachi University. Before joining the Senate of Pakistan, he was the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting (1993 and 2002), the Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and State and Frontier Regions (KANA and SAFRON) during 1993 and 2002, the Country General Manager for IBM (1989–1999) and the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Engro Group Pakistan (2001–2002). He has been a member of the board of directors for PSO, American Life, and Capital Asset Leasing. He was the president of Pakistan’s Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry, American Business Council, and The Reformers (an NGO).

Zaffar A Khan

Adjunct Professor, IBA

Zaffar A. Khan is the former CEO of Engro and the former Chairman of PTCL, KSE & PIA. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at IBA and is serving on a number of diversified Boards which include Shell, Askari Bank, Privatisation Commission, International Industries, Acumen& Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy. He is a recipent of Sitara e Imtiaz.

Faiq Sadiq

Head Payment Services Group, Habib Bank Limited

Faiq carries an experience of almost 20 years in Financial Services. He is the Group Head – Payment Services Group at Habib Bank Limited (HBL). His principle activity is to lead and direct the strategies for HBL’s Payment Services Group and work on client sales origination, cross-sell and ensure client satisfaction for HBL’s corporate & financial institution clients in payments arena. Faiq holds a master’s degree from Columbia University. Prior to joining as head of Payment Services Group, Faiq has the position of Country Head HBL, USA and has served on the panels of UN and UNESCO responsible for innovative financing options for education and gender specific issues. He currently is a board member of 1 Link – Local ATM Switch as well as NIFT and is also the Chairman Board of Advisors – Youth Impact.

Rumman Ahmed

Rumman is passionate about creative thinking and innovation, especially in companies. His goal is to take our inherent ability for jugaad and give it a bigger shape. He works with Pakistani corporates to lay the foundation for building a culture of innovation. In 2014, Rumman pioneered Knowledge Leadership in Innovation and Creativity (KLIC), an innovation conference with keynotes and workshops by experts from around the world, which is now in its third year. His forte is working with top management and he counts among his clients Engro Fertilizers, Engro Corp., UBL Fund Managers, Aga Khan University Hospital, ICI Pakistan and others. He holds an MSc in Creative Studies and Change Leadership from Buffalo State College specializing in organizational innovation and creativity. In addition, he holds an MBA from IBA, Karachi.

RamizAllawala

Trainer

RamizAllawala is a professional trainer and motivational speaker who has trained over 8,000 executives in the private, public and non-profit sectors. He has delivered lectures in Asia and the Middle East on topics ranging from personal leadership, motivation and ethics, to corporate governance and social responsibility. With an aim to improve the caliber of human resource in Pakistan, Ramiz is extensively involved in training assignments across Pakistan though he is now settled in Hawaii, USA.

Dr.Atta Ur Rehman

Patron-In-Chief of ICCBS, Former Federal Minister for Science & Technology

Prof. Rahman is the first scientist from the Muslim world to have won the prestigious UNESCO Science Prize (1999) in the 35 year old history of the Prize. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman obtained his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Cambridge University (1968). He has 1020 publications in several fields of organic chemistry including 727 research publications, 37 international patents, 68 chapters in books and, 188 books published largely by major U.S. and European presses. Prof.Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman is the most decorated scientist of Pakistan having won four civil awards by the government of Pakistan, including Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (1983), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1998), and the highest national civil award Nishan-i-Imtiaz (2002).

Ali Saeed

CEO-SAAO Capital

Ali Saeed is a Corporate Trainer/ Mentor and specializes in in-house and open enrolment workshops on areas such as Financial Leadership, Econometrics and Advance Research Methods. He is currently the CEO of SAAO Capital Private Limited. His professional experience converges from over 10+ years of diverse indulgence in the fields of portfolio management and institutional/retail sales of equities to domestic and foreign market participants. He is a regular visiting faculty member at SZABIST, IBA and Greenwich University. He holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Economics from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Business & IT from the University of Curtin, Perth Australia.

Mishaal Azhar

Mishaal Azhar has a background in project management, organizational design and stakeholder management. He has completed work with multinationals such as Boeing, Accenture, Rotana, Shell and Dubai Properties. He has closely worked on people interventions, facilitating workshops related to business development/sales, leadership, presentation skills, team cohesiveness and organizational behavior.

Dr. MoizHussain

Trainer

Dr. Moiz Hussain is a seasoned trainer with over 32 years of experience in training, he has trained more than 120,000 individuals. He has conducted workshops in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA and UAE. He is a licensed Practitioner of NLP and DHE, from the society of DHE, USA. He is also a Reiki master and the pioneer of Reiki in Pakistan in the Usui system of Reiki – LS Reiki Alliance USA. He has a Masters in Psychology and holds a Ph.D in Clinical Hypnotherapy.

Rubina Jamal

CEO ,InsolitoAssocites

Rubina Jamal has a Master’s degree in Psychology and M.Sc. in Industrial Psychology from the States. She is certified for Level A and B in Psychometric Testing. She has worked as a management consultant for the last 15 years in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the U.A.E. and Philippines. Her focus has been on culture change, organizational development, 360 degree appraisals and leadership training. She partners with organizations providing Assessment Centre Services as well as psychometric testing.

Samrah Ibadat

Team Leader Learning and Organizational Development, UEP

Samrah Ibadat has contributed in the area of learning and organizational development for over a decade. She describes herself as someone who is genuinely interested in people and helping them realize their own potential for change. She is a SHRM Certified Senior Practitioner with a business degree from University of Michigan. Currently she is leading the Learning and OD function for United Energy Pakistan.

Scott Schweyer

Consultant & Trainer

Scott has over twenty years of experience in organization consulting and training. Scott has been deeply embedded in change initiatives that build engaged work environments to obtain the desired organization results and centered on living an organization’s values. Scott’s effectiveness and extensive experience is best summarized as “Results through Integration.” Scott holds a degree in Psychology and Applied Studies from the University of Waterloo.

Wali Zahid

CEO, SkillCity

Mr. Zahid is an international consultant, speaker, trainer and executive coach. A native of Pakistan, he has spoken to audiences in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, East Africa, Western Europe, England and the United States. His branded workshops include ‘Leadership for CEOs’, ‘Women in Leadership’, ‘Leadership Derailments’ and ‘Train the Trainer’. He has also taught pioneering courses at MBA level in Pakistan’s premier business schools like IBA Karachi, Szabist, Dow and CBM. Mr.Zahid’s most recent employer has been British Council, Pakistan where he worked as Country Director of its Management Development Services during 2001-2008.

Farhad Karamally

Global Funcilitator& OD Consultant, Funverks Global Pvt. Ltd.

Farhad Karamally is an OD Consultant, Leadership facilitator, published author, a habitual entrepreneur – in short ‘a catalyst for change’. Over the past 20 years, Farhad has developed many branded training products which can be customized to meet specific requirements of organizations across the private & social sectors of different countries & cultures. He has been named as a Fellow of the International Centre for Compassionate Organizations located at the University of Louisville. As an entrepreneur, Farhad is CEO Funverks Global, Co-Founder/Director Navitus, Director Stimulus, and also serves as an Honorary Director on the board of ‘BachpanIsd’.