Khalid Mansoor

CEO

HUBCO

Khalid has over 35 years of experience and expertise in Energy & Petrochemical Sectors in leading roles for mega size projects development, execution, management and operations. He is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering with distinction and honors. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Hubco, the first and largest Independent Power Producer (IPP) in Pakistan, since May 20, 2013. Khalid initiated the process of transformation of Hubco on becoming the CEO in May 2013. He is also the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) for the term 2017.

Rowan Tonkin

Senior Director – HR Transformation

Oracle

Rowan has spent the last 23 years working in HR/OD roles, 15 years as a CHRO/HR Director/GMHR leading HR functions for Australian and New Zealand organizations in the financial and technology sectors. He is industry recognized and is a Fellow of both the New Zealand and Australian HR Institutes. Rowan has also been a CIO and most recently was responsible for leading the ANZ Bank’s HR Systems, Technology, Payroll, Analytics and Channel Management teams delivering to 50,000+ employees in 30 countries. He brings a deep understand and experience as an HR practitioner who has lead digital HR transformations and has developed and delivered HR technology platforms, including migrating complex HR environments to the cloud.

Ghulam Husnain Nasir

National Director B2B GSM and Financial Services

Telenor Bank

Mr. Ghulam Husnain is the National Director B2B (GSM, Enterprise Solutions, IOT, Financial Services) at Telenor Pakistan. He has almost two decades of experience in managing cross functional teams in diverse industries, from telecom to FMCG. He has successfully performed in team-based environments, creating a win-win solution for the stakeholders. He is effective at building high performance teams and leading change in competitive business environment. His business acumen has helped Telenor Pakistan in earning the largest market share in the B2B space in Pakistan.

Azam Abidi

Country Manager Applications Business

Oracle

Syed Azam Abidi is Country Head of Applications Business at Oracle Pakistan. He is responsible for driving Oracle’s SaaS Business through defined strategies, specialization, thought leadership & strong people development across South Asia Growth Economies. Azam brings with him a richer experience of over 17 years in Applications Sales, Cross Border Channel Management and developing go-to-market Strategies. Syed Azam Abidi joined Oracle in the YEAR 2011, as Regional Business Manager for Oracle Applications across SAGE, West. Prior to his current assignment as Country Head Applications for Pakistan, he used to lead General Business Segment focusing on top 25 Accounts across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.

Amjad Iqbal

Executive VP Talent Management & Learning

PTCL

Amjad has 16+ years of career spanning across telecom, finance, and consultancy industry (Siemens, PwC, Abacus Consulting, and Arcadis BMB). He is an experienced HR practitioner with strategic understanding of people management practices, business and organizational change. Holds diverse work profile and hands on exposure in designing, delivering and implementing realistic and successful Organization Restructuring, Development and Change Management Interventions in the corporate setup. Amjad has certified ERP (SAP Human Capital Management) and BPR Consultant with 3 Project Life Cycle Experiences.

Aadil Riaz

Director HR

K-Electric Ltd

Aadil Riaz has more than fourteen years of experience in Consultancy, HR and OD. As a Human Resource generalist, he has hands on experience in developing and implementing HR Policies, PMS, L&D systems which includes Competency Based Training Need Analysis along with designing, delivering and implementing trainings on soft and behavioral skills. In his initial six years with KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, he worked on some significant assignments related to organizational re-structuring, change management, out-sourcing, policy & procedure development, and OD for various sectors.

Amra Mubashir

Sr. Manager L & D

Pepsico

Amra, currently Senior Manager Talent Management and L&D at PepsiCo International, has led multi-cultural teams on the agenda of talent management, engagement, learning, diversity and inclusion. In her leading role, she has helped organizations in gaining immense improvements in Diversity KPIs and developing learning solutions. She has led some game changing interventions for Fortune 500 companies on unconscious bias and inclusive leadership.

Noushed Javed

Organizational Development Consultant

PSTD

Noushed Javed is an Organizational Development Consultant. With his diverse exposure and experience in OD & HR, Noushad is focused towards delivering results that help an organization grow, prosper and develop for the long term. In facilitating growth and effectiveness, he has had the opportunity to work in diverse industries such as Tobacco, Retail, Telecommunications, Jute, Agro-Pesticides, Paper Board, Footwear, Cement, Textile etc. The tools he has used for achieving organizational objectives are L&D, Coaching, and Psychometric analysis, Facilitation, Performance & Reward Management Systems and Survey Feedback Interventions and the like. His strength lies in building Credibility through Integrity

Rubina Jamal

CEO

Insolito Associates

Rubina Jamal has a Master’s degree in Psychology and an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Psychology from the USA. She is an SHL partner and certified for Level A and B in Psychometric Testing. She is certified by SAI for basic auditing. Rubina has been working as a management consultant for 27 years in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.A.E., and the Philippines. Her focus has been on culture change and organizational development. She partners with organizations providing Assessment Centre Services as well as psychometric testing. Her credo is, “take your purpose seriously and yourself lightly” and her aim is to ensure a mindset change amongst participants through transformational learning in her workshops

Zainab Khan

Lead Consultant

Seido HR

Zainab has been associated with Human Resource for 20 years. Having worked with a number of reputed companies in varied industries and HR roles, She has practical exposure and hands-on experience of working with executive leadership teams in helping create collaborative cultures where business can thrive through, employee engagement, context-based organizational design, training, development and succession planning, compensation and benefits and allied HR systems. Zainab attained degrees in Economics (Lahore University of Management Sciences – 1997) and Economics and Statistics (Kinnaird College for Women – 1994).

Haroon Bhatti

Chief Business Officer

Telenor Bank

Haroon Bhatti leads B2B activities at Telenor Pakistan, focused on mobile and fixed connectivity, IoT / M2M solutions, and analytical & digital marketing services for business customers. Prior to that, he has served in various HR leadership positions across Telenor Group’s Asian operations, namely, Chief HR Officer at Digi (Malaysia), Senior Vice President of People Development at Telenor Asia (Thailand), Chief People Officer at Grameenphone (Bangladesh), and Chief People Officer at dtac (Thailand). Haroon is a graduate of McGill University in Canada and holds an MA in Political Science and a BA in Economics and Political Science.

Dr. Christopher Taylor

Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

Habib University

Dr. Taylor has joined Habib University from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where he served on the faculty since 1991. He has served as Professor of Islamic Studies and Chair of the Department of History at Drew University. Alongside his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Taylor has also served as the Dean of College of Liberal Arts at Drew between 2014 and 2017. He is the Founding Director of the Drew University Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict. Dr. Taylor received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University.

Asim Rashid

Organizational Development Consultant

PSTD

An award-winning leader, Asim is the founder and CEO of CREATIVESWAN CONSULTING, UAE. He is a former Region Director, GE ENERGY, and a former ENGRO (previously EXXON) leader who started his career with SIEMENS as a management trainee. Asim holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, UK, MS in Global Energy Management from University of Colorado Denver, USA, and Electrical Engineering degree from NED, Karachi. He studied advanced business from Harvard, MIT, Wharton, Booth, INSEAD, AMA and LUMS. Asim is a GE trained Coach, and an in-demand speaker who speaks internationally and locally on the future of work, technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, and energy industry. He holds GE Six-Sigma Greenbelt and is a certified trainer from world’s highest bodies in the USA, ATD and AMA.

Mazhar Hussain

CHRO

PTCL

Mazhar Hussain is the Chief Human Resource Office at PTCL. He has more than three decades of experience mainly in PTCL and other companies in areas such as HR, treasury and management. He leads the company’s human capital towards innovative directions as he believes HR is the transformative force that can drive organizational revolution through the development of winning culture. He inspires continuous improvement with a clear vision to make PTCL the key player in Pakistan’s telecom and ICT sector. Mazhar holds an MBA from University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Ali Ahmed Khan

COO

Beaconhouse

Ali Ahmad Khan is the Chief Operating Officer for Beaconhouse Schools System Pakistan. He is responsible for managing the overall Operations and Business Development of Beaconhouse Pakistan. He has over 24 years of experience working in both domestic and overseas markets. He has handled functions ranging from operations, marketing, and customer care to franchising and business strategy. He has developed and launched new products and also led the project for the launch of a telecom company in Africa.

Max Babri

Owner and CEO

The Konsultants

Mr. Maqbool A. Babri, popularly known as Max Babri, is the Chief Executive of “The Konsultants” a Lahore based Management Consulting Group. He specializes in Institutional Development through Participatory Decision-Making, Interpersonal Skills Team Building, Leadership and Individual Empowerment. His expertise is frequently sought by major multinational businesses as well as by United Nations Agencies, GTZ and World Bank projects.

Dr. Faiza Ali

Assistant Professor

LUMS

Dr. Faiza Ali is the Assistant Professor – Tenure Track in the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB), LUMS. She obtained her PhD in Management from Macquarie University, Australia in 2013. Her PhD research inquiries into the prospects for equal employment opportunities for women in Pakistani organizations. She received her MBA from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad in 2001 and MSc in Economics from University of the Punjab, Lahore in 1999. Prior to joining LUMS, she was associated with Liverpool John Moores University, UK as Senior Lecturer in Business Management.

Hamza Husain

Co-Founder & Business Head

Tez Financial

Humza Hussain is an artist at heart, an entrepreneur by calling. His unique blend of experiences has led him to pursue innovative ventures that focus on tackling critical development related problems. Humza founded CheckIn Solutions – a consultancy company – where he was able to merge his passion for social development with his analytical ability to provide technology and data-driven solutions for the microfinance industry. He is also the Co-founder and Business Head at Tez Financial Services, a Karachi-based fintech startup, offering nano loans digitally, and without any paperwork.

Rajiha Mehdi

Marketing Manager

Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd

After earning her degree in Engineering from Smith College, Rajiha started her career at CCI as a Business Analyst. Subsequently, she moved to the marketing department as Assistant Product Manager and later as Innovation Manager. She has a total work experience of 6 years. Beyond her Marketing Career, Rajiha has pursued her interests in Psychology and has a Certificate in Counseling.

Manzoor H. Nadeem

GM

Samad

A focused business executive with outstanding business and leadership results. Created new business capabilities and successfully completed large scale transformation efforts. Provide strong leadership, build cohesive teams and accomplished complex projects within defined time and cost constraints.
Having 26 years’ experience of Operations Management, Production Planning & Scheduling, Costing & Budgeting, Project Management, SAP implementation, Process Engineering.

Adeel Hashmi

Actor and Performer

Master of Ceremony

A masters in filmmaking from San Francisco, California, Adeel Hashmi is one of Pakistan’s most loved actors. He is also a stage performer and an anchorperson.
Adeel is revered not only for his work on screen but also his insightful and motivating public speeches. He is regularly invited to speak on public forums including seminars and youth events. His TEDx talk has more than half a million views. He has won many awards and is associated with several philanthropic and cultural organizations.

Shahnaz Minallah

Life Coach

Shahnaz comes from a long line of Sufi Saints from the ‘Kakakhel’ tribe; which resulted in her having a deep spiritual background, significant in shaping a divine outlook. Her work has changed the lives of so many diverse sections of the society, ranging from general wellbeing to dramatic health-related issues. She also has been the co-chairperson of Art of Living Pakistan chapter. She has taught over 100 courses nationwide in Peshawar, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Multan, and Hyderabad.

Afzaal Afridi

Illusionist & Performer

Afzaal Afridi is an international performing mind reader, illusionist & street magic entertainer. He has performed in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He has been featured in many newspapers and news channels in Pakistan, making him one of the most recognized celebrities in Karachi. His unique presentation style makes him entertaining, charming and stylish.
The grand illusion and Mentalist show ‘The Fantasists’ has two fully booked seasons and got raving reviews. He is the 1st Mind illusionist who performed on a TEDxConference! And the 1st illusionist who performed in “Lux Style Award 2016” where Ali Zafar was disappeared from the stage & produced among the audience in LSA 2016 by.