Ali Kamran

Head of Human Resources Pak Elektron Limited

disciplinary experience in Human Resource Management, Change Management & Employee Development. During this exciting journey he has guided, trained and enabled people from various disciplines and sectors in the industry. He currently leads the Human Resource team in PEL with an approach of continuous improvement in Business Processes, Operation sand Talent Management by giving aprime focus to individual performance. He is a rapacious knowledged is penser and passion a tereader.

Faiza lmtiaz Management consultant Engage Consulting

Faiza lmtiaz is a management consultant with close to 20 years of professional experience in HR. She has worked a cross multiple industries with organizations like Shell Pakistan, British American Tobacco, LUMS, Ibex (formerly TRG) and Etisalat. Faiza is a staunch believer that enabled and empowered people drive and deliver outstanding business value. Her interests include talent management, leadership development, diversity an dinclusionand organization al transformation. Faiza enjoys golfing and cycling.

Hasan Adnan Ahmed Director HR

Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan

Topic

“Cultural Transformation and Organizational Change”

Hasan is a business leader with enriched experience of operating on three top teams in emerging markets and specializing in HR strategy, talent leadership and O Dinag lobal matrix environment. Having worked in South Asia, Middle East and the United Kingdom operating in a variety of strategic and operational roles over last 16 years in a FTSE 10 company, he has a track record of building teams and start – ups, turning around company culture.

Khawaja Shariq Mustafa Director Segments Telenor

Shariq is a career marketing professional with proven record of achievements in the telecom industry. He has served invarious positions both in Telecom as well as FMCG sectorlocally an dinternationally. Shariq wasserving as Regional Director Sales & Distribution before taking up the roleof Director Marketing at Telenor Pakistan. He prides himself as a consumer champion with expert is in marketing best practices. He is killed at leading multi – functional and multi – cultural teams, as kill acquired through his diverse experience spanning various organization sand positions.

Monis Rahman Chairman and CEO Naseeb Networks

Monis launched ROZEE.PK in 2006 which is today Pakistan’s most powerful recruiting platform. With over 50,000 employers and 10 Million professionals using the job portal, the company exceeds a 64% place mentrate amongs its over 100 daily job postings. He was #6 in Forbes Magazine list of “Ten Big Hitting Asian Business men under 50” Under his leadership, Naseeb Networks is Pakistan’s 8th fastest growing private company according to the Harvard University Professor Michael Porter’s All World Pakistan Fast Growth 25 rankings, clocking in at 8,500% growth since 2007.

Man is completed hi sunder graduate degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsinat Madison and did graduate course work at Stanford University. He has been featured by numerous magazine and newspapers including Forbes, The New York Times, CNN, lnfo World, Red Herring, lnfo week, The Chicago Tribune and CIO Pakistan.

Pouruchisty Sidhwa Director HR Shan Foods

An experienced and motivated professional with 27 years of diversified experience in the financial sector ranging from Credit, Risk, Finance to Human Resources, Pouruisa high energy team player with an ability to work under sustained pressure and deliver stretched dead lines She is an exceptional business partner providing leadership interms of building man power around businesses.

Sanam sheikh

National Capability Manager Pepsi co

Sanam is an HR professional continuing her 17 the ear of experience. She has been associated with both consulting and industry HR. Sheha sheld HR general is and special is role sat senior positions in Companies like Abacus Consulting (Mercer Alliance), DuPont Pioneer Pakistan and Coca – Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (amongs to others). Most of her position shave focused on end to end turn around for HR strategy, business restructuring & efficiency and employee well being. Her area of expert is eistotal rewards,business strategy and execution excellence. She has demonstrated capability for strong analytics, comparative data analysis and devising HR strategy in line with unique business requirements.  She is now in a core Commercial role. as National Franchise Capability Manager . Pepsi Co International. responsible for bottling partner capability development and enhancement. including establishing a learning and development culture in the business model.

Shafaq Omar HR Director Unilever

Shafaq, a gold medal list from Kinnaird Collegeand an MBA of LUMS’ 98 started her career in HR with Nestle Pakistani Lahore where she joined a Management Trainee. Her last position before leaving Nestle was Recruitment & Development manager. Shafaq then moved to Karachi with her family and re entered the work place with shorts tint sin consultancy and a financial services company where she was heading HR for the IGI group. After that she joined a large local Conglomerate, Engro Corporation where she headed HR in both their foods business and the parent company. From there Shafaq moved on to become the Head of HR at Royal Dutch Shell Pakistan which was her most recent position before Unilever Shafaq is also the Board Member for PSTD, PSH RM and TAF.

ZainabKhan

General Manager HR

SSC Brands

Experienced Lead Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. Strong consulting professional skilled in Deferred Compensation, HR Policies, Organizational Design, Management and Performance Management

Forman Christian College

Dr. James Teb be was born, raised and has served in Pakistan.He is son of a college professor and later Principal. Living in Pakistan he developed a life long interest in education in Pakistan and Pakistani Islam. He is fluent in Urdu language. He learned about Pakistani higher education from with in as an MA student in Punjab University. Dr. Tebbe received a BA in Psychology from Indian a University, USA. His Master’s degree from Princeton University focusses on modern Islamic institutions with the sis topic on the subject of education and Islamic self identity in Pakistan. He made subsequent publication son Pakistani ideology and higher education. Dr. Tebbe earned a British PhD (St John’s, Nottingham/Open University) on comparative Christian-Muslim scriptural issues.

Dr. Tebbe has almost thirty years of service in cross – cultural Non – Government Organization (NGO). lnterserve (founding organization for Kinnaird College) with complex partnering relationships with national leadership and international teams in more than 25 countries in the Middle East. South Asia and East Asia. The last ten years were as their International Director. He joined Forman Christian College in July 2010 and has been the Rector since July, 2012.

Fouad Farrukh

Head of Retail Banking Faysal Bank

Fouad Farrukh brings with him a richand broad-based experience of over 21 years, working in large banks, both in Pakistan and in the Middle East. He joined FBL as Head Islamic Banking in 2010 and was instrument a line xpansion of Islamic Business before being given responsibility of the Head Retail Banking. After completing his BSF inance from the University of Maryland (USA) and MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences, Fouad Farrukh started his career with Faysal Bank  as a Corporate Relationship Managerin 1996. He has previously worked as Gulf Risk Manager, Habib  Bank Limited Dubai, and as the Country Head, Habib Bank Limited Bahrain, before joining BMIB an kB.S.C. (c) Bahrain as Head, Islamic Financial Services. Fouadisa certified Islamic Banking Professional from NIBAF.

Kanwer A.Saeed Founding Partner Ascend Development

Topic

“Authenticity & Vulner ability at the heart of Community Building”

Kanwer A Saeed is a dreamer, an authentic leader, an inspirational coach and one of a kind facilitator. He has an un canny ability to guide people into profound self-discovery and intorealizing an ultimate sense of purpose that leads them to maximize their full potential.

He has more than two decades of experience in managing the human psychein leading companies in Pakistan and a broad. In the set wodecades, he has excelle dinshaping up ‘people’ strategies totackle unique and dynamic challenges. Priorto setting up Ascend Development, Kanwer has headed Human Resources for Engro Foods & Engro Fertilizer and previously he was with Unilever Singapore in the capacity of Talent Director for Asian Geography.

At Ascend. Kanwer utilizes his unique leaderships tylet o bring out the best in people and in organizations. It is his personal mission to make a difference in the lives of others by empowering them to grow professionally and emotionally through first coming to terms with their authentic selves.

Kanwer is also Board of Director at the Utility Stores Corporation. which is the largest retail chain in  the public sector. He is also the Executive Vice President of Pakistan Society of Human Resource Management and Treasurer of Pakistan Society of Training and Develooment.

M. Mudassar Aqil CEO

FINCA Micro finance Bank Ltd

“M.Mudassar Aqil is the CEO of FINCA Micro finance Bank Ltd. since 2011. He has over seen the bank’s turn around which hasseen FINCA becoming one of the fastest growing micro finance banks in the country. FINCA is alsoa global network of micro finance institutions across 21 countries and is considered as an innovation leader inserving low in come entrepreneurs globally. Since its inception 8 years a goin Pakistan, FINCA has given over half a million loans to micro enterprises to grow their businesses an disbursed over 40 billion rupees and helped create thousands of new jobs. FlNCA is considered the pioneer of cash flow based unsecured lending in Pakistan and has the distinction of highest average loan tickets izeinun secured lending in the Pakistan micro finance sector.

Mudassar is a banking industry veteran. Prior to joining FINCA. he worked for 14 years at leading commercial banks in Pakistan and the United States. He holds an MBA from Salisbury University. Maryland”‘

Omair Rana Trainer/Actor Schuitema

Omair grew up in the UAE and moved to Pakistan in 1991, finished school and go tan external degree in Economics and Management from the London School of Economics. His real pride however, was the Roll of Honour he received for his services in Drama and the various accolades won at various Debate competitions, since his greater interest always wasThe other side of academics: the co-curricular.

He took a leap off aith and quit his job in 2002 to start a career in Drama and Theatre, his first love. He formed a production company by the name of Real Entertainment Productions, started directing school theatre plays and got an acting job in a TV sit com. He has further ed the cause of debates in Pakistan by starting off debate clubs on various educational institutions and voluntarily serving as the Vice President of the Debating Society of Pakistan for five years.

Omair has started working for Schuitema only recently. He has personally applied the Schuite maphilosophy at challenging times of his own life, and believes that it altered his thinking, daily dealings and approach towards life, definitely for the better Strive to do the right thing is the motto that defines his life now. Heal so believes that one must never shy away from learning.
This is why he”spursued a career which makes one learn every day. teaching and training.

Saad Mehmood Rashid

Business Manager – Decorative Paints (ICI DULUX) Akzo Nobel Pakistan Ltd

Saad has held the position of Business Management role with Operating Income responsibility for the Decorative Business with at urn over of USD 35M. Member of the Executive Management Team since 2014. In his diverse work experience he has worked with Reckitt Benckiser in South Africa and Pakistan and Pepsico. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Saquib H. Shirazi

Chief Executive Officer Atlas Autos

Topic

“Powering Ahead with a sustainable Leadership Pipeline”

Mr. Saquib H. Shirazi holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsy lvania, USA and did his MBA from the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA

He started his career with the Bank of Tokyo and was subsequently appointed as the CEO of Atlas BOT Investment Bank. Mr. Shirazi is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Honda Limited since 2000, and serves as a Director on the Board of Pakistan Cables Limited and Cherat Cement Limited.

In addition, to be in gamember of the Atlas Group, he has a lsoserved on the Boards of Pakistan Petroleum Limited, National Refinery Limited. Sui Southern Gas Company Limited, Cherat Paper Limited and the Privatization Commission of Pakistan. He has a lsoserved on Harvard Business School”s Global Alumni Board and wasits President for the years

2006 – 2008. He is currently a member of Harvard Business School”s Advisory Board.

Shahid Hussain

Chief Executive Officer Service Sales Corporation

Mr. Shahid Hussain. CEO of Service Sales Corporation (Pvt) Ltd. has worked in different industries/businesses in senior positions forover 30 years. Prior  to the assumption of his present role at SSC, he was instrumental in the growth of Service Industries Limited (SIL)- Pakistan’s largest manufacturer and exporter offoot wear and tyre/tubes products-as their Chairman (1996-2001) and CEO (2001-2011). He is part of various corporate and institutional boards including the BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). BOARD OF GOVERNORS. National Management Foundation and on the BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Business men Hospital Trust He has been a member of Privatization Commission – Government of Pakistan, Member of International Council of Tanners UK, Managing Committee Member

Syeda Henna Babar Ali

Advisor Business Unit Consumer Products Packages Limited

Ms. Ali consolidated the Tissue Paper Business, initiated marketing strategy and super; is edimplementation of Business Plans through sales and brand teams. She was responsible for creating and maintaining market leadership of the Packages Tissue Business from 1986 to 2008.

Ms. Ali created a marketing cell in the Consumer Products Division for branded business, created, nurtured and developed three brands.

She was schooled at the Convent of Jesusand Mary, Lahore then Kinnard College and Masters from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. She believes in continous educational training and has attended several Professional Development Programs in leadership, marketing strategy, brand management from leading education a line stitutions in Pakistan. Europe and USA A part fromt his. she is poet and has self – published  9 books of poetry. 1 in Urdu and 8 in English. In recognition of her poetic excellences her eceived the Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah Award 2007 for Best English Poet Best Pakistan English Poet Bolan Cultural Academy of Pakistan 2003, Winner of Spring Summer Poetry Award, Houghton Mufflin and Company, 1985.

Name:

Dr. Umar Saif

Designation:

Vice-chancellor

Organization:

Information Technology University

Topic:

“Closing”

Profile:

Dr. Umar Saif is a computer scientist and entrepreneur, who is known for his work on using ICT solutions for developing-world problems. He has established one of the first start up incubators in Pakistan, called the Saif Center of Innovation (SCI). Dr. Saif’s work on grassroots technologies received the MIT Technovator Award in 2008 and he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010.

Dr. Umar Saif attended Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan. This was followed by three years at Lahore University of Management Sciences where he studied for his BSc in Computer Science. He received his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge when he was only 22 years old. Dr. Saif worked and taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 2001–2005 before moving back to Pakistan. At MIT, he worked at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory where he was part of the core team that developed system technologies for the $50 Million Project Oxygen.In August 2011, the MIT Technology Review named Dr. Saif among its list of the 35 “World’s Top Young Innovators for the year 2011.”

Dr. Saif has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Name:

Faham Ahmed

Designation:

Director HR

Organization:

PepsiCo

Topic:

“Building Competencies today for the workforce of tomorrow”

Profile:

Faham’s career philosophy has been to learn develop, train and grow. He started his career as an entrepreneur and developed a business model where now individuals are completely empowered with the means and abilities to run the show without any close supervision.

Name:

Fariha Salahuddin

Designation:

VP Global Talent Business Lead, Consumer Healthcare

Organization:

GlaxoSmithKline

Topic:

“Unlocking Potential in People”

Profile:

Fariha Salahuddin has over 18 years of diverse experience in the Fast Moving Consume Goods, Pharmaceutical, and Banking Industries. She has led all aspects of human resource functions at the executive level across Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Emerging Markets. She has a strong track record of inspiring and aligning global HR teams to deliver innovative functional solutions that add sustainable, measurable value to the business. Her strength lies in building and leading HR teams.

She is passionate about modernizing HR through enabling technologies and creating trust – based leadership to nurture the people potential, particularly in Emerging Markets.

Name:

Fatima Asad-Said

Designation:

Regional Director

Organization:

Abacus Consulting

Topic:

“Role of Technology in HR”

Profile:

Fatima is an integral member of the top leadership at Abacus Consulting, a leading international professional services firm offering cutting edge technology, outsourcing and consulting solutions to clients across three continents. Her portfolio includes leading the Human Capital Solutions business, and internally the Corporate HR and PMO functions. She is, also, CEO of AbacusELS (a subsidiary of AC) offering HR outsourcing solutions, and responsible for strategically managing the alliance partnership with Mercer, a leading global HR consulting firm. She has over eighteen years of change management, organizational structuring and human capital development experience through strategic formulation and project management roles. An MBA from LUMS, she started her career with Coopers & Lybrand International and then PricewaterhouseCoopers. Through her business experience and project leadership, in strategic change, governance, and human capital management, she possesses significant expertise for adding value to clients on the development of organizational strategies that effectively integrate human capital practices with long-term strategic business plans and capacity building. Her extensive experience has allowed her to partner and advise national and international clients across leading private, public and multi-national sectors at the Boardroom level. She also is a board member of various organizations such as Kashf Foundation and Kaarvan Crafts.

Name:

Kamran Kiyani

Designation:

Managing Director

Organization:

Gem Learning

Topic:

“Blended Learning”

Suggested Topic: 

“3 ways to kickstart blended learning in your Organization”

Profile:

Kamran Kiyani is the Managing Director at GEM Learning. He develops technology-based learning products and services for organizations around the world. His blended learning courses and simulations have been used in several countries.

Kamran has led the development of Learning Management Systems, popular E-learning Courses and simulations for corporate training. His customers include the General Electric Company, CNBC, Mobilink, Telenor, Hub Power, Engro, United Energy, Petronas, Digi, Kersani, Etisalat and Deutsche Babcock, among others.

Kamran has a Masters in Digital Media Design from Harvard University and an MBA from the Krannert School. He graduated with a B.S. in Actuarial Science from Purdue University and a ProCert in Innovation and Technology from MIT. He is also certified as a Human Behavior Consultant from the Leadership Institute of America and is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Name:

Marek Minkiewicz

Designation:

Managing Director

Organization:

Metro

Profile:

Over twenty years of managerial and retail experience in a wide range of different cultures, both as part of start-up’s as well as in well-established organizations that needed drastic re-organization.
With a high level of global dexterity and a strong creative solution seeker.
Considers integrity, loyalty and passion as main successful managerial traits.

Worked for SHV and Metro in Belgium, Morocco, Poland, South-Korea, Japan, The Netherlands, Thailand and Pakistan. Since end 2009 back in Poland and employed by EMF for the Empik group until August 2012.

Now again available for international assignments as well as interim projects, with basically no geographical constraints.

Specialties: General Management, Retail Operations, Store Expansion, Country Start-up’s, Commercial Purchasing, Marketing, Supply Chain Logistics, Human Resources, Process and System Implementation, CRM and Customer Service.

Name:

Muhammad Ali Saeed

Designation:

Chef Executive

Organization:

SAAO Capital Private Limited

Topic:

“Building Blocks of Diversity”

Profile:

Mr. Ali Saeed is well versed financial professional with over 10 years of working experience in the UK and Pakistan in areas of corporate finance, buy and sell side research analytics, portfolio management and stock broking.

Name:

Saira Akbar

Designation:

CEO & Chief Consultant

Organization:

Global Management Consultant

Topic:

“Humor and Happiness for more Engaged and Effective Teams”.

Profile:

Global Management Consultants is region’s leading training and human resource consulting firm. Since 1997, they have been designing and delivering “best in class” human resource services, unique training programs, human resources software and solutions, as well as recruitment services and solutions.

Name:

Wasif Waseem

Designation:

Chief Executive Officer

Organization:

360 Degree Corporation Private Limited

Topic:

“HR for line Managers”

Profile:

Wasif spent the majority of his career with FMCG/Food & Beverage sector. His last assignment was with Coca-Cola Beverages as Director Human Resources. Wasif is very passionate to further the cause of Human Resources in Pakistan by active participation in HR Forums, Seminars, Academia and Workshops both at National and International level. He has attended Train the Trainer for from Ken Blanchard Europe, ODI USA and Nelson Buchannan & Oostergard Singapore.

He is visiting faculty for Punjab University, NUST-PIQC, Pak AIMS and Superior College. He is also Member Board of Governors for Institute of Business Management at UET, SAARC Association for Management Development, American Compensation Association, and Executive Body of ‘United Spirit’ a body for Youth Empowerment and Board of Trustees for Lahore HR Forum. His pupils are serving in the leading organizations in Pakistan and abroad.

Wasif brings a unique blend of hands on practical experience along with exposure to world class best practices in the field of Human Resources.