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Mr. Shahid Mahmood Khan
MANAGING DIRECTORMr. Shahid Mahmood Khan is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of diverse experience and performance track record that exceeds the benchmark equity index. He is acknowledged across various industry verticals for well-defined understanding of business dynamics and ability to identify and align organization's emerging needs with quality solutions. Having excellent analytical, leadership and management skills with expertise in Financial Management, Corporate Planning, Value Chain, Business Expansion, Acquisition and Mergers, and Business Development, Mr. Khan has contributed to the area of General Management at various senior leadership positions. As a seasoned business executive with multidimensional exposure, he has attended various management and leadership courses including the Advanced Management Program from INSEAD, France. His association with Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) stretches over 12 years, where he led multiple functions at various leadership positions and played a strategic and pivotal role in business transformation, business expansion and growth of PARCO. The last position held by him before elevation to the position of MD at PARCO was Deputy Managing Director, Finance and Corporate Affairs.
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Mr. Irteza Ali Qureshi
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERMr. Irteza Ali Qureshi is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of proven track record in developing business strategies and delivering results, value creation, turning around loss-making operations, organizational alignment & restructuring, developing organizational capability and infrastructure, acquisitions and business development. Mr. Qureshi started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London in 1991 and has held senior management positions in the fields of General and Financial Management within private and public sectors and multi-national organizations within and outside Pakistan. Mr. Qureshi brings with him diverse experience in the areas of Operations, Finance, Audit, Consultancy, Treasury and Business Development.
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Mr. Umair Asghar Meer
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR TECHNICAL / OPERATIONSMr. Umair Asghar Meer holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Vienna University (WU) and Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering & Technology Lahore. He has also attended IMD Switzerland for Power 2 Manager Diploma program. He Joined PARCO in 2022. He brings with him an enriched and diversified experience of more than 25 years having worked in top ranking companies at senior level including OMV Austria, OMV Petrom Romania, OMV New Zealand, Shell and Engro.
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Syeda Ameer Batool
GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY & GENERAL MANAGER LEGALSyeda Ameer Batool holds a LLM (Master of Law) degree from University of New Hampshire, USA. She has over 20 years of diversified experience in the field of Law with Companies based in USA and Middle East as well as over five years of experience as an adjunct Law professor in subjects of Commercial Law, International Law, English Constitution and Intellectual Property Law. She joined PARCO in 2015 and working as full time Board Secretary for respective Boards of Directors of PARCO as well as its Subsidiary Companies PAPCO and PPGL. She is looking after all legal matters related to PARCO, its Subsidiaries and major ongoing Projects including PARCO Coastal Refinery (PCRL). She carries years of rich experience working with international Law Firms and Companies where she developed her legal skills to understand the competitive nature of today’s global business challenges.
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Mr. Asif Saeed Janjua
PROJECT DIRECTOR - PCRLMr. Asif Saeed Janjua holds Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore and Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification. He has over 30 years of diverse Project Management experience. Prior to PARCO, he served Borouge (UAE) and Engro Corporation (Exxon Chemicals Pakistan Ltd) in various management roles. He possesses rich experience of Mega Expansion Projects from design to execution, including Brownfield and Greenfield Projects. He has also led executive level PMOs for strategy formation and organizational transformation.
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Mr. Abdul Qadir
GENERAL MANAGER MARKETING & COMMERCIALMr. Abdul Qadir holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University (USA). He has around 30 years of work experience, with more than 22 years of association with PARCO. He has been involved in various areas within M&C Division from Planning and Sales of the different Refinery products, crude procurement, pricing of products as well as handling export of Motor Gasoline and Furnace Oil. He was closely involved in the commencement of dual product movement (Diesel & Motor Gasoline) through WOP and MFM.
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Mr. Zeshan Taj Khan
CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICERZeshan Taj Khan is the Chief Human Resource Officer at Pak Arab Refinery Limited – the largest refinery in Pakistan. As the CHRO he looks after various entities which include PARCO Pearl Gas (Private) Limited (PPGL) and Pak-Arab Pipeline Company Limited (PAPCO). Zeshan is an Honours graduate from University of Manchester, United Kingdom in addition to his degree in Economics. Zeshan is a fellow with the Institute of Managers & Leaders (Australia), Certified Professional with the Australian HR institute & Chartered Professional with CIPD (UK). Zeshan has over 15 years of HR & leadership experience of developing robust programs for transformational change. Prior to joining PARCO, he was the Vice President HR, Admin and Marcom at Engro Energy Limited and associated companies. Earlier, Zeshan has accumulated diverse local & international expertise in Sales, Marketing & Supply chain before taking leadership HR assignment at ICI. Subsequent to ICI Pakistan, Zeshan led Human Resources for his sub region across three countries at Pfizer. Zeshan is a forward-thinker who believes that corporate sector must focus on deploying inclusive businesses that focus on human and environmental well-being.
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Mr. Fahim Wahid Motiwala
GENERAL MANAGER INTERNAL AUDIT, RISK & COMPLIANCEMr. Fahim Wahid Motiwala is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan with 16 years of diversified experience in Textile, Pharma, Oil& Gas Industry. He is associated with PARCO since last 12 years and has led various areas including, Management Reporting, Audits, Taxation, Business Valuations, Sap implementation, Crude Accounting, Receivables, Fixed Assets, Payables and Payroll Functions.
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