The APF Pakistan Leadership Council includes development practitioners, business leaders, philanthropists, and community leaders in Pakistan.
Ghouse Akbar
Ghouse Akbar is the CEO of Akbar Group, which represents Amadeus Travel Services and is the General Sales Agent for 15 major international airlines. Akbar Group has also launched many high-profile global brands, making it one of the largest providers of consumer services in Pakistan.
Seema Aziz
Seema Aziz is the founder and chairperson of CARE Foundation, an NGO which runs over 200 schools for disadvantaged children in Pakistan. She is also the Managing Director of Sarena Industries and Embroidery Mills.
Hussain Dawood
Hussain Dawood serves as the Chairman of Dawood Group and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund. He is also an Advisor to the Ministry of Commerce in Pakistan. He served as CEO of Dawood Hercules Chemicals Ltd. and is a former director of the State Bank of Pakistan.
Dr. Ishrat Husain
Dr. Ishrat Husain is the Dean of the Institute of Business Administration at the University of Karachi in Pakistan. Previously he served for six years as the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. He was also appointed the Chairman of the National Commission for Government Reforms with the status of Federal Minister.
Asif Jooma
Asif Jooma is the CEO of Abbott Laboratories Pakistan, a global healthcare company that started in Pakistan in 1948. He is also the Director at NIB Bank Ltd. and Chairman of the American Business Council.
Shoaib Sultan Khan
Shoaib Sultan Khan is the Chairman of the Rural Support Programmes Network, a Pakistani network organization that focuses on social mobilization and the delivery of basic services to the poor. He was a nominee for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Omar Saeed
Omar Saeed is the Chairman & CEO of Ovex Technologies, one of Pakistan’s leading BPO and IT solution providers. He is also the CEO of Servis Industries, one of Pakistan’s largest industrial conglomerates.
Laila Sarfaraz
Laila Sarfaraz is the President of All Pakistan Women’s Association, an organization that works to prevent and relieve poverty and sickness among Pakistani women in all parts of the world.
Arif Usmani
Arif Usmani is Country Corporate Officer, Citibank Pakistan and has over 30 years of experience in international banking. Prior to his current role, he was seconded to Saudi Arabia’s second largest bank SAMBA as division head. Arif was the President of the American Business Council in Pakistan in 2010.
Roshaneh Zafar
Roshaneh Zafar is the President & CEO of Kashf Foundation, a world renowned microfinancing nonprofit organization in Pakistan.
Nasim Zehra
Nasim Zehra is a journalist, fellow at Harvard University Asia Center, adjunct professor at SAIS John Hopkins University, and the Director of Current Affairs at Dunya TV.
