Management Team

Ali Leghari

VP Corporate Affairs – TCS Holdings

Ali Leghari is VP - Corporate Affairs for TCS, and its umbrella master-enterprise TRANZUM. He is tasked with the smooth facilitation of business, with a special emphasis on ensuring the legal integrity of transactions.

Ali is an agriculturist turned corporate executive, and hails from the progressive Leghari tribal clan settled in the border districts of Baluchistan, Sindh and the Punjab. His association with TCS has extended over 8 years, a period that he describes as productive and rewarding.

During this period Ali’s career highlights include establishing the ‘Sentiments Express eCommerce’ website in 2001-02, as well as identifying and negotiating with the Civil Aviation Authority the land lease for the TCS new Head Office complex and logistics hub located at the Karachi Airport. Ali’s day gets spent liaising with various Governmental and non governmental agencies and managing the Corporate Office, Chairman’s secretariat and dealing with external affairs. Currently as VP Ali overseas the Hajj & Umra operations, VISATRONIX and the management development services entity Octara.

Ali is an integral part of the TCS and TRANZUM team responding to the challenges posed by globalisation. He has led an active life on the sports field, with the game of squash as his particular passion.

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Air Vice Marshal(R) Syed Ataur Rahman

Director Aviation, Admin & Security

Before his present appointment, Syed Ataur Rahman was Head of Aviation of TCS, and looked after all aspects relating to Aviation, which included Aircraft leasing, Flying operations, Interaction with Operators, Marketing and Sales for Domestic and International business, Human Resource Development, Administration and Finance associated with Aviation, Interaction with Civil Aviation Authority and other Government agencies and ensuring they are well coordinated with concerned departments of TCS.

Syed Ataur Rahman joined TCS after retiring from the Pakistan Air Force after over 35 years of service, attaining the rank of Air Vice Marshal. He has been awarded the coveted HI (M), SI (M) and T Bt decorations for his meritorious services. His first stint in civvies was as Managing Director of Shaheen Airlines for three years, where he gained valuable insights into numerous features of business in the aviation industry covering both passenger and cargo operations. That job laid the foundation for working in the private sector. He joined TCS in April 2005.

He is a graduate of Air War College, Joint Services Staff College and the prestigious National Defence College. He holds Master’s Degree from both the Punjab and Karachi Universities. He is an ardent golfer with a hole-in-one to his credit on two occasions. He is married with two children, a son and a daughter.

He aspires to build an organization that fosters a secure environment of involvement, trust, cohesion & responsive to the needs and concerns of the employees/internal customers. He is dedicated to meet the current & future demands of Aviation, Security & Admin with a passion towards organizational Shared Vision of “Delivering Beyond Customer Expectations.”

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Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan

Director IT

Zulfiqar joined TCS in 2005 as Head of Information Technology. He is leading a team of 40-plus high-end IT professionals in software, IT operations, hardware & service-desk, database, messaging & network.

Prior to this, Zulfiqar spent six years in the IT infrastructure, operations & data architect area at Unilever Pakistan. The experience he gained there has gone into making the TCS IT a formidable powerhouse that drives the organization.

In TCS, Zulfiqar has not only given discipline to the IT function, but also introduced value-based culture that has delivered a Business-IT partnership. It embraces new trends in technological innovation for furthering the infrastructure & software base, BAU, contact centre, enterprise mobility, digital printing, open source systems, ITIL procedures, SOA, information security, virtualisation and cloud computing.

Zulfiqar has a BSc from Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul. After serving the Pakistan Army for 10 years, Zulfiqar opted for a career in the private sector. He later achieved several certifications in IT, including an MBA in MIS.

His schooling at Burn Hall, Abbottabad, and Adamjee Science College in Karachi, helped him pursue his love for sports: boxing, baseball, swimming, tennis, squash, horse-riding, athletics, basketball, handball, hockey, cricket, table tennis, bridge, chess, pool, and billiards. Golf is his current passion.

A strategic IT visionary, Zulfiqar is determined to play his role in crucial area of IT in pursuing the shared vision of TCS.

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Asma Shaikh

Chief People Officer

Asma Shaikh is a seasoned HR professional with over twenty years of overall experience in banking, pharmaceutical, energy, health care and education sectors. She has to her credit over fourteen years of experience of HR leadership roles with leading banks locally and globally.

She has recently joined as Director - Human Resource at TCS Holdings Private Limited, spearheading the Human Resource function.

Prior to joining TCS Holding she was working as Group Head – Human Resources at NIB Bank Limited and was a key contributor to many of the organization’s most important achievements. As Head of Human Resources Asma worked very closely with the CEO and the Board of Directors in playing a pivotal role in the rapid transformation of the HR Function and the Organization as a whole. Amongst her key successes at NIB included creating an environment of inclusiveness for the employees through holding of regular Employee Engagement Sessions, rolling out of an enhanced Performance Management System and Employee Rating Challenge Process and the implementation of ‘Human Resource Management System leading to automation across all the HR functions.

Asma has also worked as Regional HR Business Partner for Barclays Commercial & Consumer Banking Business across 14 Emerging Markets Countries for two years and her last position before coming to Pakistan was Head of HR, Barclays Africa Regional Office; Regional Head of Leadership, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness.

Asma was responsible for Regional Office HR function; Leadership Development, Talent Management and Organizational Effectiveness for 10 countries in Barclays Africa. She successfully lead a team of 40 professionals with 10 direct reports in the countries and 5 in the regional office. She completely managed the closure of Regional Office in Dubai, which included smooth redeployment and transition of the regional staff.

She developed Barclays strategy and comprehensive Career Path Framework to provide growth opportunities to staff leading to deployment of Performance Management model, Talent Management and Leadership interventions in Barclays Africa.

As Head of Human Resources of Dubai Islamic Bank Limited in Pakistan, Asma was primarily responsible for setting up the Bank’s HR function from scratch. Her role was critical in resourcing high potentials from leading banks in Pakistan to form the initial core team that propelled a new entity in Pakistani banking industry becoming one of the leading Islamic banks in Pakistan offering a full suite of Sharia compliant asset and liability products.

As Head of Human Resources HSBC Pakistan, Asma specialized in Executive Coaching and was certified by SHL on Occupational Testing & Personality Assessment. As a senior HR Resource for the Region, she conducted Development Reviews and assisted Senior Management in preparing their goals and personal development plans.

As Head of Human Resources of Deutsche Bank AG in Pakistan, Asma successfully launched and completed Voluntary Separation Scheme for management and unionized staff, developed, documented and modified HR policies to make them relevant for Pakistan.

Prior to Deutsche, she worked in HR departments of ABN AMRO, Aga Khan University & Hospital, Roche Pakistan Ltd and Core Laboratories International.

Asma Shaikh is MBTI certified from IHS Dubai and Top-Grading accreditation from Barclays UK. She is a qualified Occupational Personality Assessment professional from SHL – Hong Kong and Performance Management expert from Achieve Global – Singapore.

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Sohail Shaikh

Director Innovations & Customer Services

Sohail has over 26 years of well-rounded experience, both locally and globally, Sohail started his career in 1989 with American Express Bank – TRS. In 1994, he joined Citibank Pakistan Credit Card team in Service department to identify process gaps and remove deficiency within end-to-end processes. He was also a part of EMEA team responsible to launch consumer products in emerging markets in the region. Later on, he served Citibank Bahrain and then Russia as Resident Vice President – Head of Consumer Operations.

In UBL, as Global Head Consumer Operations, he was the core team member responsible for strategic transformation of the Bank into a modern and technically advanced consumer Bank driven by innovation, value and profitability. As Head of Consumer Operation, Dubai Islamic Bank, apart from his role, he additionally managed the centralized and branch banking operations of the Bank.

Prior to joining TCS, his last assignment was with Silkbank as Executive Vice President - Head of Operation & Technology Islamic Banking.

A graduate from Karachi University, Sohail brings with him diverse experience in areas of customer service, process development, automation & re-engineering and systems implantation.

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Salman Akram

CEO - TCS Holdings

Salman Akram is the CEO of TCS Holdings, looking after all TCS business units and companies. During his time with TCS, Salman has spearheaded the Retail, Marketing and Corporate Sales divisions.

Salman comes with extensive and diverse experience of over 20 + years in Sales, Marketing & Business Management. Having worked with leading companies in both the service and manufacturing sectors, Salman has well-rounded knowledge in all business aspects. He has been instrumental in reinforcing the Company’s shared vision ‘Delivering beyond Customer Expectations’ by effectively serving the needs of the corporate sector and establishing TCS as the preferred logistics solution provider in the country. . He established ‘TCS Supply Chain Advisory’ to provide customized supply chain solutions to individual customers in line with their current and future needs and challenges.

Prior to TCS, Salman was part of the Management team at Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan. Earlier, he has served in the Telecom sector where he started his career as a Marketing Executive in Paktel. He is a graduate of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) with majors in Marketing.

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Mark Woodcock

Managing Director International

Mark has recently joined TCS and will oversee the external business of TCS in the UAE and UK, along with accelerating the international business to and from Pakistan.

Mark brings with him over twenty years of experience with TNT Express, one of the leading global integrators. He started his career in TNT Express as Senior Sales Executive in 1992 and went on to manage business units in Spain, Portugal and the UK.

In 2008, Mark came to the Middle East where he managed the Sales, Marketing and Commercial functions for TNT - UAE, later overseeing the Middle East and Associates. He spent the last three years as Country Manager, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, managing the complex operational processes between the Middle East gateways and the rest of the business, as well as upgrading a home delivery network for a major retailer.

Passionate about excellent customer service, he believes that happy motivated people are a company's most valuable asset.

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Naiyar Manzoor Saifi

Director Marketing & Public Affairs

Naiyar Saifi is the Director Marketing and Public Affairs at TCS Holdings. Apart from Marketing he also heads Consumer Research (VOC), Corporate Communications and Public Relations. With over 25 years of experience in various MNCs in FMCG and Banking sectors he has managed and launched numerous consumer brands and financial services. Naiyar looked after the product management and development at Glaxo and Boots, launched the Greenstar Social Marketing program in Pakistan and also led marketing teams at Citibank, UBL and Silkbank.

He is an MBA from University of Oklahoma and holds Masters degree in International Relations from University of Karachi. Naiyar aims to transcend our shared vision of Delivering Beyond Customer Expectations into a reality and further entrench TCS as the Brand of Choice in Pakistan and for the Pakistani diaspora abroad .

Naiyar is fond of the outdoor and passionately pursues water sports, trail biking and hunting.

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Salman Hasan

CEO – TCS ECOM (pvt) Limited

Salman Hasan is the CEO – TCS ECOM (pvt) Limited, currently overseeing business management and online/web sales channels. Salman brings with him over 13 years of experience in Banking & Marketing with special focus on developing, launching and P&L Management of Business Lines from Credit Cards, Branch Banking, Autos, and Mortgages to Personal Finance products. He is a specialist in launching and revamping business lines within aggressive deadlines.

Prior to his appointment at TCS, Salman was heading the Credit Cards division at Silkbank where he was responsible for the successful launch of VISA chip based cards. Salman was also responsible for the turnaround team of Karachi Electric. As the GM Marketing, he created a new face of KE Post privatization as a forward looking, customer oriented power supply company for one of the largest city in the world.

A graduate from one of the finest business schools in Pakistan, the IBA, Salman started his career from Union Bank Limited in Consumer Assets business development. He built on his career in UBL as a Vice President – Product Manager, Mortgage Business and then went on to DIB where his last role was Vice President, Regional Head – Distribution Network.

Salman is also a devotee of a cause of education in Pakistan. He is a member of Rahbar Council, The Citizens Foundation from February 2011. TCF Rahbar is a mentor-ship program aimed at the development of youth as responsible individuals and productive members of society. Salman has been working zealously with the NGO for the growth and safety of children, promoting their education and learning as their basic prerogative to excel in the world and prosper.

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Jameel Ashraf

Director IT

Jameel Ashraf is currently Director IT for the TCS Group with responsibility to align the IT strategy with the overall business strategy to ensure smooth delivery of enterprise wide technology solutions, empowering TCS to maintain its leadership position.

Jameel is an experienced professional with over eighteen years of experience in various IT verticals while working in telecom and banking industry, globally. Prior to joining TCS, Jameel was working for Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) in Dubai where he was responsible for deployment of IT infrastructure and business applications for new franchises. Jameel has worked for JP Morgan Chase Card Services and for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in Canada from 2009 to 2014. During this tenure, he managed numerous large scale projects involving infrastructure as well as business applications upgrade and deployment. Jameel was also associated with United Bank Limited (Pakistan), Logistics Solutions (USA) and SITA Equant (Pakistan) during early stages of his career. He holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering and is a PMP certified project management professional.

Jameel believes in empowering people and his favorite TCS core value is to “Make life simple, convenient and easy for our people and customers”

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Syed Atik Ali

Director Finance- CFO & Company Secretary

Being a CFO, Atik is responsible for providing both operational and strategic support to the Group and directly assisting the CEO and Board of Directors on all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, financial reporting, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs, securing of new funding and corporate performance management.

Atik is a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and a Cost & Management Accountant from Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan. He is also a Certified Director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance. He has 23 years of overall and 16 years of full spectrum post qualification work experience in finance, business management, accounts, treasury operations, MIS & Supply chain.

Before joining TCS, Atik worked with MCR (Pizza hut), Inbox Business Technologies, Arwen Tech and Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan.

He is innovative and energetic, skilled in team building and candid communication, with repeated success in diverse environments. Recognized for strengths in capital constrained environments, turnarounds, restructuring, efficiency improvements, ERP & BI implementations.

Track record of delivering results within professional services, banking, information technology, food & hospitality Industry, courier & logistics. He is a results-oriented change leader who turns strategy into action to intensify top- and bottom-line performance.

As finance is an integral part of any organization , As a CFO Atik promises to meet the Shared vision “Delivering Beyond Customer Expectations” .With strategically aligned capabilities to preserve the assets of the organization by minimizing risk and a firm finance operation that is efficient and effective and instill financial mind set and approach throughout the organization to fortify businesses performance.

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Syed Shauket Abbas

Country Head Consumer – TCS

Syed Shauket Abbas is the Country Head Consumer Business. His association with TCS dates back to the last 20 years. Presently, he is responsible for the development of the TCS Consumer Business that includes Express, Overland, Cargo, Intiana and Visatronix, as well as the soon to be rolled out new project of Financial & Value added services.

Syed Shauket Abbas joined TCS as Sales Executive based in Lahore in April 1994. His core competencies and skill-sets ensured his rapid rise in the organization and in 1999; and in 2005, he was appointed as General Manager – Central after which he was transferred as General Manager – South.

In 2011, he was given the task of National Manager Retail Business and was responsible for the Business Management of the entire Retail Outlets in the TCS Network, along with the newly launched Franchisee Program.

Syed Shauket Abbas started his professional career in 1990 with Sterling Winthrop Pakistan Private Limited.

Shauket is a graduate from Punjab University and holds an MBA degree in Marketing from Hamdard University. He is married with three sons.

Syed Shauket Abbas is focused on making the TCS Network the largest service offering chain under one roof and providing all service solution in a one-window operation to share the vision of “Delivering Beyond Customer Satisfaction.”

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Shafiq Malik

Country Head – Operations – TCS

Shafiq Malik is the “Country Head Operations” with over 21 years of in-depth experience of Operations in Express (Domestic & International), 3P Logistics, E Com Logistics (E2E Fulfillment), Gift Delivery ,Bulk Mailing, Fleet, Aviation, and Production. He carries a proven track record of delivering hallmark service quality standards of TCS.

He joined TCS Projects Operations in 1995. Further he was elevated to the position of “Manager Network Operations”, where he contributed in raising the service levels by making Operations efficient and with responsibility of Fleet, Air & Ground Line haul & Management of TCS Network Operations. Following his successful stint in Network Operations, he was designated to raise the business of the biggest area of TCS Network i.e. Karachi as “Senior Area Manager” , where he was taking care of Retail & Corporate Sales, Collections, Operations, Administration, HR, Customer Services, Fleet Operations, Vendors and Financial Management. After that he worked on country level position as “Senior Manager Network Operations”. He was the youngest to reach the level of “Country Head Operations - Express” in 2004 and also the first “Head of BPR” in TCS.

In 2005, again he got another challenging task to start a new business division “MMS – Mail Management Solutions” with P&L responsibility as “Business Head”. He has the distinction to change the perception associated to this business in the market and establishment of the most advanced “Digital Printing & Automated Stuffing facility” in Pakistan with latest equipment providing end to end solution for Businesses in Pakistan. This facility has the honor of printing the biggest ever volume in South East Asia.

In 2009, he was delegated as “Regional Director – South” and “Head of Network Operations” to take care of the Business in the Region (Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur & Quetta) and coordination of Country wide Operations of all entities. In 2011 he was elevated as “Director Operations – Express” with additional responsibility as “Regional Director – Central” (Lahore, Faisalabad, and Multan) based in Lahore, where he served till September 2014.

Shafiq is a graduate from Karachi University. He also holds several certifications in Supply Chain Management, Strategic Management, Quality Management, Business Excellence, Emotional Intelligence, Freight forwarding, Customer care and Sales. He is married & blessed with a son and daughter.

Shafiq is committed to fulfilling customer shipping needs backed by highly automated systems, assuring regulatory & quality compliance with advanced procedures & be globally admired for operational excellence and strengthening the Shared vision of “Delivering beyond Customer Expectations”.

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Muhammad Amir Iqbal

Chief Financial Officer – TCS Holdings

Amir is a finance professional with over two decades of experience spanning the entire gamut of finance with additional responsibility of overseeing the Family Office of Yunus Brothers; country’s leading business group. He has held several financial leadership positions over the years looking after strategic initiatives, financial operations, budgeting, planning, treasury, investor relations, business finance, risk, legal, compliance and dealing with regulators.

Amir is a strong proponent of the role of CFO as a corporate governance, transparency and social responsibility leader who helps in achieving the desired effectiveness while managing business economics throughout the value chain.

Amir over the years has been responsible for restructuring finance functions, developing proper financial reporting, forward looking models and value creation plans for the various businesses he has worked in. He has helped in the initiation and launch of several products along with incorporation and launch of a Holding Company, Asset Management Company and the first ever dollar denominated offshore fund of Pakistan.

Prior to joining TCS, Amir held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Artistic Milliners Private Limited. Earlier in his career he managed the office of YB Holdings (Private) Limited. He was also the Group CFO at BMA Capital Management, CFO & Company Secretary at BMA Asset Management and Chief Executive Officer and Director of BMA Financial Services.

Amir is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and a Fellow Member.

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Brig Nasir Nasrullah

Director Security & Risk Management

Brigadier Nasir joined TCS on Jan 1, 2015 and brought with him an extended experience of over 3 decades. Having worked with one of the prestigious institutions of the country i.e. Army (1984-2014), he had got a myriad of challenging appointments that helped him enrich his professional experience and knowledge primarily in the field of security/ vigilance, administration, logistics and HR management. Brig. Nasir has served in all four provinces of the country and Azad Kashmir, in addition to a foreign assignment on UN Peace Keeping Mission, Ivory Coast as head of UN Observers’ Team. He is a graduate of legendary Command & Staff College Quetta as well as Army College of Logistics Kuldana/ Murree and a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transportation (UK). He is qualified in Financial Management, Logistics Management, Material Management and HR Management from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi and Time Management form Pakistan Planning & Management Institute Islamabad (PPMI). He also holds a master’s in International Affairs.

His important assignments in Army included Director Operations at the GHQ, Commander Corps Logistics 5 Corps Karachi, Head of Administration 5 Corps Karachi, UN Military Observer, and a tenure each on the faculty of Army College of Logistics as well as Army Service Corps School as officers’ trainer. He has also served in NLC during the critical stage of its expansion. He commanded a key logistics battalion during Indo-Pak Escalation-2001/2002 as part of an Independent Armoured Brigade Group in Sialkot Sector. In recognition of his professional excellence and services rendered to Army and the country, the coveted award of Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) was bestowed upon him.

Upon taking over the position of Director Security, he aims to quickly reorganize the department into two segments viz Security and Risk Management. This restructuring is aimed to help cover the whole spectrum of responsibilities and enhance the overall efficacy and objectivity of Security & Risk Management. Under his leadership and with requisite controls in place, his entire department seeks to be fully geared up in meaningfully contribution towards the company’s prime objective of ‘Delivering Beyond Customers Expectations’.

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Minhaj ur Rehman Khan

Head of Internal Audit

Minhaj ur Rehman Khan joined TCS as Head of Internal Audit. Minhaj is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from the Information Systems Audit and Controls Association (ISACA), USA. He also holds degrees of M.A. (Economics) and M.Com. from the University of Karachi.

Minhaj’s 15 years audit experience started from mandatory articleship with Khalid Majid Chartered Accountants, where he spearheaded several major clients including Banks, Airline, Manufacturing companies and Service providers. During his articleship he was elected unopposed as member of Chartered Accountants Students Association (CASA-South). After completing articleship he joined Adamjee Insurance Company Limited and added significant value to the business by redesigning traditional internal audit practices, implementing new ERP, standardization of underwriting mechanism, claim settlement process, and reinsurance underwriting mechanism. He was the representative member at Insurance Association of Pakistan. After serving Adamjee, he joined Indus Motor Company Limited,. During his tenure at Indus Motor Company, he did not restrict himself with traditional audit approach, but participated in project appraisal meetings, price negotiation and vendor selection meetings, workplace safety activities, redesigning of management structure, inventory management activities, security protocols and many more. After he left Toyota Motors, he accepted the challenge of establishing internal audit and risk management department in Shangrila (Private) Limited, a renowned ketchup and dip sauces manufacturing company in Pakistan. His strategic mindset took him in lime light of many areas for example, internal controls redesigning, ERP redesigning and implementation, human resource reallocation, asset management and distribution network realignment and redesigning. He also headed the Legal Affairs Department of Shangrila wherein he looked after matters related to Provincial Food Authorities, PSQCA, PCSIR, consumer matters, and dealing with Provincial and Federal food bodies. He has also contributed in establishing halal foods certification body in Pakistan.

Minhaj has a very humble and friendly nature that makes him a great part of the TCS team. He terms “Integrity and Innovation” as two legs of his entire life.

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Nauman S. Afzal

Country Head-Corporate Business

He brings with him over 22 years of experience in managing business supply chains of FMCG companies and has worked in international organizations around the world and led multi-functional business teams. Prior to TCS, Nauman served with British American Tobacco, where he was responsible for the Supply Chain Services for the South Asia Area which included Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. He also led the 2 manufacturing sites for BAT in Pakistan which are among the largest sites in the world for the group. Nauman has served as Supply Chain Director for Reckitt Benckiser for the Middle East and North African Markets from 2008 to 2012 where he led the supply chains of 26 countries.

Nauman started his career with Procter & Gamble in 1994 where he spent 14 years working in different capacities. He has worked on projects in diverse locations like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Romania.

Nauman is an Electrical Engineer, having qualified from Imperial College of Science & Technology in London. He then proceeded to do his Masters in the US from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He is a Chevening Scholar and a member of IEE and IEEE and the City of Guilds Union of London.

He has a passion for delivering beyond customer expectations and strongly believes in people as the strongest asset for any organization.