Management

Mr. Umar Saeed Khan

SEVP Business Group Head

Mr. Umar S. Khan has worked for almost 29 years in international as well as local commercial banks. His last assignment was in UAE where he worked for Invest Bank (Govt. of Sharjah majority owned bank) as the Head of Large Corporates – Northern Emirates. He has been in senior executive roles for the last 15 years.
Mr. Khan started his career from Bank of America on the Credit & Marketing platform. Since then he has held various positions in Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Standard Chartered Bank, United Bank Limited (UBL), and HSBC Bank where he rose to the position of Country Head – Commercial & Global Banking. He also headed Corporate & Commercial Banking at Silk Bank and headed Corporate & Transaction Banking as a SEVP in Habib Metro Bank.
He is from the first batch of ANZ Grindlays sponsored program of MBA (Banking) from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. He got his professional “Basic Credit Training” from Ellinwood Training Centre in Bank of America, San Francisco, USA. His early schooling is from the renowned Lawrence College Murree & Cadet College Hasanabdal.

Mr. Yawar Khan Afridi

EVP Group Head Operations

Mr. Fateh Tariq

EVP Head PMD & T

Mr. Ali Imran

SVP / CIO - Head IT Division

Mr. Ali Imran is a seasoned IT Professional having more than 22 years of diversified experience and held key positions in various national and international organizations. He has wide-ranging exposure in the areas of Technology Governance & Security, IT Infrastructure, Systems Development and Implementation, Project Management and building high quality teams. He joined Saudi Pak in 2007 and has been instrumental in successful transformation of legacy Core systems & IT infrastructure into latest technology. During this period, he also played a key role in implementing BCP and development of Disaster Recovery Setup, devising Technology Governance Framework & Policies for Saudi Pak.

He holds Masters Degree in Computer Science from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and done internationally recognized certifications i.e. ISO27001 ISMS as Senior Lead Implementer (PECB, Canada) and COBIT – Governance. He has also completed MBA with specialization in BCP & IT Disaster Recovery for managing IT Operational Risks in Banks along with numerous International and domestic professional trainings/certifications  from Canada, Egypt, Pakistan and Singapore during his professional career.

Mr. Safdar Abbas Zaidi

SVP CFO/Head Finance Division

Mr. Safdar Zaidi is working with Saudi Pak since 2016. He has over 18 years of work experience in the financial sector of Pakistan. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and a Certified Information System Auditor (ISACA, USA).

Before Joining Saudi Pak, he had worked in ‘Internal Audit & Risk Review’ functions, under various positions of managerial & senior management cadre in financial institutions including ABL, HBL, SME Bank and UBL etc.

Mr. Mohammed Ghairat Hayat

SVP Head RMD / CAD

Mohammed Ghairat Hayat joined Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Investment Company in 2016 and was elevated to Head Risk Management Division in 2018. He has cumulative work experience of over 15 years in progressively senior roles with a diverse set of organizations in the financial sector, including a commercial bank, microfinance bank and development finance institution. His areas of expertise include credit, market, liquidity, and operational risk management, and the Basel Framework. He is a CFA charterholder, certified Financial Risk Manager, and alumnus of Imperial College London.

Ms. Tayaba Mazhar

SVP Company Secretary / Head Law

Tayaba Mazhar has joined Saudi Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Ltd as the Company Secretary. She is a lawyer by profession and has a extensive experience in both the legal as well as corporate secretarial fields. She has worked for a number of multinational companies including those in the financial sector. Her last assignment before joining Saudi Pak was with HBL as its Regional Litigation Head.

Mr. Arif Majeed

VP Head Compliance Division

Ms. Tayyaba Yamin

VP Head HR Division

Mr. Ali Aosjah Muhammad

VP Internal Audit Division

Mr. Ali Aosjah Muhammad, joined Saudi Pak in 2016 and was elevated to Head Internal Audit Division in 2021. He has an experience of over 13 years in the field of audit and finance. He is a Fellow member of the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants and has done Bsc. (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Mr. Muhammad Azam

VP/Acting Head SAM