PM appoints two new members to Privatisation Board

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed two private-sector executives as members to the Privatisation Commission Board.

The new members include Asif Ali Qureshi, CEO of UBL Fund Managers Limited, and Amir Shehzad, chairman of Unity Foods Limited.

Qureshi, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with an MA in International Financial Analysis from Newcastle University, UK, and an MBA in finance from Quaid-i-Azam University, has served as director of the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan and CFA Society Pakistan. He brings decades of experience in banking, financial markets and a strong understanding of the energy sector — a key focus of the privatization program.

Shehzad, who holds an executive leadership certificate from Cornell University and a BS in finance from Arizona State University, previously served as group senior executive at Unity Foods and EVP & head of investment banking at Askari Bank Limited. His career spans FMCG, banking, agri-business and private equity.