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PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr. Shahab Anwar Khawaja – Chairman and Independent Director
Mr. Shahab Khawaja has served in the public sector for almost 36 years as a career Civil Servant of Pakistan Administrative Service (previously District Management Group) and has held many key positions such as Federal Secretary of Privatization and Industries and Production, Additional Secretary Population Welfare, Joint Secretary Economic Affairs Division, CEO of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) and held Director's position in various recognized companies. He has extensive experience in the field of social development, particularly in legal matters, community mobilization and community development. He is also a Certified Director, under Listed Companies’ requirements, as prescribed by the SECP.
Prior to the above-mentioned positions, he served as Secretary to Department of Agriculture and Livestock and Dairy Development, Government of Punjab. Post retirement, he also held the positions of CEO, Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), a joint Project of Ministry of Finance and USAID and as the Executive Director, Fertilizer Manufacturers of Pakistan Advisory Council (FMPAC). He has served on a number of Public Sector Organizations’ Boards and has represented the Government of Pakistan in multiple International Bodies and Seminars such as UNDP, UNFPA, UNIDO, ECOSOC APO etc.
Mr. Shahab Khawaja holds an MSc. in Chemistry as well as Post Graduate Diplomas in Development Administration from Birmingham University, UK and in Public Policy from University of Connecticut Hartford, USA.
Mr. Imtiaz Gadar, CFA – Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Imtiaz Gadar has been associated with JS Global Capital Limited since December 2021 and has been leading the company as its Chief Executive Officer since October 2022. Mr. Gadar brings a rich experience of 20 years in local & international Brokerage / Investment Banking, Portfolio Management, Research and Investor Relations.
He has diversified experience based out of local / international broking and Equity Capital Markets at JP Morgan Pakistan and the local affiliate of Bank of America – Merrill Lynch, where he was recognized multiple times by Asia Money and CFA Society Pakistan as the Best Pakistan Analyst. As part of his ECM efforts, he has managed transactions worth over US$1.8bn ranging from M&A, Buybacks, GDR Offerings, IPOs and SPOs, Rights Offerings and Tender Offers.
Prior to joining JS Global, he was associated with Bank Alfalah Limited for more than eight years as Head of Capital Markets, where he established and managed award-winning Public & Private Principal investment and Advisory businesses, being recognized for landmark Buy & Sell side M&A and Public Offerings on multiple occasions. Simultaneously, he assisted in leading the bank to being voted Best in Investor Relations by CFA Society Pakistan for eight years running in addition to being awarded the Best Equity Corporate Finance House (Banks).
Mr. Gadar is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) specializing in Finance from the Institute of Business Administration.
Mr. Maximilian Felix Scheder
Independent Director
Mr. Scheder has 39-years of professional corporate and banking experience, including serving as board member, senior public-company executive and senior international investment banker. As a Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Scheder was responsible for leading implementation of corporate governance processes and overseeing public corporate filing and regulatory requirements. As a Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, Mr. Scheder has hands-on experience operating and advising on how to build and scale sustainable businesses. As a senior international investment banking executive, Mr. Scheder developed deep corporate and business development, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and fundraising skills.
Mr. Scheder currently serves as the independent board member of 500 Global (California, USA) and Board Member and Chief Financial Officer of Drover AI (Montana, USA). Mr. Scheder’s previous roles included Founder and Chief Executive Officer of various start-ups, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank AG (Frankfurt, Germany), Managing Director of ING Barings/BHF-Bank (Frankfurt, Germany) and Associate Director of Bear Stearns & Co. (New York, USA). Mr. Scheder began his career with Peat Marwick & Mitchell (New York, USA).
Mr. Scheder earned a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics from Stanford University. He also attended Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and New York University’s accounting program.
Mr. Fahad Viquar Siddiqui - Non-Executive Director
Mr. Fahad Viquar Siddiqui is a career banker & has recently relocated to Pakistan from Canada in 2020. During his career, Fahad has held Senior Management positions in various geographies like Asia, Middle East & North America while been associated with Financial Institutions such as, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Barclays Bank & Bank of Montreal. Fahad brings deep & well-rounded experience with him in which he has successfully covered all spectrums of Consumer & Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Business & Digital Transformation, Change, Program & Project Management, Transaction Banking & Customer Experience. He joined JS Bank Limited, Pakistan in 2021 as Head of Products. He leads Secured & Un-Secured lending, Green & Social loans, ADC & Customer Propositions, including Wealth management, Employee Banking and Retail deposit products. He is also a member of JS Bank’s “Extended Leadership team”. Fahad Siddiqui holds an MBA from University of Middlesex, UK a nd is also a Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP). His passion & focus in transforming businesses has led him towards becoming a Global PROSCI “CERTIFIED” Change practitioner.