MANAGEMENT

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MANAGEMENT

Sakib Eltaaf 

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Sakib has over 25 years of experience, ranging from finance, business processes, transformation, and business operations across a variety of industries.

Prior to becoming CEO of Al Ghazi, he was serving as the Managing Director for the CMC Group, a subsidiary of the Al Futtaim Group, where he has led the transformation of the company towards the Agriculture Sector capitalizing on the growing potential of the sector across the East Africa region. The company is the distributor of New Holland Tractors in East Africa. He joined the Al Futtaim Group 5 years ago and previously held the position of General Manager Finance, Automotive, managing a portfolio of businesses covering operations in 9 countries across South Asia, MENA and East Africa.

Prior to joining Al Futtaim, Sakib worked with Kansai Paints, one of the top 10 paint manufacturers in the world covering operations with the MENA and CIS regions. Sakib was responsible for all financial matters of the regional business spanning over 8 countries with 6 manufacturing sites including 1 in Lahore, Pakistan. He is a Certified Director and has remained on the board of several companies as an Independent Director. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

Sakib also worked with the Hashoo Group, a family conglomerate, whose portfolio included business operations in Pakistan ranging from Oli & Gas, Hospitality, Manufacturing and Real Estate.

He was a non-executive director of Al Ghazi from February – November 2021.

Sakib holds MBA from Oxford Brookes University and is a Chartered Accountant holding the designation of CGA from Canada and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) of England and Whales.

Mr. Javed Iqbal

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Javed Iqbal joined AGTL as CFO in July 2022 and has served the company as the acting CEO from December 2022 till September 2023.

Javed is a proactive, dynamic, diligent and result oriented professional with a career spanning 30 years across Chemical Manufacturing, FMCG and Service sectors.  He specializes in Finance & Accounts, Financial and Corporate Governance, Strategic Planning, Merger & Acquisition, Fund Management & Analysis and Business Development. Prior to joining AGTL, he has worked at Management Positions for companies like Pakistan Services Limited (Hashoo Group), Ittehad Chemicals Ltd, Unilever, Daewoo and American Express Bank Ltd.

He is a Certified Director and has remained on the board of several companies as an Independent Director.

He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

Mr. Mansoor Khan

Company Secretary

Mansoor Khan was appointed as Head of Compliance, Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary in August 2022.

He has more than 15 years of experience of handling corporate, regulatory affairs and governance matters. Prior to joining AGTL, he has served at senior management positions and as member of Board of Directors of various companies of Hashoo Group.

He is an advocate of High Court and holds Commerce and MBA degrees besides this he is an associate member of Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan (ICSP). Mr. Khan is also a Certified Director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG)

Muneeb Ahmed Khan

Head of Internal Audit

Muneeb Ahmed Khan was appointed as Head of Internal Audit in June 2022.

He has more than 10 years of experience in the field of Audit & Assurance, Risk Advisory and Compliance . Muneeb joined AGTL in February 2021 as Lead Auditor and was later promoted to Head of Internal Audit.

Prior to joining AGTL, he was leading a team of internal audit professionals across different entities of a group and has also worked with a listed automotive company.

He is an ACCA Member, CA-Intermediate and has completed his articleship from KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co., Karachi, Pakistan.

Muhammad Kalim Ullah

GM Plant

Kalim is a seasoned Post Graduate Mechanical Engineer with over 32 years of professional experience in the Automotive Sector. He has a successful record of in leading various functions such as Production management, Production Engineering, Plant maintenance, Quality Management and Product development.

He is a Certified  Six Sigma black belt from Singapore and has also aquired certification to be a qualified trainer for  management programs including Quality and productivity  i.e. Total quality management, Lean manufacturing, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Quality Control Circles (QCC) and others.

Prior to his joining at AGTL, he was working as General Manager Technical at Agriauto Industries LTD (a company of House of Habib).

Muhammad Afzal

GM Commercial

Muhammad Afzal joined AGTL as General Manager Commercial in September 2022.

He is a seasoned Sales & Marketing professional with a career spanning 31 years within Automotive industry. Prior to joining AGTL, he worked with Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Ltd. for 21 years and United Auto industries for over 4 years. He has been looking after all dimensions of Sales & Marketing for AGTL and is an active part of the transformation efforts made by the company.

He holds an MBA degree from Quaid-e-Azam university Islamabad. He has also been certified for local and international leadership programs.

Claudio Benassi

GM Product Development and R&D

Claudio Benassi was appointed as GM Product Development in June 2022.

He has vast international experience spanning across almost 4 decades in the Automotive and Tractor industry. His core expertise are Product Development, Product Improvement and R&D.

Prior to his joining at AGTL, he worked for 30 years in Argo Tractors (Landini / Massey Ferguson /McCormick ) and was responsible of Layout and Calculation (Italy /France / England). He also worked for 9 years in China as the Engineering Vice President of 4 Engineering companies. He also worked in Turkey and Italy.

He has won 3 gold medals for innovation (AGRITECHNICA/EIMA/FIMA) and has developed around 100 patents across Europe, Japan and USA.

He studied Mechanical Engineering from Modena University.

Muhammad Athar Zubair

GM Quality

Muhammad Athar Zubair was appointed at AGTL as GM Quality in August 2021.

He possesses a career spanning 38 years in the tractor industry. His core expertise are R&D, Quality assurance and Quality Control.

Prior to his joining at AGTL, he was working as a Consultant with Agriauto industries.

He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from UET Taxila.

Irtaza Khan

Chief Transformation Officer

Irtaza Khan joined AGTL in November 2023 and is responsible for the strategic and operational transformation of the company in alliance with renowned international consultants. Irtaza oversees the transformation activities in the assigned areas/functions of the business and identifies and addresses improvement opportunities across the value chain, all the while ensuring alignment with industry best practices.

Irtaza has a vast experience of 15 years in managing transformations under the umbrella of large organizations like Rolls Royce, Ernst & Young, and PwC. Prior to joining AGTL, he was working at K-Electric as Director Strategy, Transformation, and Innovation.

Irtaza holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree and an LLM Degree in Corporate Governance from the UK.

Javed Latif

Head of Sales & Operation Planning

Javed was appointed as Head of S&OP in July 2022. He joined Al Ghazi in Dec 2020.

He is a seasoned professional with more than 17 years of experience including several years outside of Pakistan. He has diversified experience of Sales & Operational Planning, Materials/Inventory Management, Production Planning, Import Planning, procurement, forecasting, warehousing & Project Management.

Prior to his appointment at AGTL, he was associated with House of Habib (Toyota-Indus Motor Company), Al-Haj Faw Group & Haier Pakistan Group in different key positions.

He holds an MBA degree from Preston University, Post Graduation in Supply Chain from IBA-Karachi, and Certification in Supply Chain (CSCM) from ISCEA-USA.

Muhammad Bilal

Head of HR & Admin

Muhammad Bilal was at AGTL as Head of HR & Admin in September 2021.

He is a seasoned HR professional with over 16 years of experience in HR transformation, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, training and organization development, industrial relations and HR operations. He was previously associated with well known organizations like Fauji Group and Engro Group.

He holds an MBA degree from Comsats Institute of Information Technology.

Omar Ibad

Head of IT

Omar Ibad was appointed as Head of IT in March, 2023.

Omar has over 18 years of experience in Information Technology with expertise in SAP/ ERP Implementation, Information Security Application Management & Security, IT Controls, IT Strategy etc. During his career he has worked for renowned organizations like Hilal Group of Companies, Continental Biscuits, Reckitt Benckiser and AkzoNobel. Prior to joining AGTL, Omar was working with Perfect Group- UAE as Chief Executive Officer- UAE & Pakistan.

Omar holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from Atkinson School of Analytic Studies and Information Technology, York University. He takes a keen interest in cycling and swimming.

Usman Hafeez

Head of Supply Chain and Procurement

Usman Hafeez was appointed as Head of Supply Chain & Procurement in April, 2023.

Usman has a vast experience of 23 years of Supply Chain operations in Industrial and FMCG Multinational companies. During his career he has worked for renowned organizations like Akzo Nobel ICI Pakistan, Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd. and Pepsi. Prior to joining AGTL, Usman was working with Carrefour Pakistan (Majid Al-Futtaim) as Country General Manager Supply Chain.

Usman holds MBA Degree from Lahore School of Economics. He takes a keen interest in social work, cricket, swimming and traveling.