Aysha Anas Iftikhar
Aysha Anas Iftikhar is the Founder and Principal Advisor at FamilyBizSolutions, a boutique advisory firm specializing in governance for family businesses. A coach, mentor, and trusted advisor to diverse family businesses, she specializes in the areas of governance and family constitution.
Aysha has over two decades of experience working in the learning and development Industry. Notably, Aysha served as the founding Program Director, Family Managed Business Program at the Center for Executive Education, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.
Deen Muhammad Sheikh
Deen Muhammad Sheikh is the Managing Director of Progressive Traders Private Limited, the parent company of ‘Power Plus’. He is the second generation to be a part of the family business and has now been with them since 2010. He has been actively involved with formalizing business affairs, improving governance, as well as bringing a fresh millennial perspective to the family business.
His other professional interests include public speaking, where he represented Pakistan at the International family business conference in Malaysia in 2023. Deen is a sought-after visiting faculty member at SZABIST Karachi, where he teaches Family Business Management. At SZABIST, he designed and executed the family business course from inception, with the guidance of Dr Shehla Najib and Dr Soomro. At SZABIST Deen also contributes to evaluating student capstone presentations and projects.
Asad Abdulla
Asad Abdulla stands as a family business leader, boasting over two decades of comprehensive experience in spearheading organizational change, strategic innovation, and entrepreneurship. As a driving force behind Genesis Holdings Pvt. Limited, Asad has masterfully navigated the company through diverse industrial landscapes. His academic foundation, grounded in a BA in Economics coupled with a Management Certificate in MIS, equips him with a robust understanding of economic and technological frameworks essential for business leadership.
Qashif Effendi
Qashif has over 27 years’ experience in CEO, Director and General Management positions in companies such as Caltex (JV of Chevron and Texaco), Philips, Unilever (Beverages and Spreads and Cooking Categories), Tata Global Beverages (Tetley), 180 Degrees (Management consulting firm), Abu Dhabi National Industrial Projects Co., (UAE), Reem Rice Mills (Pvt.) Ltd. (JV of Al Ghurair, UAE and Al Muhaidib KSA), Three Musketeers Kids Company (Canada), Greeniche Natural Health Inc (Canada), SBE Holdings (USA) and its subsidiaries operating in Aerospace and Defense sector.
Shabih Haider
Shabih Haider is proud to have a tool kit with him for the first seven years of his engineering career. During his education years, he did his summer jobs in Germany, giving him the confidence and strength that only hands on experience can give. He was always at an advantage due to his field experience while working in diversified fields of Engineering. He earned practical experience in field communication, Marine navigational aids, building management systems, and wide range travelling.
It was an experienced hand that fitted well with the largest engineering consultant of Pakistan. He kept adding to his academic qualifications along with his practical experience. Along with practical experiences of various fields, Consultancy, Project Management, Marketing, Teaching and General Management, he also earned foreign technical training, and academic qualifications of BE (Electronics), MBA (Marketing), MS (Finance), M. Phil (Economics).
Masood Aijazi
Masood Aijazi CFA has over 35 years’ professional experience in finance, investment banking and portfolio management, specializing in wealth management for family businesses.
Masood was the Vice President Strategy & Business Development of SNB Capital for over ten years. SNB Capital is the investment banking arm of Saudi National Bank (SNB) with AUM of over $66 billion offering a full range of asset & wealth management services in all asset classes & styles. SNB is the largest bank in the Arab world with assets over USD 274 Billion.
Masood has been the Investment Advisor of SEDCO Holdings, a leading private wealth management group that manages a wide spectrum of real estate, equities, and other businesses in GCC and the world. Its asset management arm, SEDCO Capital manages assets over US$ 6 billion. Before that, he was the Managing Director of ZAD Investment Company, an investment management firm investing globally in all asset classes with AUM of over a billion dollars. Mr. Aijazi was also a partner of Los Angeles based management consulting firm, AJZ & Associates.