Ms. Aminah Zahid Zaheer – (Independent Director)
Aminah Zaheer is the Managing Director of Zahid Zaheer & Associates, a multidisciplinary, reputable management consultancy firm based in Karachi. Prior to relocating to Pakistan, Ms. Zaheer was employed with The Body Shop International Pte. Limited where she held the position of Regional Finance Director for Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore. Ms. Zaheer holds over 30 years of diverse working experience with some of the world’s largest FMCG firms – namely Unilever, Johnson Wax, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal SA and The Body Shop.
Ms. Zaheer is a specialist in the areas of Business Start Ups, Acquisitions, Mergers & Joint Ventures, Restructuring & Integration, Corporate Strategy and Brand Creation. She has had an exposure to a cross section of industries within Pakistan and Asia Pacific, including Pharmaceuticals, Home Cleaning, Health and Personal Care, Cosmetics and Beauty. She has lived and worked in multiple geographies within Asia Pacific, including China, Australia and Singapore.
Ms. Zaheer is a passionate advocate of Corporate Governance and over the last two decades she has served on diverse boards of both Private Limited and Listed companies in the capacity of an Executive Director as well as an Independent Director. Currently Ms. Zaheer serves on the Board of OLP Financial Services Pakistan Limited(formerly ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited), Feroze 1888 Mills Limited, Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited. Previously she has held the position of Independent Director on the Board of Fauji Foods Pakistan Limited (from October 2018 – to October 2021). She is an integral member of the Board Executive Committee, Board Audit Committee, Board IT & IS Committee, Board Capital Increase Committee and chairs the Board Human Resource & Remuneration and Board Risk committees.
Ms. Zaheer completed the Directors Training Program on Corporate Governance from PICG as early as 2007, and followed this up with a refresher course in 2018. She is certified by PICCG on Corporate Governance Leadership Skills. Her name appears on the Database of Certified Directors that is maintained by the SECP. She has cleared the Fit and Proper Test (FPT) conducted by the State Bank of Pakistan, qualifying her to hold the position of Independent Director on the board of Financial Institutions and Banks.
Ms. Zaheer is committed to imparting knowledge and has been a certified Trainer for over a decade. She has been conducting several training sessions on the Corporate Governance environment in Pakistan. She has also conducted various modules for the Directors Training Program at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as well as for The Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG). She is also a permanent faculty member at the PICG, and has architecture and rolled out the training on Workplace Harassment for the Institute in 2021. She has participated as a Panelist and an expert on various platforms including the recent Survey held on Corporate Governance Practices in Pakistan by the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.
Ms. Aminah completed Masters in Business Administration from The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi in 1990 with a major in Finance. During the course of her professional journey she has also completed innumerable training courses with INSEAD in France, with the CFA Institute in Singapore and with The Johnson
Learning Institute and Cornell University in US