Speakers

Razzak Dawood Chairman Descon Engineering Ltd.

Abdul Razzak Dawood, an entrepreneur of repute is the Chairman of Descon. He is a former Federal Minister for Commerce, Industries and Production, Government of Pakistan.

His former corporate positions include CEO, Dawood Hercules Chemicals and Lawrencepur Woolen & Textile. Razzak has been on board of various corporate giants such as ICI Pakistan, KSB Pumps, PIA, & State Bank of Pakistan. Currently he holds the position of Rector, LUMS Business School as well as being the Chairman, Pakistan Business Council and Trustee, CARE Foundation.

Razzak Dawood holds a BSc (Mining Engg) from Newcastle University, (UK) and an MBA from Columbia University, US.

Mr. Arif Habib is the Chairman & Chief Executive of Arif Habib Securities Limited a Company listed on Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges with an equity of over Rs. 17 billion. He is also the Chairman of Arif Habib Bank Limited, Pakarab Fertilizers Limited, Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited, Thatta Cement Company Limited and Arif Habib DMCC Dubai.

Mr. Arif Habib has remained the President / Chairman of Karachi Stock Exchanges six times in the past. He is the Founding Member and Former Chairman of the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited. He has served as Member of the Privatization Commission, Board of Investment, Tariff Reforms Commission and Securities & Exchange Ordinance Review Committee.

As the President of the Karachi Stock Exchange, he was responsible for introducing a number of reforms including the establishment of central depository system, introduction of computerized trading and risk management system at Karachi Stock Exchange.

He has participated in a number of professional advancement courses including on Development of Securities Market organized by the SEC, USA at Washington, D.C. in 1992. He visited over a dozen of stock exchanges in different countries for exchange of views.

On the social services front Mr. Arif Habib is a significant participant of welfare activities of different organizations. To quote a few he is one of the trustees of Fatmid Foundation and Memon Health & Education Foundation and director of Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and Memon Medical Centre.

Senior VP & MD for the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey region for Yum! Restaurants
International, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell. The region comprises 14 countries with a network of 1000 restaurants and US$ 1 Billion turnover.

Previously he has been associated with PepsiCo for 6 years and for 14 years with Unilever in Pakistan, West Asia, Egypt and U.S.A.

He has also extensively lectured as a guest speaker at a number of business schools and foray in Pakistan, Egypt, U.A.E. and U.S.A. on Marketing and Management issues.

Ms. Kristina Nyzell is the Managing Director of Disruptive Play FZ LLC, a Dubai based Human Resource Consultancy based in Knowledge Village which specialises in open source lead user innovation and project based learning as an event format.

Kristina has an MA in Organisational Analysis & Behaviour from the Department of Organisational Studies, Management School, Lancaster University, United Kingdom and a BSc in International Marketing from Uppsala University. She is an experienced strategy consultant specialising in open source, lead user /collaborative innovation and community development.

Kristina was previously Global Head of LEGO Club and Community, Global Strategy Consultant with KPMG UK and head of International Marketing for Parcelforce/RM UK. She is an experienced entrepreneur with companies in United Kingdom, Switzerland and the UAE. She set up her company Disruptive Play in 2007 specialising in collaborative innovation and practice based learning events and tools. Kristina is an experienced facilitator, certified LSP practitioner and master trainer. Amongst the companies Kristina has worked with on community driven projects are LEGO, FIFA, Manchester University and KAUST.

Khurram Hamid is a change artist. One of the key thought leaders for digital marketing innovation for Procter and Gamble globally. He has proven leadership in developing new ways of thinking and new strategies to help companies develop new business approaches, linking technology and business objectives to the bottom line with generating over $50M in value. At the same time he was ensuring that business transformation occurred through transforming the culture, which is not just a strategy but a new approach to do business. He is currently the Global Head of Mobile Marketing Innovation for Procter and Gamble; previously he was the Head of Interactive Marketing for Central Europe Middle East and Africa.

Through his leadership he is leading Procter and Gamble into the New Age of Digital Marketing by looking for new advertising models and to ensure P&G wins in this space.

His key beliefs are, GROW as the market grows, CHANGE as consumer habit and views change and EVOLVE as technology evolves. He is an innovative, passionate person....a destructive innovator!

Ms. Roshaneh Zafar is the Founder and Managing Director of Kashf Foundation which is based in Pakistan. The organization has grown from a mere 15 female clients in 1996 to 301,000 clients today. It is one of the fastest growing MFIs in the country, it is the first one to achieve financial self sufficiency and continues to have a portfolio at risk of less than 0.8%.
Kashf was also the first NGO-MFI to broaden the scope of microfinance by introducing insurance services and has recently started pilot research for introducing individual lending in order to target the "missing middle" in the microfinance market. In 2002, Kashf Foundation was awarded the Microfinance Excellence Award by the Grameen Foundation-USA for its groundbreaking innovations in the field of microfinance in Pakistan, while in 2005 it won the AGFUND International Prize for Microcredit 2005 out of 98 countries. Kashf Foundation and Ms Roshaneh Zafar was also awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in March 2007. Kashf Foundation has been ranked 34 out of the top 50 MFIs by Forbes. Ms. Zafar has also spearheaded and led the team to establish the Kashf Microfinance Bank which is going to be the first MFB in Pakistan to mobilize deposits from low income households especially women. Kashf Microfinance Bank received its license in October 2008.

Ms. Zafar founded the Kashf Foundation - the first specialized microfinance organization in Pakistan - in 1996 after a chance meeting with Professor Muhammd Yunus of the Grameen Bank. Ms Zafar has also been awarded the Tamgha i Imtiaz, one of Pakistan's highest civilian awards, by the President of Pakistan for her work in the field of development and women's empowerment. Ms. Zafar is a graduate of the Wharton Business School University of Pennsylvania in Finance and Economics. She also holds a Masters in International and Development Economics from Yale University.

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