Management Profile

Mrs. Naz Mansha has over 34 years’ experience as a Director on the Board of different companies. She has been associated with D. G. Khan Cement Company Limited (DGKC) since 1994, She is also a Chief Executive of Nishat Linen (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of Nishat Mills Limited and Director/Chief Executive of Emporium Properties (Pvt) Limited and Director on the Board of Golf View Land (Pvt)Limited.

He is a graduate from University of Pennsylvania. He has

rich experience of about 26 years in business management,

corporate strategies, commercial insights and project

management. He is a visionary man and the success of DGKC is a witness to his business intelligence.

He is also on top executive post along with directorship in

Nishat Paper Products Company Limited, Nishat

Developers (Private) Limited.

He has also served in Information Technology Committee,

Business Strategy & Development Committee and HR&R

Committee in MCB.

He is also a director in MCB Islamic Bank Limited, Nishat

Hotels & Properties Limited, Nishat Dairy (Private) Limited,

Nishat Agriculture Farming (Private) Limited, Euronet

Pakistan (Private) Limited, Nishat (Raiwind) Hotels &

Properties Limited and Nishat (Aziz Avenue) Hotels &

Properties Limited, Hyundai Nishat Motors (Pvt.) Limited and

Nishat Agrotech Farms (Pvt) Limited.

Mr. Khalid Niaz Khawaja is a Fellow of Institute of Bankers, Pakistan. He has more than 47 years’ experience to work in different capacities in banking industry. He is also CEO in one of the leading leasing companies. He had been on the board as a director on the leading institutions Including Lahore Stock Exchange Limited.

Mr. Mahmood Akhtar holds an MBA degree from Punjab

University and has over 38 years of managerial experience

spread across various industries. He also serves on the

Board of Lalpir Power Limited, Nishat Mills Limited, Nishat

Power Limited, Security General Insurance Company

Limited, Nishat Hospitality (Pvt) Limited, Nishat Paper

Products Company Limited, Nishat (Aziz Avenue) Hotels and

Properties Ltd and Nishat Commodities (Pvt) Limited.

He holds a bachelor degree in Commerce, Law and

Management. He has vast experience of about 46 years in

marketing, selling, logistics and administration. He started

his career in 1967 with Fancy Group of Companies and later

served as Marketing Manager of Steel Corporation of

Pakistan before moving to Middle East in 1976. He remained

associated with the cement and steel sector in Middle East

for more than a decade where he served in various

companies mostly as General Manager (Sales & Marketing).

He later moved to Houston, Texas, USA in 1987 where he

successfully managed his entrepreneurial venture for next

eleven years before returning to Pakistan and joining DGKC

in 1998. His vast experience, leadership traits, business

acumen, people skills and dedication to work have been key

elements of his success in the role and he has contributed

incredible expansion in the market share of DGKC locally

and specially internationally as well.

Apart from Executive Director’s (Sales & Marketing) day to

day operational activities, he is currently Senior Vice

Chairman of All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers

Association (APCMA) and has also served as its Acting

Chairman in 2002. Moreover, he serves on boards of

Directors of Nishat Papers Products Company Limited

(NPPCL) and Nishat Mills Limited as well.

Mr. Shahzad Ahmad Malik has been associated with Nishat Group since 1998. Before joining the Group, he served as a Deputy Director in the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service, Government of Pakistan. He has a degree in Civil Engineering and later on did his MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences. He is also a Director on the Board of Nishat Power Limited.

Mr. Usama graduated from University of Pennsylvania

(UPenn) with a B.S.E. in Bioengineering and a Masters in

Public Administration. He is a seasoned professional with

cross-cutting experience of working in both public and

private sectors. His areas of expertise include management

consulting, technical assistance, policy development and

project implementation. He has also worked with

international organizations such as DFID, UN, and the

World Bank. Usama has spearheaded large scale initiatives

and reform programs, such as the education reforms in

Punjab. He serves as the Director of Delivery Management

Consultants (Pvt) Limited.

Dr. Arif Bashir holds a Ph.D. degree, by profession he is Chemical Engineering. He joined cement sector in 1983. During his career spanning over 39 years, he has proven himself in technical, managerial and research areas.

He has vast experience in the fields of chemical engineering, energy conservation, environmental studies, alternate fuels, renewable energy (biomass, solar & wind), project planning, execution and monitoring, operation and maintenance. He possesses good skills to develop and train technical teams having special interest in the field of applied engineering research.

He represented Pakistan on various national and international conferences. To his credit are number of international research publications. He is also associated with educational institutions as examiner and active member of board of studies. He supervised university students in applied research projects leading towards the degree of Ph.D.

He is pioneer in conversion of domestic cement industry from furnace oil to coal and alternate fuels firing that has changed the entire structure of Pakistan Cement Industry.

He is associated with DGKC since 1993, where he oversaw the expansion of plants and setting up of three new cement production lines with number of optimizing projects. In 2004, he was given challenging responsibility to set up state of the art greenfield 7000 tpd Khairpur project which was successfully completed in 2007. In 2011 he was posted on the top technical post of the Company as Director (Technical & Operations). He was also heading technical team who completed Pakistan largest 10,000 tpd Cement project in 2018 at Hub, district Lasbela Balochistan.

His technical expertise and leadership have been instrumental in vertical growth of the Company. He played a pivotal role in training and development of skilled professional team of engineers and technicians. He also serves on the boards of directors of Pakgen Power Limited and Nishat Paper Products Company Limited.

He is a Commerce Graduate and C.A. Inter. His experience spans about 37 years, through out with DGKC. He supervised the financial matters related to expansion of DG Plant. He also oversaw critical financing arrangements for installation of new plants at Khairpur (2007) and Hub (2018). His expertise is in accounts, tax, audit, finance, treasury, budget and planning. He remained a crucial negotiator and dealer in transactions with international financial institutions, development institutions and export credit agencies.

He has served as director of Lahore Stock Exchange, National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited and LSE Financial Services Limited. He is also CFO of Nishat Paper Products Company Limited.

He is also serving as a director in Security General Insurance Company Limited, Nishat Hotels & Properties Limited, Nishat (Aziz Avenue) Hotels & Properties Limited, Nishat (Raiwind) Hotels & Properties Limited, Nishat Energy Limited, Nishat Solar Power (Private) Limited, Lalpir Power Limited and Pakistan Aviators and Aviation (Private) Limited.

He is a Commerce graduate. His experience tenor is about 38 years. His fields of expertise include income tax, corporate matters and secretarial practices.

He is Company Secretary of various companies in Nishat Group.

He holds Bachelors and Master’s degree in Information Technology (IT) from Preston University. He has experience of over 27 years in different areas of IT including ERP, Software development, Network communication, Data Centers, Security and BMS. He also has many international affiliations and certifications. (CISCO, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, IBM, Honeywell, Bosch etc.)

He started his career in 1994 from DGKC. After 13 years with Nishat Group, he moved to work at different positions in Government of Pakistan & Punjab’s departments up to “BPS-20” (Expo Center Lahore, Punjab IT Board, TEVTA, Home department, ZTE Telecomm). He is one of the pioneers behind the concept of “E-Governance” in public sector enterprises and transform and implement the technology of Punjab Prisons, Forensics and Securities.