BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Mr. Kamal A. Chinoy

Chairman (Non-Executive)

Chairman Since: September 30, 2022

Director Since: February 6, 1984

Mr. Kamal A. Chinoy is a graduate of Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Cyprus. Currently he is Chairman of International Industries Limited, International Steels Limited, IIL Americas Inc., IIL Construction Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., Chinoy Engineering & Construction (Pvt) Ltd., and a Director of Pakistan Cables Ltd., Pakistan Business Council and IIL Australia Pty Ltd. He has served as Chairman of the Aga Khan Foundation (Pakistan) and Jubilee Life Insurance Co., and also as a Director of Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, Atlas Insurance Limited, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, NBP Fullerton Asset Management Limited, Atlas Battery Ltd, ICI Pakistan Limited, Askari Bank Limited, First International Investment Bank, and Atlas Power Limited.

He also served as CEO of Pakistan Cables Ltd. for 27 years. He was an instrumental part of the team that negotiated the exit of BICC from the ownership of the Company in the early 1990’s. Then in 2010 he lead the effort to attract General Cable, a Fortune 500 company, as an equity investor in PCL.

Mr. Kamal A. Chinoy is a member of the executive committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, Pakistan and is also a past President of the Management Association of Pakistan (MAP). He has also served on the Admissions Committee of Aga Khan University and the Alumni Admissions Committee for the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been a member of the Board of Governors of Army Burn Hall Institutions.

He has been a member of the Pakistan-UK Forum for Investment and Technology (under the Board of Investment, GoP) and the Experts Advisory Group for Engineering Goods for the Fifth Five-Year Plan for the Government of Pakistan.

Mr. Adnan Afridi

Independent Director

Since: February 18,2019

Mr. Adnan Afridi has over 29 years international experience in change management, business transformation, innovation and profitability enhancement in blue chip companies, public-sector and high -growth situations. His industry experience includes Capital Markets, Private Equity, Financial Services, Real Estate, Health Care, Natural Resources, Logistics, Large-Scale Manufacturing, Technology and Food sectors, operating in CEO roles with board level representations.

Mr. Afridi currently serves as the Chairman and the Managing Director of National Investment Trust Limited, Pakistan’s first and largest asset management company. He has previously served as the Managing Director of the Karachi Stock Exchange Ltd and as the CEO of the Overseas Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) and Tethyan Copper Company as well as having served on the boards of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills, Trading Corporation of Pakistan, Central Depository Company (CDC) and National Clearing Company (NCCPL as Chairman of the Board). Mr. Afridi was also nominated by the Government of Pakistan as private sector nominee to the SECP Policy Board for a 4-year term that concluded in November 2022.

Mr. Afridi’s contribution to social causes is well known. He is a key member of the Kidney Center Board (former Chairman and current Vice Chairman) and was previously the President of the Old Grammarians Society focusing on fund raising for education scholarships and a former board member of YPO Pakistan and is currently a Board member of YPO-Gold Pakistan.

Mr. Asif Jooma

Independent Director

Since: March 16, 2021

Mr. Asif Jooma joined the Board of Lucky Core Industries (formerly ICI Pakistan Ltd.) in December 2012 and was appointed Chief Executive in February 2013. With a career spanning over forty years, Mr. Jooma has extensive experience in senior commercial and leadership roles. Following his early years with the Company and subsequently, Pakistan PTA Limited, he was appointed Managing Director of Abbott Laboratories Pakistan Limited in 2007. After serving there for nearly six years, he returned to Lucky Core Industries Limited as Chief Executive.

Mr. Jooma holds directorships in Pakistan Tobacco Company Limited, International Industries Ltd., NFT, and NutriCo Morinaga (Private) Limited. He has previously served as a Director on NIB Bank Limited, Engro Fertilizers Limited, National Bank of Pakistan and as Director and Member Executive Committee of the Board of Investment (BOI) – Government of Pakistan.

He has previously served as the President of the American Business Council, President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) and Chairman of the Pharma Bureau.

Additionally, Mr. Jooma is on the Board of Governors of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and a Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards Program, whilst previously also serving on the Board of Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVSAA). He graduated cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Development Economics and attended Executive Development programmers at INSEAD and Harvard Business School thereafter.

In June 2024, he was also appointed as an Ambassador-at-Large by the Government of Pakistan in honorary capacity for a two-year period.

 

Mr. Haider Rashid

Independent Director

Since: January 24, 2022

Mr. Haider Rashid gained an honours degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Lancaster, England. His early career involved ten years in the chemical and agriculture industry in Pakistan, initially for the ICI group, and then the Hoechst AG group where he was the CEO for Hoechst AgrEvo Pakistan. During this time, he also served two terms as President of the Agricultural Chemical Trade Association of Pakistan (PAPA).

Since 1997, Mr. Rashid held several senior corporate positions in international companies, including Head of Controlling for Hoechst AG, Germany, Head of Integration for Aventis SA, France, Member of the Executive Committee of Aventis Crop Science, France, Chief Information Officer and Head of Finance & Controlling for ABB, Switzerland and Regional President for ABB. He was also the founder and CEO of K&R Consulting AG. His external responsibilities have included membership of the IBM Board of Advisors and membership of the Executive Committee of the European Roundtable for Digital Strategies founded by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

 

Mr. Jehangir Shah

Independent Director

Since: September 30, 2016

Jehangir Shah has over forty years of experience in commercial banking, private & personal banking and leasing, including overseas work experience in the U.A.E., Egypt and Brazil. He was last associated with Pak Oman Investment Company Limited from July 2008 up to retirement in November 2023 as Deputy Managing Director and previously served as Country Manager-Pakistan of Oman International Bank SAOG (2006-2008) and as Managing Director / CEO of Capital Assets Leasing Corporation Limited. Former employments include those at Habib Credit and Exchange Bank Limited and Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He was a sponsor and founding Director of Pak Gulf Leasing Company Limited, which was listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange in 1996.

Currently he is an independent director at International Industries Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, Shaheen Insurance Company Limited, Abhi (Pvt) Limited and a nominee director at Pak Oman Asset Management Company Limited.

Mr. Mansur Khan

Independent Director

Since: September 30, 2019

Mr. Mansur Khan has over 30 years of diversified experience and a proven track record in development/commercial/investment banking. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration (with distinction) from Pace University, New York, USA, majoring in Financial Management.

Mr. Khan has served as President / CEO of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), SME Bank Limited, Managing Director of Pak Kuwait Investment Company, Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) and the Sudanese Microfinance Development Facility (SMDF). He has international experience of working in Asia, Africa, USA, Europe and the Middle East. Prior to joining Pak Kuwait as Managing Director, he was associated with Weidemann Associates Inc, a Crown Agents USA company. Mr. Khan was also a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force from 1970 to 1978.

He held directorships in The General Tyre and Rubber Company of Pakistan Limited, Sudanese Microfinance Development Facility, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, National Commodity Exchange Limited, Saudi Pak Agricultural and Investment Company Limited, National Database and Registration Authority, Kissan Support Services Limited, SME Bank Limited, SME Leasing Limited, TMT Venture Capital Fund, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA), Business Competitiveness/Support Funds and Punjab Small Industries Corporation. He is also a certified director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

 

Mr. Mustapha A. Chinoy

Non-Executive Director

Director Since: February 23, 1998

Mr. Mustapha A. Chinoy is a B.Sc. in Economics from Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, USA with majors in Industrial Management and Marketing. Upon return from United States, he took up the position of Marketing Manager at International Industries Ltd. He is currently the Chairman of Pakistan Cables Ltd., Travel Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., Global E-Commerce Services (Pvt.) Ltd., Global Reservation (Pvt.) Ltd. and BinaryVibes (Pvt) Ltd. and a director of Chinoy Engineering & Construction (Pvt.) Ltd.. He is the Chief Executive of Intermark (Pvt.) Ltd. He has previously served on the Boards of Union Bank Ltd and Security Papers Ltd.

 

Mrs. Selina Rashid Khan

Non-Executive Director

Since: September 30, 2022

Selina Rashid Khan is the founder and CEO of Pakistan’s leading strategic communications agency, Lotus Client Management and Public Relations, founded in 2007. She is recognized as Pakistan’s premier communications leader with over 20 years of communications experience in leadership positions.

She is the first Pakistani recipient of the prestigious PR News top women in PR global award. Ms. Khan is currently Vice President of Pakistan’s Council for Public Relations, Event Management, Digital and Activations [PREDA]. She has served as Chair of Brand Pakistan, an advisory panel to the Special Assistant of the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Tourism and Overseas Pakistanis. She has also advised the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan on Public Diplomacy reform.

Selina graduated with an Honors degree in Politics from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She has worked in London at Avalon Public Relations in London; one of the UK’s top PR firms.

 

Mr. Yousuf H. Mirza

Chief Executive Officer

Since:October 1, 2024

Mr. Yousuf H. Mirza is the Chief Executive Officer of International Industries Limited (IIL) with over two decades of extensive experience in executive leadership, business strategy, and operational excellence within the steel and manufacturing industries.

Before joining IIL, Mr. Mirza served as the Chief Executive Officer of International Steels Limited (ISL) from 2015 to 2023, where he played a pivotal role in transforming the company into one of the largest steel manufacturers in Pakistan. His tenure at ISL was marked by significant growth, technological advancements, and the expansion of product offerings. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of ISL from 2013, overseeing key operational processes and driving business efficiencies.

Mr. Mirza’s career spans senior management roles at Linde Pakistan Limited and its subsidiaries across the Philippines, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia, where he developed a deep understanding of complex, multinational operations and led initiatives to enhance performance across various business units.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology and an MBA from the prestigious Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. Committed to continuous learning, Mr. Mirza has attended leadership and management development programs at world-class institutions, including the Said Business School, University of Oxford, INSEAD, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

In addition to his role at IIL, Mr. Mirza serves on the boards of several key organizations, including IIL Americas Inc., the German Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Employers Federation of Pakistan, the Pakistan Japan Business Forum, and the Engineering Development Board under the Ministry of Industries, Government of Pakistan.