PERVAIZ A KHAN
Mentor

Pervaiz has more than 44 years of multi-industry experience in Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Project Management and General Management mainly with leading MNCs ICI and Glaxo. He started his career at Ittehad Chemicals, manufacturer of Caustic Soda and switched to Glaxo at their starch Glucose plant and then worked for ICI for 27 years where he rose from operating levels to General Management, reaching business leadership positions and the Main Board of ICI Pakistan. He has worked as Vice President & Managing Director of ICI Pakistan’s two large businesses Polyester and Soda Ash. He has also been the Chief Technology Officer for ICI for 6 years and led major technology selection and up gradation, expansions and related power and energy solutions for ICI’s Polyester and Soda Ash Businesses.

He was the Head of Corporate Capability Group and was actively involved in capability development, talent management and succession planning for the entire company. He was the Head of Corporate Industrial Relations Council from 2003 to 2009 and was responsible for overseeing issues related to labor unions and industrial relations for the group, and therefore possesses a sound understanding of labor and union issues in the industrial environment in Pakistan. He was trained extensively by ICI plc on bench marking at DuPont sites in USA and ICI sites in the UK, and led the bench marking and subsequent efficiency improvement process at various ICI businesses across the country.

He also remained on the Boards of Trustees of ICI’s Pension Fund, Provident Fund and Gratuity Funds. After retiring from ICI in 2009, he has been involved in Board level advisory and helping family owned businesses to transform themselves into professionally managed corporations. From 2011 to 2015 he was advisor to the Board and CEO of one of the largest Denim manufacturers in the world, US Apparel. 2015-18 he worked as CEO of an Agri marketing company, Agrow Ltd, Pakistan. Also was advisor JS Group in the same period and involved in study for various projects. He is a certified Director and serves as Independent Director for 3 companies, also chairing HR & Audit Committees for two of them. He is also a Trustee of the Pension Fund for Akzo Nobel Pakistan Ltd, trustee of Qarshi Foundation.