TC Jan-Feb 2021 Issue

TRADE CHRONICLE
People & Events
Imran Maniar becomes MD
Sui Southern Gas Company
Imran Maniar becomes
Managing Director
of Sui Southern Gas
Company (SSGC). He
is an accomplished
professional with
more than 30 years
of strong track record
in building, leading
and advising private
equity and corporations in mergers
and acquisitions, restructurings,
turnarounds, capital market
transactions, logistics, upstream and
midstream operations, oil field and
engineering services.
PAK-QATAR Takaful holds
annual conference
Pak-Qatar Family Takaful held its Annual
Conference in Karachi to celebrate
2020’s exceptional performance and
to further align the team with strategic
Business Growth plans for 2021 and
beyond.
The conference was attended by Mr.
Said Gul, Member-Board of directors,
Mr. Zahid Awan, Member-Board of
He has been prolific in managing startups
and Fortune 500 companies
in North and Latin America,
Europe and Middle East.
Before joining SSGC, Imran Maniar
held CFO positions at Marquard and
Bahls AG, GL Noble Denton and Eagle
Ford Oil and Gas. He has also served
as Manager Strategic Planning at
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, Partner
at Millennium Ventures LLC and as an
Analyst at Solvay.
Imran Maniar has a BS in Industrial
Engineering from Purdue University,
an MBA from Rice University and has
received CFO training at the Stanford
Graduate School of Business. Early
schooling was at Karachi Grammar
School. Imran Maniar is a certified
public accountant in the State of
California
inception. The Takaful Distribution
Team performed very well across
Pakistan despite COVID-19 and is
fully motivated to achieve business
targets set for 2021”. He further stated
that, “much more coordinated efforts
and smart workings are required to
increase the number of memberships
and offer convenience. Mr. Said Gul
emphasized upon capturing digital
medium and using digital technology
with a customer-centric approach thus
terming it as the key to sustainable
Ali J Hamdani appointed
SNGPL MD
a period of three years.
S N G P L
Board of
Director has
appointed
Ali J
Hamdani as
Managing
Director of
Sui Northern
G a s
Pipelines
Limited
(SNGPL) for
Ali J Hamdani features more than
30 years experience in managing
international businesses particularly
in energy, power, water, chemical and
healthcare sectors. Prior to joining
SNGPL, he remained associated
with a number of leading international
companies including Siemens AG,
Linde Healthcare and Schneider
Electric.
He has a proven record of positioning
organizations for success, spurring
billion-dollar sales growth, leading
global initiatives, and demonstrating
a profound dedication to client
satisfaction.
Directors, Mr. Kamran Saleem, Director
Finance & Company Secretary, Mr.
Azeem Pirani, CEO, Pak-Qatar Family
Takaful along with senior management
of the company.
Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Said Gul
said, “It is indeed a day to celebrate
and I would like to congratulate my
team for their hard work and dedication
towards achieving 2020’s business
targets which has marked an all-time
high in the company’s history since
business growth and success.
CEO PQFTL, Mr. Azeem Pirani said:
“Pak-Qatar Family Takaful, as the first
and largest Family Takaful operator,
is viewed as the key influencer in the
progression and advancements in the
field of Islamic finance. Since inception
to a franchise that boasts more than
100 locations across 90+ cities in
Pakistan, is exceptional growth indeed
and something we are all extremely
proud of.
He has successfully led Siemens AG
Pakistan as CEO / Managing Director
and Board Member of operations
in Karachi. He has executed mega
automation programs for global
companies and implemented failsafe
technologies for 1200 wellhead
shutdown systems at Saudi Aramco Oil
and Gas Wells.
He has also set up technology
centre at Siemens Saudi Arabia, to
share best practices, optimize global
competitiveness, and open new project
opportunities.
Hamdani has an Executive Master of
Business Administration from Babson
College, and an Electrical / Electronic
Engineering Degree from the University
of Engineering and Technology.
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