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Sheikh Adil Hussain
Independent Director
Mr. Sheikh Adil Hussain is an Independent Director and Chairman of the Human Resources Committee at Gillette Pakistan Limited. He has a rich 15+ years’ experience as a FMCG marketer, having worked on multiple categories such as disposable diapers, laundry and home care in a variety of markets including Pakistan, GCC and Germany.
He is a seasoned business leader who has led the marketing department at Henkel GCC, and been part of the company's Executive Committee responsible for overall business steering whilst working out future directions and staving off crises. He led the Hard Surface cleaner category globally and the Dish wash category in MENA, while at Henkel and is currently heading the Marketing Department at one of leading private food companies in Pakistan.
He specializes in Business & Communications Strategy development, Brand Equity and Portfolio Steering amongst other areas. He is an MBA from The Institute of Business Administration Karachi, Class of 2002.
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Syed Jawaid Iqbal
Independent Director
Syed Jawaid Iqbal, President and CEO, CMC (Pvt.) Ltd, began his professional career in 1972 with R:Lintas (now Lowe & Rauf), one of the world's leading advertising agencies. He has over 40 years experience in the communications, publishing and media.
In 1980 he launched Pakistan first full-service PR Agency TWC (now CMC). Affiliated with Ketchum USA. CMC is country's top most agency in image building and perception management sectors.
As a marketing, advertising and public relations practitioner, Jawaid has helped raise professional standards, represented Pakistan at overseas conferences with distinction and helped strengthen forums such as the Advertising Practitioners Guild (as a co-founder) and the Pakistan Advertising Association.
He has represented Pakistan in many regional and international forums. He is also actively associated with a number of social welfare organizations and contributes to leading newspapers, writing on political, social and professional issues as well as international affairs.
As the head of the SouthAsia Forum, he organizes stimulating seminars and conferences on important subjects. He also provides valuable support on a voluntary basis to art education as Chairman of the Central institute of Arts & Crafts, Karachi and to other laudable causes and organizations. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), Gillette Pakistan, Professional Education Foundation (PEF) and Pakistan First Initiative (PFI).
He is the Founding Chairman of the Society for Global Moderation (SGM), a private-sector think tank, dedicated to the promotion of tolerance, inter-faith harmony and democracy.
He was invited by the US Government to a 6 week orientation program "US Foreign Policy in South Asia" in 1990 under the "International Visitors Program - IVP".
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Ghazala Nadeem
Director
Ms. Nadeem is the non-executive director of Gillette Pakistan Limited. She is currently Associate Director Human Resources for Global Development Markets Procter & Gamble International Operations, based in Geneva, Switzerland. She has twenty five years of combined finance and human resources management experience in several local and regional markets. Mrs. Nadeem holds a MBA in Finance from IBA. She joined the Board in 24-Aug-2015.
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Khalid Ahmed Farid
Director & CEO
Khalid Ahmed Farid is Gillette Pakistan's Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director joining the Gillette Pakistan organization on July 1st 2016. Khalid is a proven leader who comes with 15 years of experience of which the past 11 years were spent across various P&G's core categories and markets. Prior to becoming CEO for Gillette Pakistan, he did a short stint as the trial pillar leader for P&G Pakistan where he led his team and agency partners towards a turnaround on KPI. He has also managed the Fabric Care business for the APP region defending high P&G shares against fierce competitive activities. Khalid has also managed the P&G Pakistan Fabric Care business where he turned around the business and continued to delivered unprecedented growth for many years.
Khalid holds an MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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Omer Iqbal Awan
Chairman & Director
Mr. Awan is the Chairman and non-executive director of Gillette Pakistan Limited. He is currently Associate Director for Arabian Peninsula and Pakistan Supply Network Operations for Procter & Gamble, and has fifteen years of supply chain, demand, project planning and management experience in several local and regional markets. Mr Awan holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from GIKI. He joined the Board in 2015.
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Adrian Mark Janjua
Director
Mr. Janjua is the non-executive director of Gillette Pakistan Limited. He is currently Associate Director for Distributor Operations for the region of Indian Sub-Continent, Middle East and Africa, for Procter & Gamble. He has fifteen years of sales management and trade marketing, in several local and regional markets. Mr Janjua holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. He joined the Board in 23-June-2015.
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Faredoun Arjani
Director
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Samar Hayat
Director
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Muhammad Khurram Kidwai
Chairman & Director
Mr. Khurram Kidwai is Chairman of the board and non-executive director at Gillette Pakistan Limited. In under a decade, Mr Kidwai has successfully spearheaded roles at P&G across Central Europe, Middle East and Africa regions, most recently working for the company in Geneva, Switzerland before his return to Pakistan. He is currently senior marketing director & commercial leader at Procter & Gamble Pakistan. Mr Kidwai is also passionate about philanthropy, serving as a full time member of the Rotary Club of Karachi.
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Syed Danish Hussain Shah
Director
Syed Danish Hussain Shah has 12 years’ experience in commercial operations,
business development, and trade marketing, and E2E market development. Rich
experience across trade channels (local, global, old and new), geographies
(nationally and internationally) and with both internal strategy / planning
and external customer / distributor management roles. Mr. Danish has
holistic business management experience from product development, import /
manufacture to launch, exploit and evolve. Currently he is leading sales
function for Procter & Gamble Pakistan. Mr. Danish holds BSc (Hons.)
degree from Lahore University of Management Sciences.
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Abdullah Saleh – ACA
Director
Mr. Abdullah Saleh is director of Gillette Pakistan Limited and a member of Audit Committee. He joined Procter and Gamble (P&G) Pakistan in 2018. He is Country Tax Manager at P&G Pakistan. Mr. Abdullah is a Chartered Accountant. Before joining P&G, he served in A.F. Ferguson & Co. (A member firm of PWC network) as Assistant Manager. His areas of expertise are Financial Reporting, Tax compliance and Internal Controls.
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Anam Parekh
Director
Ms. Anam Parekh is Director of Gillette Pakistan Limited. She joined Procter and Gamble (P&G) Pakistan in 2012. She is currently Senior Associate Brand Manager at P&G Pakistan. During her time with P&G, Anam has worked in various areas of Marketing and lead Planning and Execution of different Brands. Ms. Anam Parekh holds a BA degree from McGill University and MBA degree from York University – Schulikh Schooling System.
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Usman Muneer
Independent Director
Usman Muneer is the Managing Director, at Mondelēz Pakistan, maker of some
of the world’s most iconic food and beverage brands, including Tang,
Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, Trident Chewing Gum and Oreo biscuits. As
Managing Director, Usman is primarily responsible for overseeing the
Mondelēz Pakistan’s operations including two manufacturing sites, around
300+ employees and distribution spread across country.
He has over 12 years’ experience in managing consumer businesses across
several international markets, including the Middle East, Africa, and
Pakistan. After graduating in Pakistan, Usman joined Procter & Gamble,
where he spent his first five years managing iconic Shampoo brands in
Pakistan like Head & Shoulders. He then moved to Dubai and later to
Johannesburg for personal and baby care assignments. Mr. Usman grew up in
Pakistan and holds a Masters of Business Administration with Honors from
Lahore University of Management Sciences.
