Khawaja Iqbal Hassan

Independent Director at Engro Corp

Khawaja Iqbal Hassan joined the Board of Engro Corporation in 2018.

Mr. Hassan currently also serves as a Director on the Board of ICI Pakistan Ltd and Lucky Cement Limited. He is a Trustee on the Boards of the Karachi Grammar School, the Layton Rehmatullah Benevolent Trust and The Tauheed Trust. He is also Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Development Corporation Advisers, a wholly owned subsidiary of the CDC Group Plc of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Hassan has previously served as a Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of Pakistan and has also been a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan, Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA), Pakistan Steel Mills, Habib Bank Ltd, National Fullerton Asset Management Company Ltd, NIB Bank, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Global Securities Ltd, Citicorp Investment Bank Pakistan, The Pakistan Fund and the Central Depository Company of Pakistan.

Mr. Hassan holds a diploma in Accountancy from the U.K. and a BSc in Finance and Marketing from the University of San Francisco. He started his career in 1980 with Citibank N.A. and in 1994 founded Global Securities Pakistan Ltd, a former joint venture partner of UBS AG and leading stockbroking and investment banking firm. In 2003 he founded NIB Bank Ltd. which, in partnership with Temasek Holdings of Singapore, became a top 10 ranked commercial bank in Pakistan within a period of 4 years.

Mr. Hassan was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan for meritorious contribution to national interests.