Khurrum Mirza

Mr. Khurrum Mirza is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), USA. He did his Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and has been actively involved in various business development projects in Pakistan and internationally. He also has a post graduate diploma in Project Management from the Pakistan Institute of Management and has attended the maritime security course at the Pakistan Navy War College. Mr. Khurrum Mirza assumed the office of Executive Director (Special Projects & Planning) at Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC, the Corporation) in March 2017. Subsequently, he also assumed the office of Executive Director (Administration) from June 2019 to April 2022.

His major contributions to PNSC since joining the Corporation is towards spearheading a fleet development plan under which PNSC inducted two tanker vessels in 2019 and two more in 2022 and is currently in the process of inducting more tonnage. He is also the project lead for implementation of a computer based shipping ERP for the integration of all major functions of the Corporation and computerized linkage of all PNSC managed vessels with the head office in real time.

Prior to joining PNSC, he gained extensive knowledge and experience with the largest container terminal operator globally where he was involved in several international business developments projects and rose up the ranks to a senior management position. He was also an integral part of the senior project team responsible for setting up a US$ 400 million plus green field container terminal project at the Deep Water Port in Karachi. This project was successfully delivered and commenced operations in 2016. His professional interests include research, strategy formulation, project execution, relationship building, financial modeling and capacity building.