The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) is organising two CFO conferences in Karachi and Islamabad on March 28 and April 2, respectively, with the theme "CFOs - Driving Sustainable Organisational Success". Professor Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan, former Advisor Ministry of Finance and SECP Chairman Muhammad Ali will be the chief guests in Karachi and Islamabad respectively.
A keynote speech on "Winds and Waves in the Economic Scenario - Is the CFO ready to swim?" will be delivered by Engro Foods CEO Afnan Ahsan and Atlas Honda Limited CEO Saquib H Shirazi in Islamabad and Karachi respectively. James Lockyer, Director at the Association of Corporate Treasurers, UK will share his views on "Treasury - Driving the Business" at both locations.
The conference will be hosted by special correspondent of CNBC Europe and Middle East Eithne Treanor. Key topics to be discussed in the conference will be strategies for raising funds through financial instruments, cloud computing and its value for CFOs, and a case study on Easy Paisa- Innovation of Banking to the Unbanked.
The conference also features a CFO Rapid Fire Session in which top 10 CFOs of the country will share the strategies they implemented in their organisations to solve a unique business challenge in their companies. The following speakers and panelists will participate in Karachi Conference: Irfan Siddiqui, President & CEO Meezan Bank Limited; Shahzad Dada, Country Head & Managing Director Barclays Pakistan; Muhtashim Ashai, SEVP, Head of Corporate Banking MCB Bank Limited; Muhammad Hanif Akhai, SEVP & Group Executive, Treasury & Capital Markets United Bank Limited; Sirajudin Aziz, President and Chief Executive Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited; and Saima Khattak, General Counsel Siemens Pakistan.
In Islamabad Conference following panelists and speakers will share their knowledge with the audience: Atif Aslam Bajwa, Chief Executive Officer, Bank Alfalah Limited; Nadeem Naqvi, Managing Director KSE; Tajamal Shah, Area General Counsel, British American Tobacco. Nahil Mehmood, Chief Information Security Officer MCB Bank Limited; and Shahid Mustafa, Chief Risk Officer Tameer Microfinance Bank will speak in both locations. The events are expected to be participated by around 1,000 professionals from Finance, Audit, Tax and IT departments.-PR
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