Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has appointed Asif Saeed Sindhu as acting MD/CEO OGDCL here on Tuesday. He has vast experience of more than 25 years in the field of Exploration & Production sector of Hydrocarbon resources in Pakistan. Asif Sindhu has been the Executive Director (Finance)/ CFO since September 2009. Prior to joining OGDCL he was working as Finance Director (CFO) for Shell Pakistan Limited.
Sindhu is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, with around 20 years of diversified financial experience. He was associated with A. F. Ferguson & Co Chartered Accountants (Price Waterhouse Coopers) Karachi, from 1986 to 1991, as an Audit Supervisor. He then joined ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1992 where he held various senior positions in Pakistan, Dubai and Melbourne, Australia. From 1997 to 2001 he held the position of CFO with ANZ Grindlays Bank (Now Standard Chartered). Sindhu joined Shell Pakistan Limited (SPL) in 2001 as Planning Manager and later he was appointed as Chief Financial Officer for the $480 million Shell/PARCO/Chevron/PSO joint venture, Pak Arab Pipeline Company Limited. Later, he served as Finance Director & Country Controller for Shell from 2005 to 2009. Sindhu has been a Director on the Boards of Shell Pakistan Limited, Pak-Arab Pipeline Company Limited and Pakistan Refinery Limited.
He has also been Chairman of the Board Audit Committee of Pakistan Refinery Limited.-PR