Pakistan Business Council
Pakistan Business Council (PBC) is a business policy advocacy platform setup in 2005 by 14 of Pakistan’s (now 38) largest private-sector businesses including multinationals. It is a professionally run organization headed by a full-time paid CEO. The council works with the government on economic issues, and with its counterparts in other countries on international trade.
The PBC is a not-for-profit entity registered under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984. Though it is not required under the Law to do so, it follows to the extent possible the Code of Corporate Governance as applicable to listed companies.
Board
The PBC Board has 14 members, thirteen of whom are elected from the Executive Members of the PBC while the CEO is the 14th member of the Board. The current composition of the PBC Board is as follows:
No. |
Name |
Representing PBC Executive Member |
|---|---|---|
01 |
Mr. Ali S. Habib (Chairman – PBC) |
Indus Motors |
02 |
Mr. Sikandar Mustafa Khan (Vice Chairman – PBC) |
Millat Tractors Limited |
03 |
Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood |
Descon Engineering |
04 |
Mr. Bashir Ali Mohammad |
Gul Ahmed Group |
05 |
Mr. Ehsan Malik |
Unilever Pakistan |
06 |
Mr. Hussain Dawood |
Dawood Hercules Corporation |
07 |
Mr. Iqbal Lakhani |
Colgate Palmolive |
08 |
Mian Umer Mansha |
Nishat Textiles |
09 |
Mr. Mohammad Naeem Mukhtar |
Allied Bank Limited |
10 |
Mr. Aliuddin Ansari |
Engro Corporation |
11 |
Mr. Ali Hamdani |
Siemens Pakistan |
12 |
Syed Hyder Ali |
Packages Limited |
13 |
Mr. Waqar Malik |
ICI Pakistan |
14 |
Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza |
CEO, Pakistan Business Council |
Composition by sectors of the economy
PBC currently has 36 members, who cover nearly all sectors of the formal economy. Sector wise representation is as follows:
Sector |
Member Companies |
|---|---|
Large Scale Manufacturing |
|
* Agro-industries |
1 |
* Cement |
2 |
* Chemicals/Fertilizer |
6 |
* Energy |
1 |
* Engineering |
5 |
* Fast Moving Consumer Products |
5 |
* Packaging Material |
2 |
* Pharmaceuticals and Health Care |
4 |
* Textiles |
5 |
Total Large Scale Manufacturing |
31 |
Services |
|
* Engineering Services |
1 |
* Financial Sector |
6 |
Total Members in the Services Sector |
7 |
Membership profile
No. |
PBC Executive Member |
Representative and Designation |
Part of |
|---|---|---|---|
01 |
Abbott Laboratories Pakistan |
Asif Jooma (CEO) |
Abbott Laboratories |
02 |
Allied Bank Limited |
Mohammad Naeem Mukhtar (Chairman) |
Ibrahim Group |
03 |
Cherat Cement Company Limited |
Azam Faruque (Chief Executive) |
Ghulam Faruque Group |
04 |
Colgate Palmolive |
Iqbal Lakhani (Chairman) |
Lakson Group |
05 |
Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited |
Hussain Dawood (Chairman) |
Dawood Group |
06 |
Descon |
Abdul Razak Dawood (Chairman) |
The Descon Group |
07 |
English Biscuit Manufacturers |
Saadia Butt Naveed (Deputy MD) |
English Biscuit Manufacturers |
08 |
Engro Corporation |
Aliuddin Ansari (President & CEO) |
Engro Group |
09 |
Faysal Bank |
Naveed A. Khan (President & CEO) |
Ithmaar Bank B.S.C (Bahrain) |
10 |
Gatron (Industries) Limited |
Shabbir Diwan (Director) |
Gani & Tayub / Gatron Group |
11 |
Getz Pharma |
Khalid Mahmood (Managing Director) |
Getz Group |
12 |
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan |
M. Salman Burney (Managing Director) |
GlaxoSmithKline |
13 |
Gul Ahmed |
Bashir Ali Mohammed (Chairman) |
Gul Ahmed Group |
14 |
Habib Bank Limited |
Zakir Mahmood (President & CEO) |
Habib Bank Limited |
15 |
ICI Pakistan |
Waqar Malik (Chief Executive) |
AkzoNobel group |
16 |
Indus Dyeing & Manufacturing |
Imran Ahmed (Director) |
Indus Group |
17 |
Indus Motor Company |
Ali S. Habib (Chairman) |
The House of Habib |
18 |
International Industries Limited |
Towfiq Chinoy (MD & CEO) |
IIL Group |
19 |
JDW Sugar Mills Limited |
Jahangir Tareen (CEO) |
JDW Group |
20 |
KASB Bank Limited |
Muneer Kamal (President & CEO) |
KASB Group |
21 |
HKS International Limited |
Muhammad Hassan Masood Kunwar(MD & CEO) |
HKS Group |
22 |
Lucky Cement |
Muhammed Ali Tabba (Director) |
Yunus Brothers Group |
23 |
Millat Tractors Limited |
Sikandar Mustafa Khan (Chairman) |
Millat Group |
24 |
Nestlé Pakistan |
Syed Yawar Ali (Chairman) |
Nestlé Pakistan |
25 |
Nishat Chunian (Power) Limited |
Shahzad Saleem (Chairman) |
Nishat Chunian Group |
26 |
Nishat Mills Limited |
Mian Umer Mansha (Director) |
Nishat Group |
27 |
Packages Limited |
Syed Hyder Ali (Managing Director) |
Packages / Ali Group |
28 |
PakArab Fertilizers Limited |
Fawad Ahmed Mukhtar (CEO) |
Fatima Group |
29 |
Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited |
Arpad Konye (Chief Executive) |
Philip Morris International |
30 |
Saif Textile Mills |
Osman Saifullah Khan (Chief Executive) |
Saif Group |
31 |
Sanofi Aventis Pakistan Limited |
Tariq Wajid (Managing Director) |
Sanofi Aventis |
32 |
Sapphire Textile |
Nadeem Abdullah (Chief Executive) |
Sapphire Group |
33 |
Shirazi Investments |
Saquib Shirazi (Director) |
Atlas Group |
34 |
Siemens Pakistan Engineering |
Ali Hamdani (MD & CEO) |
Siemens |
35 |
Standard Chartered Bank |
Mohsin Nathani (President) |
Standard Chartered Bank |
36 |
Tetra Pak Pakistan |
Azhar Ali Syed (Managing Director) |
Tetra Laval Group |
37 |
United Bank Limited |
Atif R. Bokhari (President) |
Bestway Group (UK) |
38 |
Unilever Pakistan |
Ehsan Malik (Chairman & CEO) |
Unilever |
Former chief executives
- Saleem Raza (February 2006 – December 2008)