Sapphire Fibres Limited
 
     
 
 
 
 
SHAHID ABDULLAH - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr. Shahid Abdullah has been associated with sapphire group since 1980. Being a director of various companies of Sapphire Group, responsibilities bestowed upon him enabled him to accept challenges and take decision in critical scenarios. He has to plan and forecast for both long and short-term positions. He has actively participated in planning for the new projects and served in an excellent manner for expansion and development. He introduced new lines in textile business in Group like Knitting; cone Dyeing, Fabric Dyeing and finishing lines. He has attained very good experience of Textile Spinning, weaving, Knitting, Dyeing, Finishing and Power Generation. Recently Sapphire Electric Company Limited, a combined cycle, duel fuel power project, has started its commercial operations with a capacity of 225 MW. He is the Chief Executive of the Company. He has experience and is competent in business dealings, especially for procurement of plant and machinery, raw material and other Assets. He has experience in sale promotion and has successfully created goodwill for Sapphire products in local as well as in Export Markets. In addition to good knowledge and experience of production Sales and procurement, he is a good administrator and handled the administration of the group very successfully. He holds bachelor's degree in commerce from Karachi.

NADEEM ABDULLAH

Mr. Nadeem Abdullah graduated as commerce graduate from MC Gill University Canada. He is currently the Chief Executive officer of Sapphire Textile Mills Limited and director in other group companies. He also has been director and member of Young President Organization, The Indus Entrepreneur, AISEC, India Pakistan Chief Executive Business Form, Karachi Cotton Association, Pakistan Business Council and Standard Chartered Pakistan. He has led the business growth of the organization, introduced new product lines and let the development of more value added products. He was involved hands-on with the development of the Group's textile operations, which has provided him with an in-depth understanding of the business. He has spearheaded the diversification of the group in non- textile business Mr. Nadeem has developed expertise in multiple disciplines including sales and marketing, supply chain management, product development and management etc.

AMER ABDULLAH

Mr. Amer Abdullah is Master in Business Administration from USA. He joined the Group in younger age and was appointed as Director in 1990 in various group companies. He has undertaken various expansion projects of Textile sector and has diversified towards Dairies. Being a Director of Sapphire Group, responsibilities bestowed upon him, enabled him to accept challenges and take decision in critical scenarios. The Textile has quite complex dimension due to seasonal exposure and hence it requires to be out maneuvered by efficient planning. He is experienced and is competent in business dealings especially for procurement of plant and machinery, raw material and other assets. He has rich experience in sales promotion and has successfully added goodwill for sapphire products in Domestic as well as in Export Markets.

YOUSUF ABDULLAH - CHAIRMAN

Mr. Yousuf Abdullah is Master in Business Administration UK. He is Chief Executive Officer of SFL Limited and also on the Board of other group business. He became Director in various companies of Sapphire Group in 1995. He has attained very good experience of Textile, Dyeing, Knitting and Finishing. He has actively participated in planning for new projects and served in an excellent manner for its implementation and expansion. He introduces new lines in Textile business. Having good experience in sale promotion, he added goodwill for sapphire product in local as well as in international markets. Presently he is working for expending in value addition textile chains / Lines. In addition to good knowledge and experience of production sale and procurement, he is good administrator and handled the administration of the group very successfully.

SHAYAN ABDULLAH

Mr. Shayan Abdullah has done Bachelor of Science in Business Management with concentration in Economics and Finance from USA. Additionally, he has undertaken various professional courses from universities such as London School of Economics and Lahore University of Management Sciences. Before getting appointed as a director with Sapphire Fibres Limited, Mr. Shayan has worked at Executive levels with other Group Companies. He oversees raw material procurement, accounts and marketing for spinning divisions of Sapphire Fibres Limited, Amer Cotton Mills Limited and Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited.

ABDUL SATTAR

Mr. Abdul Sattar Arain is Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan as well as he holds Masters Degree in Commerce. He has over 40 years of experience of working in financial management, project planning, Individual and corporate taxations. He has attended many professional courses and seminars on various topics of financial management and planning. He is with Sapphire Group of companies since 1981 and has served at key managerial positions. Mr. Abdul Sattar Arain is presently serving as a member on the Board of Directors of Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited some other group companies.

NADEEM ARSHAD ELAHI - INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. Nadeem has an extensive background in operations, general management and business development. He is amongst the co-founders of The Resource Group (TRG), a Washington-DC based investment holding company specializing in the global business process outsourcing & IT services sector. TRG employs approximately 15,000 people across 5 continents. Mr. Nadeem currently serves as the Managing Director & Country Manager for Pakistan for TRG. Nadeem was one of the founding members of OPEN (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America), Washington, DC Chapter. He is the immediate past President of the American Business Council of Pakistan. He has also served as Chairman, P@SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and Ites). He is the current President of the Harvard Business School Club of Pakistan, a member of the Corporate Leaders Advisory Board of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. Mr. Nadeem is also a member of the board of the Young Presidents Organization-Pakistan Chapter (YPO).

MARIAM CHUGHTAI - INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Dr. Mariam Chughtai is Assistant Professor and founding Associate Dean at the LUMS School of Education. She is also the Director of Pakistan Programs for the Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University. She has a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) from Harvard University specializing in Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice. She has two Masters degrees from Harvard University, in International Education Policy and Education Policy and Management, and a Bachelors in Political Science from Rice University. As a teaching fellow, Dr. Chughtai taught several courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, along with Negotiations at Harvard Law School and Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. She is now based in Pakistan and working on her forthcoming book on the politics of making and breaking identity through education.

MUHAMMAD NAEEM KHAN - INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Mr. M. Naeem Khan is an AMP from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, a fellow member of both The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He has exposure in oil marketing where he extensively developed the retail chain and nurtured commercial customers besides looking after the treasury and accounting functions. He has also worked with the food industry where he was instrumental in developing new economically viable product lines. He has been an investment banker with extensive exposure to the capital markets. Currently he is serving on the Boards of Raaziq Group, which is engaged in logistics besides public transportation. He has served on the Boards of Atlas Group. Presently, he is a member of the Board of Service Industries Ltd and the Chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Khan qualifies as independent director under the guidelines of Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the Code of Corporate Governance.

 

First Floor, Tricon Corporate Centre,
73- E, Main Jail Road, Gulberg II,
Lahore, Pakistan.
Phone(s):+92 42 111 000 100
Fax:+92 42 3575 8783
E-Mail:contact@sapphire.com.pk

 

316, Cotton Exchange Building,
I.I. Chundrigar Road,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Phone(s):+92 21 111 000 100
+92 21 3241 0930
Fax:+92 21 3241 6705
E-Mail:contact@sapphiretextiles.com.pk

 
 
 
 
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