Karachi :  Irfan Siddiqui, President and CEO, Meezan Bank Limited has taken over as the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) for the 2021 term.

This was announced at the 161st Annual General Meeting of the OICCI held at the Chamber on Monday, February 1, 2021. Ghiasuddin Khan, Managing Director, Engro Corporation Limited, was elected as the Vice President.

The other elected members of the OICCI Managing Committee for 2021 are as follows:-Ms Erum Shakir  Rahim, GlaxoSmithKline  Pakistan’s, AIi Asgher  Jamali, Indus Motor Company, Atsushi Fujii, Mitsubishi Corporation,Aamir Hafeez Ibrahim,Pakistan  Mobile Communications, Sami Ahmed, Procter & Gamble Pakistan, Rkus Strohmeier, Siemens  (Pakistan ) Engineering, Mehmet Celepoglu,  TOTAL PARCO Pakistan, Amir Rasool Paracha, Unilever Pakistan.

The Incoming OICCI President Irfan Siddiqui in his message to the members said that he strongly believes that Pakistan offers considerable growth potential for existing foreign investors and attractive opportunities for new investors. He said his conviction is supported by OICCI members who invested over US$ 16 billion in new capital expenditure in the last eight years.

Irfan Siddiqui, is a Chartered Accountant from England and Wales, and is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Meezan Bank.

Prior to joining Meezan Bank he has held several senior management positions including Chief Executive Officer at Al-Meezan Investment Bank Limited, General Manager at Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company, and senior executive positions at Kuwait Investment Authority.