Zaffar A. Khan

Zaffar A. Khan graduated as a Mechanical Engineer and soon thereafter joined Exxon which following an employee led buyout became known as Engro. He served the Company for 35 years the last 6 years were as the CEO. His career with Exxon included a decade of assignments in Hong Kong, USA and Singapore in the petrochemical division. Upon retirement from Engro he served as Chairman of PTCL, Karachi Stock Exchange and PIA. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at IBA where he teaches Human Resource Management.

He completed an Advanced Management program from the University of Hawaii and has undertaken several short courses from the Harvard Business School and INSEAD.

Zaffar A. Khan has served on a number of diverse Boards in the private sector, public sector and Civil Society Organization. He has previously served on the Shell Pakistan Board for three terms which ended in 2017. Current Board appointments include Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, Datacheck Ltd, YB Holdings, HBL Zarai and Lucky Core Industries.

He is a recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz.