Professor Dr. S Akbar Zaidi has been the Executive Director (Vice Chancellor/President) of the IBA, Karachi, since January 2020. He is a renowned political economist with an experience of four decades of teaching and research in Pakistan and abroad. His areas of interest in research include political economy, development, the social sciences, and history. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Director, IBA Karachi, Dr. Zaidi served as Professor at Columbia University, New York and held a joint position at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS), from 2010 to 2020.
Dr Zaidi is the Chairperson IBA Board of Governors, and is also on the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan’s Central Bank, for the period July 2022 to July 2027.
S Akbar Zaidi has written over 80 academic articles in international journals and as chapters in books. Amongst his books, are: Military, Civil Society and Democratization in Pakistan (2011), The New Development Paradigm: Papers on Institutions, NGOs, Gender and Local Government (1999), and Pakistan's Economic and Social Development: The Domestic, Regional and Global Context (2004).His recent books include Issues in Pakistan's Economy: A Political Economy Perspective published by Oxford University Press in 2015, and a co-edited volume entitled New Perspectives on Pakistan's Political Economy: State, Class and Social Change, published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. His most recent book is entitled Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in Nineteenth-Century North India, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021.

Mr. Nauman Wazir Khattak hails from village Adamzai in Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He received his early education from Presentation Convent, Muree and PAF school Peshawar. Joined Pakistan air force in 1973 and graduated as Aeronautical Engineer in 1977. Took early retirement from PAF in 1987 as a Squadron Leader to pursue entrepreneurial activities and set up a steel mill in Peshawar.
Besides being Chairman of FF Steel having two production units in Peshawar and Lahore with a turn-over of Rs 34 billion. He has also been Member Board of Directors Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Pvt Ltd., Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization, FATA Development Authority, Engineering Development Board, Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar, Sarhad University of Science and Technology & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority.
Earlier he had served as board member of PESCO, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, Pakistan Industrial and Technical Assistance Center, Board of Investment Pakistan , Pakistan Hunting & Sports Arms Development Company, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan , LEADS, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee FBR, Advanced Technical Training Center Peshawar, Human Resource Management & Development Center (HRMDC), WWF Workers Welfare Fund, CECOS University Peshawar and IMS-Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar.
He has written papers on SWOT Analysis of Industrial Sector of Pakistan, Adverse Impact of Pakistan foreign debts, Promotion of Industrialization in KPK, Pakistan Economic Conditions & Industrialization.
He has also been actively involved in philanthropic and relief activities during natural calamities. Set up one of the largest relief camp in Thakot district Batagram for earthquake affectees.. Also set up camp for IDPs of Swat at Peshawar for 700 families. Carried out eighty house village rehabilitation project and food relief for 2010 flood affectees in Nowshera district.
In 2015 he was elected as Senator from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was the first Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf in the Senate of Pakistan and Chairman Election Commission of Pakistan Tahreek Insaaf.

Saquib Shirazi is a member of the Atlas Group. He is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Honda as well as the Chairman of Pakistan Auto Manufacturers’ Association (PAMA).
He has previously served as Chairman, Harvard Business School’s Global Alumni Board as well as Chairman, Pakistan Business Council.
He is currently on the Boards of Pakistan Mobile Communication (Jazz Pakistan), Tri-Pack Ltd and National School of Public Policy. He also serves as an advisor to British International Investment (BII) for Pakistan. In the past, he has served on the Boards of leading national and multinational companies.
He graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Chief Executive Officer, Sybrid (Pvt) Limited - a Lakson group company,
Ather currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hybrid Private Limited, a company of the prestigious Lakson Group of Pakistan, as well as Venture Partner in Lakson's  Venture Capital Fund (LIVC).
As CEO, Ather is responsible for all operational, business and financial matters and reports directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Ather also advises the Chairman's office directly on matters pertaining to investments in technology ventures, and strategic technology projects, and oversees execution of many of these. Ather was also the founding Chairman of the Board for OPEN Islamabad and later served as President from 2016-2018, as well on OPEN Global Board. OPEN is the largest global network of Pakistani origin professionals and entrepreneurs. Ather continues to serve on the OPEN Islamabad board of trustees. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer science from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute (GIKI) and Purdue University respectively. He received a Gold Model for best academic performance from GIKI in 1999 and is an honorary member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon IEEE Computer Science Honour Society since 2003.
Ather has published a research paper on role of Agile practices in disaster management and business continuity, that he presented in IBM CASCON conference held in Toronto in 2009. Ather is a certified Scrum Master (Virginia, 2006). Ather also serves on the boards Pakistan Children's Heart Foundation, which is building the first Pediatric Cardiology Hospital in Pakistan, and also nominated on the Board of Governors of Institute of Management Sciences, one of the finest business schools in Pakistan Ather has served on the Higher Education Commission's (HEC) National Scholarship Management Committee, HEC's Steering Committee for Improving ORIC functions in Universities, and currently serves on NUST's Research & Innovation Committee. Ather frequently delivers lectures in universities and public forums and volunteers his time for non-profit organizations.

Dr. Nasser Ali Khan

Dr. Irfan Hyder

Dr. Jawad Syed

Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Khan

Dr. Sadia Nadeem

Dr. Shahid Qureshi

Dr. Zahoor Hassan Syed

Mr. Masood Ul Mulk

Mr. Osman Sultan

Dr. Farrukh Iqbal

Mrs. Shamama-Tul-Amber Arbab, Co founder Euro industries Pvt Ltd, is amongst the first few women Industrialists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who has a vast experience of working in various capacities at strategic level. Presently Chairperson Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC), Member BoD OGDCL. Member BoD Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and trade, Member Senate Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Women University, Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs TIE, founding Member South Asian Women Entrepreneurs Network; an international network that works on the principle of exchange of best practices for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region and Member Advisory Council National Skills University Islamabad. Mrs. Shamama also served as President Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry Peshawar, Member BoD Utility Stores Corporation, Member Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW), Member Advisory Board National Incubation Centre Peshawar, Member BoD Southeast Asia Leadership Academy, Member BoD FATA Development Authority, Chair Wecreate Pakistan, Board Member Steering Committee Agribusiness Support Fund and Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zone Development and Management Company (KPEZDMC). Mrs. Shamama has been a frequent speaker at international Fora and recipient of various awards for contribution towards Entrepreneurship and Women Economic Empowerment. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Peshawar, and received training at the Institute of Global Law and Policy IGLP, Harvard University; ILO (Turin) and LUMS . She is a PICG certified Director.

Dr. Shaukat Brah is a Management Consultant and a retired Professor of Management. He has a PhD from the University of Houston, USA. One of his assignments included assisting the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan as a consultant to set up a “Research Intensive” University with a public private partnership.
Dr. Brah has served as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Karachi Education Initiative and founding Rector and Dean at the Karachi School for Business & Leadership (KSBL), Karachi, Pakistan. Also, he served as a Professor and Dean at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, and Al Ghurair University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Moreover, he has taught at the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, (consistently ranked among the top three in Asia and among top twenty business schools globally) for over sixteen years. Moreover, during his graduate studies he worked on a research project on the Space Shuttle Program of NASA.
Dr. Shaukat Brah has over twenty international refereed papers, two thousand eight hundred citations of his research work in the Web of Science, refereed papers in international book series, conference papers, case studies, and other academic contributions. Furthermore, he has served with distinction as a senior and top administrator at three academic institutions in Pakistan and the Middle East.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed

Dr. Hassan Dawood

Mr. Yasser Bashir

Mr. Mubashar Hameed

Dr. Sami Farooq

Mr. Omar Saeed

Mr. Akbar Ayub Khan

Dr. Khurram Shehzad

Mr. Adil Rashid

Mr. Waqasul Hassan

Dr. Zahid Riaz

Dr. Naukhez Sarwar

Dr. Abdul Raziq

Dr. Shujaat Mubarik

Dr. Muhammad Mujahid

Mr. Furqan Syed

Dr. Mir Muhammad Shah

Dr. Farrah Arif

Geoff Perry is a member of the AACSB Executive Team, leads the Global Membership Team and the Asia Pacific Team. With senior management experience in the university sector, having served as business school dean, pro vice chancellor, and deputy vice chancellor at Auckland University of Technology—a 28,000 student, research-intensive university—he has strong strategic, financial, and people management capabilities. He has mentored, advised, and evaluated many higher education business schools across the Asia Pacific region and North America. He co-chaired the Business Accreditation Task Force, which was mandated by AACSB’s board of directors to work with the association’s community to develop the 2020 business accreditation standards.
Geoff has a significant portfolio of peer-reviewed journal articles, commissioned reports, and presentations. He has academic and private sector experience and has worked, consulted, and researched in his home country of New Zealand as well as more broadly in the Asia Pacific region. He holds degrees in the arts and the humanities as well as a PhD in economics with a focus on labor and international economics.

Mr. Yousaf Hussain has over 22 years of professional experience in the banking industry. He primarily served at ABN AMRO Bank, where he held multiple senior managerial positions including those within the Corporate / Credit and Transaction Banking functions. Mr. Yousaf has been associated with Faysal Bank Limited for a long period of more than eight years since August 2008. He has gained vast experience in the banking industry, along with a diverse background in both investment banking and telecommunication sectors. He successfully carried out various projects at Faysal Bank, making a significant contribution to the franchise in his previous positions as Regional Corporate Banking Head-North and Head of Special Assets Management Group.
His experience also includes a senior role with Samba Bank and earlier assignments with Mashreq Bank and Mobilink / Motorola. Mr. Yousaf has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and has done his MBA from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.