Page 20 - ICAP News Letter March 2015

Newsletter The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan meet of the month: Khalilullah Shaikh It's payback time... By Samina Iqbal I had to name my successor as chairman PAIB Committee, no other would have been “If more deserving than Khalilullah Shaikh.” This statement of Yacoob Suttar, the president Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), in his welcome speech at the CFO Conference 2015 in Karachi stamped the reputation of the man I had been hearing so much about since my three months at ICAP. Flashback. “Who is Khalilullah Shaikh?” I asked one day, exasperated at the man who seemed to be rotating ICAP into fast motion…every few whiles his name popped out at the ICAP working hall invading the world of regular simple folks. “Oh! You don’t know?” a colleague asked with an incredulous look. I felt naive, ill-informed. “The guy with a beard!” I was informed. That was a tough one, as more than half the men at ICAP sport beards. And every time one such one passed by, “Is this KS?” No. “This…?” No. Bad luck. I gave up. Then one late evening I spotted THE man. Not that I knew This Institute has given us a lot. It’s what he looked like (except of course the beard). But I time for us now to give back and recognised him. That confident, serious looking young man walking steps of purpose – couldn’t be anyone else but him – do something for the Institute. Khalilullah Shaikh. Since I had interviewed a CA student (gold medallist) and an employee (longest serving) at ICAP for the previous Newsletters, now it was the turn of a member so “Who is the youngest and the most brilliant ICAP member?” I enquired around. “Khalilullah Shaikh!” pat came the reply. So here he is…meet Khalilullah Shaikh, 35, the young Council member and the man behind the CFO Conference 2015… From Gulistan Shah Abdul Latif School to Adamjee Science College to CA qualification, KS’s academic career marks excellence – A1 grades, positions, and six gold medals (for excellent performance in CA exams). After completing his CA in 2004, and training at A. F. Ferguson & Co, KS had job stints with PricewaterHouseCoopers (PWC) and Pakistan Refinery. Currently, besides his job as head Internal Audit at K-Electric, and teaching CA finalists (for over 10 years), KS is an ICAP Council member and chairman ICAP’s Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) committee. In conversation with KS... (Continued on page 17 to 19)