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Governance, Transparency and Service to Members & Students www.icap.org.pk head of Protection Sales Middle East & Africa, Friends Provident International, explained the mechanism Najam Siddiqi (vice chairman) is of insurance against terminal illness and permanent a senior executive with more than disability. 20 years of diversified experience in finance and risk in various commercial Asma Jan Muhammad, chairperson UAE Chapter of ICAP banks in Pakistan and UK and has been members, delivered the vote of thanks to all volunteers instrumental in managing crisis and implementing who joined hands for conducting the session. She turn around strategies. Before transferring to summed up that during life’s struggles, one should Standard Chartered UK to oversee group wide credit never ignore one’s health because it’s the one thing analytics, Najam was the CFO of Standard Chartered that once lost can’t be regained completely. The event bank and chairman of Standard Chartered Modaraba concluded with participants sharing their thoughts and Leasing Companies in Pakistan. Najam is the about the takeaways from the session as well as healthy CEO of an accounting and advisory company Swenta refreshments. Limited. He is a fellow member of ICAP, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) USA, Certified Internal This initiative of UAE Chapter was appreciated by ICAP members on social media. Arshad Gadit, chairman of Auditor (CIA), USA and has a degree in law. Bahrain Chapter of ICAP members, reacted to the event post by pledging a similar session being arranged for Usman Saifi (secretary) is a senior ICAP members in Bahrain. manager at Deloitte UK within the banking and capital markets group Newly Elected Managing focusing on market conduct reforms within wholesale and investment Committee of UK Chapter of ICAP banking. With over 18 years of experience in Members 2019-2021 financial sector across multiple geographies, Usman originally trained as an external auditor with PwC The Managing Committee of UK Chapter of The Institute Pakistan. He then moved to PwC Singapore before of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) members joining Standard Chartered bank where he was in completed its two year term in March 2019, and a Group Internal Audit. Prior to moving to UK, Usman new Managing Committee has now been elected for was the chief financial officer at IGI Insurance. the term 2019-2021. The profiles of the newly elected members are as follows: Shomyl Ahmed Brohi (member) is group treasury manager at Premier Muhammad Shoaib Jan Memon Oil plc. Out of 17 years of experience, (chairman) is chief financial officer at he has served fifteen years in oil and Europe Arab Bank (EAB) plc, part of the gas sector in various locations and Arab Bank Group, one of the largest roles. Shomyl completed his articles from Ernst & Middle Eastern financial institutions. Young Pakistan and has attended various technical He has professional experience of more than 18 and professional courses around the world. years. Prior to EAB, he was associated with Ernst & Young and KPMG. He is a fellow member of ICAP, ACCA and the ICAEW, and has attended leadership Abdul Rasheed Shaikh (member) is program at the Harvard Business School. a Finance Projects and Transformation lead at BNP Paribas Corporate & During 2018, Mohammad Shoaib was included in Institutional Bank, a leading European The Muslim Power 100 list compiled by the British Investment Bank. He is a trained senior Publishing Company recognising achievements finance executive with over 19 years of experience within the professional Muslim communities working in internationally recognised and reputable in UK. He is also a Patron of British Pakistan organisations of Europe, Middle East and Pakistan. Foundation. He is also closely involved with a In his professional career, he has worked at senior large scale project for higher education and positions with KPMG, Deloitte, Barclays, Deutsche health services in Sindh, Pakistan. Bank, JP Morgan Chase and BNP Paribas. May 2019 35