Mr. Fakir Syed Aijazuddin

Former Principal – Aitchison College Lahore

Born in 1942, Mr Fakir Syed Aijazuddin (OBE, FCA) was educated at Aitchison College (Lahore), Berkhamsted School (Herts) UK and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1965.

His professional assignments in Pakistan have included the planning and establishing the engine manufacturing facility at Bela-Balochistan (1971-73), the progressive manufacturing programme for Massey Ferguson tractors (1973-74) and the establishment of the National Fertiliser Corporation of Pakistan (NFC) following the reorganisation of the public sector in 1974.

He was Group Controller of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in Abu Dhabi for nine years.

He has been Chairman and CEO of International General Insurance (IGI) and CEO of First International Investment Bank Ltd. He has also served on the Boards of the Lahore Stock Exchange, Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd., and Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation Ltd. (PTCL), of National transmission & Distribution Company Ltd. (a WAPDA company), Bata Pakistan Ltd, and STEDEC.

He has taught at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and at FCC University, Lahore. Between 2006 and 2008, he was a member of the Academic Council at the National School of Public Policy, Lahore, and as Directing Staff Faculty responsible for teaching International Relations.

He served as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Environment in the interim Punjab Cabinet from November 2007 to April 2008. Currently he is Principal, Aitchison College, Lahore.

Since 1994, he has been the Honorary British Consul for the United Kingdom at Lahore, in recognition of which he was awarded the OBE in 1997. He was also the Chairman, Executive Committee of the Lahore Museum, an International Councillor of the Asia Society (New York) and the Country Representative for Asia House, London, and a Fellow of the National College of Arts, Lahore.

 

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