Mr. Syed Wamiq Abrar Bokhari
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Syed Wamiq Bokhari is a senior international petroleum executive who has worked on various projects in five continents. He attained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Petroleum Engineering from University of Texas. He has attended several technical and management courses, including advance management course in Oxford. Wamiq started his career with US based ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company) in US, working with them in the Gulf of Mexico, Permian Basin, Alaska, South America, Yemen, North Sea and Far East. He later joined LASMO (later acquired by Eni) and served as the Operations Manager in Pakistan, and was involved extensively with the green field developments of Bhit, Zamzama, Miano and Sawan fields. He later moved to Nigeria to head Eni’s Partner Operated Business unit that was responsible for an annual net budget of US$ 250 million and net production of around 100,000 BOEPD. In Nigeria he was involved with the world’s largest FPSO (Floating Production, Storage & Offloading facility) development that was located in deepwater. Lately, he was assisting Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Company (KUFPEC) in managing the Exploration & Production (E&P) activities in the Far East & Australia Region that is almost entirely offshore.

Wamiq has acquired broad based industry knowledge (technical & managerial) through a life time of Exploration & Production work. In addition, he has established credibility with several multinationals and has a vast professional network in the international as well as regional petroleum sector.

Wamiq has also been very active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has authored several technical papers. As the conference Chairman, he organized the first ever Oil & Gas show in Pakistan in 2002 which was very successful attracting several international companies despite the environment generated by 11th September 2001 event. He also served as Vice President Expert Committee of PPEPCA (Pakistan Petroleum E&P Companies Association) from 2002-2003.

Mr. Sheikh Mohammed Moeen
Director

Mr. Sheikh Muhammad Moeen is representing KASB Group on the Board of Directors of New Horizon Exploration and Production Limited (NHEPL).

Moeen joined KASB Group in 2004 as Risk Manager and Company Secretary of KASB Securities Limited. He headed risk and compliance functions and was responsible for managing corporate and legal affairs of the company. In 2005 he was elevated to head KASB Securities’ finance and accounting divisions and since then is discharging his duties as its Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. During his tenure at KASB Group he played key role in developing corporate structures of various KASB Group entities, which include KASB Funds, KASB Group, KASB Resources and KASB Capital Limited.

Prior to joining KASB Securities, Moeen was associated with JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company (local affiliate of Japan Credit Rating Agency) as Senior Financial Analyst, where he played key role in devising the first ever corporate governance rating benchmark and implemented these ratings for the first time in Pakistan.

He has also been associated with A.F.Ferguson & Co. Chartered Accountants, Karachi (member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers) since 1997. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and holds certificate level qualifications in Management Accounting and Islamic Finance.

Mr. Farid Masood
Director
Mr. Farid Masood has been a part of KASB Group since July 2004 and brings with him 11 years of professional experience. Since 2001 he has been advising leading companies in Pakistan on diversification, financial restructuring, privatization, mergers, and acquisitions. Prior to 2000, he worked as a principal consultant for Price Water house Coopers in the USA, advising energy and telecom companies on new venture development and cross border M&A. Mr. Masood has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (USA) and a Masters degree in Finance and International Business from Cambridge University (UK).