Board of Directors

Mr. Mohomed Bashir joined the Board of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited in 1982. He is a fellow member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom.

In recognition of his services he has been awarded Sitara‐e‐Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2006 and was also conferred with Justice of Peace. On April 7, 2017 he was awarded with the Grade d’ Officier in the National Order of Merit by the President of the French Republic.  On 19 February 2020, Mr. Bashir was awarded the Knight of King, Northern Star Order, first class by the King of Sweden, Mr. Carl Gustaf.

Mr. Mohomed Bashir has a very rich and extensive experience in commerce and industry. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited. He is also serving on the Boards of the following organizations:

• Gul Ahmed Energy Limited
• Ideas (Private) Limited.
• Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited
• GTM (Europe) Limited – UK
• Gul Ahmed International Limited (FZC) – UAE
• Habib University Foundation
• Education Fund for Sindh
• Gul Ahmed Holdings (Private) Limited
• International Cotton Association Limited (ICA)
• International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF)

Presently his honorary Government, Trade & Industry and Consular positions include:

• Vice Chairman – International Cotton Association (ICA)
• Chairperson, Apparel, Made-Ups and Technical Textile Council, Ministry of Commerce.
• Member, Sindh Doing Business Reform Council
• Member National Export Development Board (NEDB)
• Member Pakistan China Business and Investment Forum
• Member of The Prime Minister’s Council of Business Leaders, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Commerce and Textile.
• Member on the Task Force on Textile Policy, Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Commerce and Textile.
• Member, Pakistan France Business Council
• Member, Pakistan German Business Council
• Member, Pakistan Swedish Business Council

Previously, he has also held the following honorary Government and Trade & Industry positions;

• Honorary Consul General of Sweden – Sindh / Baluchistan – 1^st Sept, 2015 to July, 2023
• Chairman, Pakistan Business Council – 2014 – 2015
• Founder Director, Pakistan Business Council – 2005 – 2022
• President, International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) (2010 – 2012)
• Member, Tax Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance (2014-2016)
• Member, Tax Advisory Council, FBR (2014-2016)
• Founder, Trustee, Fellowship Fund For Pakistan 2003 – 2013
• Member, Advisory Committee, Federal Tax Ombudsman, Government of Pakistan (2011 – 2014)
• Member, Economic Advisory Council, Government of Pakistan (2001 -2003 / 2008-2013)
• Member, Export Promotion Board, Government of Pakistan (2002 – 2007, 1995 – 1997)
• Member, National Strategy on Textiles (2006 – 2007)
• Chairman, Pakistan Britain Advisory Council (2002 – 2005)
• Chairman, All Pakistan Textile, Mills Association (1989 – 1990)
• Vice Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (1982 – 1985)
• Chairman, Pakistan Swiss Trade and Industry Committee (1981– 2000)
• Governing Board, Pakistan Design Institute (1981 – 2000)
• Member, Advisory Board of CPLC, Government of Sindh (2010)

Mr. Zain Bashir joined the Board in May 1997. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Company and is a certified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG). He is on the Board of Landhi Infrastructure Development and Management Company, which is responsible for enhancing the infrastructure of Landhi Industrial Area. In 2009-2010, 2015-2016 & 2018-2019, he remained the Chairman and President of the Landhi Association of Trade and Industry respectively. In 2012-2013, he remained the Chairman of the Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association. He has also served as the Executive Committee Member of the Landhi Association of Trade and Industry.

His extensive association with the textile sector has provided him with an in-depth knowledge of the industry.

Mr. Mohammed Zaki Bashir joined Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited in 2005 and subsequently joined the Board in 2008. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited. He holds a graduate degree from Regents Business School, UK, in the subject of International Business and is also a certified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).

Mr. Mohammed Zaki Bashir is a member of Executive Committee of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA). Mr. Mohammed Zaki Bashir has also been a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization since 2014.  The Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) is a global, peer-to-peer network of more than 12,000+ influential business owners with 173 chapters in 54 countries. He is a member of the Pakistan Textile Council and serves on its board as a director. He is also a member of Young Presidents Organization (“YPO”) Pakistan.

Through his thorough knowledge of the Company, he has contributed to the overall growth of the Company. He is also serving on the board of the following companies:

• Arwen Tech International Limited (FZC) – UAE
• Gul Ahmed Power Company (Private) Limited
• Gul Ahmed International Limited (FZC) – UAE
• GTM (Europe) Limited – UK
• GTM USA Corp. – USA
• Ideas (Private) Limited
• Gul Ahmed Holdings (Private) Limited
• Sky Home USA Corp. –USA
• Pakistan Textile Council

Mr. Ziad Bashir has been a member of the Board since February 1999. A graduate from Babson College, USA, with a bachelor degree in Entrepreneurial Studies, he has a comprehensive experience of the textile sector and is involved in various developmental and operational activities of the Company.

He is also associated with the Information Technology (IT) industry and has played a key role in the transformation of the Company’s IT infrastructure. He is a certified director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).

Over the years, he has served as Chairman of Landhi Association of Trade and Industry. He is on the Board of Landhi Infrastructure Development and Management Company. He has also served as a President of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Pakistan and Executive Committee of the Pakistan Board of Investment and on the Board of Central Managing Committee of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA). He is also a member of Board of Directors of Pakistan Business Council and Chairman of Pakistan Retail Business Council. He is also serving as the Honorary Consulate General of Denmark in Pakistan.

Furthermore, he has served on multiple Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committees, overseeing two key areas of Domestic Commerce and Information Technology. With the aim of promoting provincial trade and investment, he has been associated with the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade for almost a decade. He is also a member of various committees on the Federal Board of Revenue to enhance the capability of the tax system and overall uplift of the economy.

Mr. Ehsan A. Malik joined the Board of Directors of the Company in June 2016. He is also a Member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Mr. Ehsan A. Malik is a certified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG). He is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan Business Council. From 1st September 2006 to 31st October 2014, Mr. Ehsan A. Malik was the Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Pakistan Limited and a Director of Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited. Prior to this, he was Chairman and CEO, of Unilever Sri Lanka Limited and his earlier International appointments covered Unilever’s regional businesses in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Sudan as well as Unilever’s Head Office in the UK. These preceded senior commercial and financial roles at Unilever Pakistan. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Abbott Laboratories Pakistan Limited, National Foods Limited, FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited and Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited.

Mr. Ehsan A. Malik is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, and alumni of the Wharton and Harvard Business Schools.

Ms. Zeeba Ansar joined the Board as an independent non-executive director in April 2020. She is also the Chairperson of the Human Resource & Remuneration Committee of the Company. She has over 28 years of private and corporate banking experience. She earned her Bachelor’s in economics and statistics from the University of Punjab and then completed her MBA in marketing and finance at the Institute of Business Administration. In her career as a banker, she has worked with Deutsche Bank AG as Manager Corporate Banking Department and Faysal Bank as Senior Vice President and Corporate Head-South. She then joined UBL as Executive Vice President and Regional Corporate Head-South and retained the position for 10 years. Her most recent professional engagement was with NIB Bank as Group Head-Corporate and Investment Banking where she worked till 2017. She is an independent director on the Board of Directors of Cherat Cement Company Limited and SAMBA Bank Limited respectively. Additionally, she is a member of Board Risk Committee of SAMBA Bank Limited and she is also the Chairperson of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee of SAMBA Bank Limited. Ms. Zeeba Ansar is a certified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Nov. 1968) from the United Kingdom and started his career in Pakistan as an auditor with A.F. Ferguson & Co. Mr. Mirza then made a career move in December 1970 and joined Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited, a multinational Pharmaceutical cum health care company as Chief Financial Officer. He became one of the youngest Managing Directors of his time in the year 1977 and remained in that position, i.e. Managing Director Abbott Pakistan, for 29 years.

Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza held the position of Chairman Export Processing Zones Authority from February 2007 to March 2009 and then joined PBC (Pakistan Business Council) as its Chief Executive Officer, a position he held till December 2015. PBC is a Think Tank cum Business Policy Advocacy Forum.

He is currently serving as Director on the Boards of Colgate Palmolive (Pak) Ltd., Askari Bank Ltd., Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd., Education Fund for Sindh (EFS), of which he was the Chairman from Dec. 2012 to Oct. 2016.

Previously, he served as Chairman of Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Ltd. (PMEX)–formerly National Commodity Exchange Ltd. (NCEL), Chairman of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), President of Overseas Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI), President of American Business Council (ABC), Chairman of Pharma Bureau (Association of Pharmaceutical Multinationals).

He served as the Chairman of Unilever Pakistan Foods Ltd. (UPFL) and Phillip Morris (Pakistan) Ltd. He also served as Director on the Boards of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan State Oil (PSO), International Steel (ISL), Sarmaya-e-Pakistan Ltd., National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Bank Alfalah Ltd, Abbott Laboratories (Pak) Ltd., Pakistan Textile City Ltd., Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF), Genco Holding Company, NAVTEC, Safari Club of Pakistan Ltd. and Karwan-e-Hayat of which he was also the Chairman. Further, he represented PBC on the Board of BOI (Board of Investment) and other Government Bodies/Institutions.

Mr. Kamran Y. Mirza has also been a past Chairman of a Task Force set up by Planning Commission on Pharmaceutical Industry, a member of the Economic Advisory Board of the Federal Government and Sindh Wild Life Board. He has served as a Member on Quality Control Board of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He also lectured at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).

He holds the following directorships:

• Colgate-Palmolive (Pakistan) Limited
• Rafhan Maize Products Co. Limited
• Askari Bank Limited
• EFS (Education Fund for Sindh)