PROFILE OF THE BOARD

Mr Sahoo Additional Secretary, Ministry of Industries & Production (MOIP), Islamabad brings with him rich
professional experience, spanning over 21 years from District Coordination Officer to Commissioner, Director
Food, Secretary Planning and Development, Secretary Finance and Secretary Establishment.
He is a hard-core and diligent professional who pursued his Master’s in Social Policy from University of
Nottingham, UK as a Chevening Scholar. He has the distinction of serving in various capacities in the corporate
zones dealing with administration, establishment, litigation, budgetary and financial matters of main ministry/
organizations and has also dealt with numerous cases of companies/corporations.
As Additional Secretary, Mr Sahoo has worked meticulously on the implementation of SME Policy, matters
relating to Investment Facilitation Centre, enforcement of energy and industrial standards, and creating a
suitable, conducive economic environment from the entrepreneur’s perspective. He has worked in coordination
with international agencies for Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements. He is also engaged
in meetings with the Senate and National Assembly Standing Committees and inter-ministerial coordination for
removing bottlenecks in the way of new and existing industrial investment projects.
During his illustrious career, he has served as a Director on the Board of Directors of various leading state-
owned companies and autonomous bodies including Bank of Punjab and Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Private
Limited. He has also contributed to the establishment matters of the Anti-Corruption Establishment, Service
Tribunal, and Public Service Commission. He has been a member of the Provincial Development Working Party
and served as a Panelist for the regional event on “Program for Results (PforR) for Sustainable Results” in
Bangkok, Thailand.
Iftikhar Ali Sahoo
Mr Sahoo is a skilled certified Project Management Professional from the PMI, USA.
Non-Executive Director
Joined the Board on September 01, 2022

Brig Asrat Mahmood joined Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited as Company Secretary on April 13, 2020, and
holds the appointment of Company Secretary in FFC Energy Limited, Foundation Wind Energy I & II Limited,
Fauji Fresh n Freeze Limited and OLIVE Technical Services (Private) Limited also.

He was commissioned in Pakistan Army in March 1987, had a distinguished career of 32 years and served
on varied command, staff and instructional appointments. The Brigadier is a graduate of Command and Staff
College, Quetta and National Defence University Islamabad, besides attending professional courses abroad.

He holds MSc in Strategic Studies and Defence Management, Masters in Business Administration and
Diploma in German Language to his credit.

In recognition of his meritorious service, he was awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military).

He also holds certification of Director’s Training Program from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
(PICG) along with numerous short courses on Management, HR, Disaster Management, Leadership etc.

Brig Asrat Mahmood

SI(M) (Retired)

Company Secretary

EC SC CSR

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