Chairman
Mr. Yousuf Abdullah has a Master in Business Administration degree from the UK. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sapphire Finishing Mills Limited and is also on the board of other group businesses. He became Director in various companies of Sapphire Group in 1995. His vision was instrumental in introducing new lines in the textile businesses. Having considerable experience in sales promotion, he added remarkable goodwill of Sapphire products in local as well as international markets.
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Shahid Abdullah has been associated with Sapphire Group since 1980. Being a director of various companies of Sapphire Group, he has to plan and forecast for both long and short-term positions. He introduced new lines in the textile business like knitting, cone dyeing, fabric dyeing and finishing. He has achieved considerable experience of spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, finishing and power generation. He has experience and is competent in business dealings, especially for procurement of plant and machinery, raw material and other assets. He is well-versed in sales promotion and has successfully created goodwill for Sapphire products in local as well as in export markets. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from University of Karachi. He is serving as Chief Executive Officer of Sapphire Fibres Limited and Sapphire Electric Company Limited.
Director
Mr. Nadeem Abdullah has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sapphire Textile Mills Limited for the last 17 years and is also a director in other group companies. He graduated from McGill University Canada. He is serving as Chief Executive Officer of the company's subsidiaries in the renewable energy segment. Mr. Nadeem contributed to Company’s growth in terms of diversification in the value-added segment including retail and renewable energy. He has vast experience of business establishment and management. He led the business growth of the organization, introduced new product lines and managed the development of many value-added products. He was involved in the development of the group’s textile operations, which provided him an in-depth understanding of the business. Mr. Nadeem has expertise in multiple disciplines including sales and marketing, supply chain management, product development and management etc.
Director
Mr. Shayan Abdullah has done Bachelor of Science in Business Management with concentration in Economics and Finance from the USA. Additionally, he has undertaken various professional courses from universities such as London School of Economics and Lahore University of Management Sciences. Before getting appointed as a director with Sapphire Fibres Limited, Mr. Shayan has worked at Executive levels with other Group Companies. He oversees raw material procurement, accounts and marketing for spinning divisions of Sapphire Fibres Limited, Amer Cotton Mills (Pvt.) Limited and Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited.
Director
Mr. Amer Abdullah has a Master in Business Administration degree from the U.S. He joined the group at a young age and was appointed as director in 1990 in various group companies. He has undertaken various textile expansion projects and has diversified the dairy business. He is experienced in business dealings especially for procurement of plant and machinery, raw material and other assets. He has rich experience of sales promotion and has successfully added goodwill for Sapphire products in domestic as well as in export markets. He is serving as Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Fabrics Limited and Sapphire Dairies (Private) Limited.
Director
Mr. Nadeem has an extensive background in operations, general management and business development. He is amongst the co-founders of The Resource Group (TRG), a Washington-DC based investment holding company specializing in the global business process outsourcing & IT services sector. TRG employs approximately 15,000 people across 5 continents. Mr. Nadeem currently serves as the Managing Director & Country Manager for Pakistan for TRG. Nadeem was one of the founding members of OPEN (Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America), Washington, DC Chapter. He is the immediate past President of the American Business Council of Pakistan. He has also served as Chairman, P@ SHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and Ites). He is the current President of the Harvard Business School Club of Pakistan, a member of the Corporate Leaders Advisory Board of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. Mr. Nadeem is also a member of the board of the Young Presidents Organization-Pakistan Chapter (YPO).
Director
Mr. Abdul Sattar Arain is Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan as well as he holds a Masters Degree in Commerce. He has over 40 years of experience of working in financial management, project planning, Individual and corporate taxations. He has attended many professional courses and seminars on various topics of financial management and planning. He has been with Sapphire Group of companies since 1981 and has served at key managerial positions. Mr. Abdul Sattar Arain is presently serving as a member on the Board of Directors of Sapphire Fibres Limited and some other group companies.
Director
Mr. M. Naeem Khan is an AMP from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, a fellow member of both The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He has exposure in oil marketing where he extensively developed the retail chain and nurtured commercial customers besides looking after the treasury and accounting functions. He has also worked with the food industry where he was instrumental in developing new economically viable product lines. He has been an investment banker with extensive exposure to the capital markets. Currently he is serving on the Boards of Raaziq Group, which is engaged in logistics besides public transportation. He has served on the Boards of Atlas Group. Presently, he is a member of the Board of Service Industries Ltd and the Chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Khan qualifies as independent director under the guidelines of Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the Code of Corporate Governance
Director
Dr. Mariam Chughtai is Assistant Professor and founding Associate Dean at the LUMS School of Education. She is also the Director of Pakistan Programs for the Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University. She has a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) from Harvard University specializing in Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice. She has two Masters degrees from Harvard University, in International Education Policy and Education Policy and Management, and a Bachelors in Political Science from Rice University. As a teaching fellow, Dr. Chughtai taught several courses at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, along with Negotiations at Harvard Law School and Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. She is now based in Pakistan and working on her forthcoming book on the politics of making and breaking identity through education.