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Uzma Piracha

Company Advisor | Former Civil Servant | Start-Up Founder
Karachi,South

Summary

  • Adept and versatile project manager, learning on the job and acquiring necessary skills in meeting organizational goals.
  • Certified Board Director, providing oversight on management functions including financial stewardship, regulatory matters and government relations. Protecting and informing the shareholders.

Overview

2
2
Certifications
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3634
3634
years of professional experience

Work History

Independent Director

AKD Capital
Karachi, Pakistan (+92)
03.2021 - Current

Financial stewardship and accountability, strategic leadership, leading and planning and board best practices

Independent Director

AKD Reit Management Board
Karachi, Sindh
09.2020 - Current

Provide regulatory oversight as per the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) Regulations, 2019

Company Secretary

Sindh Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd
Karachi, Sindh
12.2017 - 12.2019

SIDCL is a public-sector company mandated to construct, oversee and run megaprojects worth PKR 100-plus billion in Karachi and Sindh, including construction and operationalization of Green Line Bus Rapid Transit Project with 22 bus stations and an underground terminal.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements

  • Promoted from Media Relations Manager to Company Secretary with specific responsibility of compliance with SECP regulations
  • Participating in tenders for operationalization of Green Line BRT including procurement of IITS (integrated solution for connecting all project operations and fleet management)
  • Monitoring and reporting analytics dashboard for PM’s Citizen’s Complaint Portal
  • Ownership of public grievance redressal system. Complaint handling of Green Line by planning and organizing proactive solutions/activities to minimize complaints.
  • Project completion in three years.

Section Officer, Policy Planning

Ministry of Industries & Production
Islamabad, ICT
01.204 - 12.2016

Developing the industrialization policy for the PM's Medium-Term Development Framework in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the Planning Commission of Pakistan

Implementing the World Trade Organizations' GATT Regulations to promote free trade

Developing regular policies on a quarterly basis

Section Officer, Implementation

Cabinet Division
Islamabad, ICT
01.201 - 12.2013

Develop relations with the President’s Secretariat and Prime Minister’s Office for implementation of nation-wide development projects and the President's directives.

Section Officer, Asian Development Bank

Economic Affairs Division, Islamabad
Islamabad, ICT
01.2009 - 12.2009

Capacity development of the ADB Wing (Asian Development Bank) and the JICA Wing (Japan International Cooperation Agency) for the purpose of managing enhanced portfolio and role of the two development agencies in the country

Portfolio management in collaboration with teams from ADB and JICA

Assistant Commissioner, SITE Town

Government of Sindh
Karachi, Sindh
01.2008 - 12.2008

Acting as the First-Class Magistrate exclusively for the trial of offences relating to price control under Section 14-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Pakistan)

Conducting periodic raids on wholesalers and retailers

Collecting PKR 1 Lac every month in fines

Assistant Commissioner, Jamshed Town

Government of Sindh
Karachi, Sindh
02.2007 - 12.2007

Implementation of the Annual Development Plan and collection of date for the national census within the area of jurisdiction

Education

28th Specialized Training Program -

Pakistan Administrative Service Campus
Lahore
06.2006 - 02.2007

33rd Common Training Program -

Civil Services Academy
Walton, Lahore
10.2005 - 05.2006

BBA -

Institute of Business Administration
Karachi
01.1999 - 12.2002

Skills

Project Management Company Formation Regulatory Compliance Government Affairs

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Affiliations

Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance

Certification

World Bank Procurement Rules, International Finance Corporation, Marriott Hotel, Karachi

Timeline

Independent Director

AKD Capital
03.2021 - Current

Independent Director

AKD Reit Management Board
09.2020 - Current

World Bank Procurement Rules, International Finance Corporation, Marriott Hotel, Karachi

06-2019

Director's Training Program, Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance, Karachi

12-2018

Company Secretary

Sindh Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd
12.2017 - 12.2019

Section Officer, Asian Development Bank

Economic Affairs Division, Islamabad
01.2009 - 12.2009

Assistant Commissioner, SITE Town

Government of Sindh
01.2008 - 12.2008

Assistant Commissioner, Jamshed Town

Government of Sindh
02.2007 - 12.2007

28th Specialized Training Program -

Pakistan Administrative Service Campus
06.2006 - 02.2007

33rd Common Training Program -

Civil Services Academy
10.2005 - 05.2006

BBA -

Institute of Business Administration
01.1999 - 12.2002

Section Officer, Policy Planning

Ministry of Industries & Production
01.204 - 12.2016

Section Officer, Implementation

Cabinet Division
01.201 - 12.2013
Uzma PirachaCompany Advisor | Former Civil Servant | Start-Up Founder