Executive Biography
With over three decades within the telecom, consulting, oil & gas, banking, finance, procurement, and services and logistics sectors, Mr. Farooq brings more than 24 years of experience at the C-level, leading complex commercial operations, growing companies from the ground up and turning around low turnover companies into profitable cash cows. Having delivered a broad range of assignments across different organizational functions, including finance, HR, sales, marketing, customer care, business development and commercial, Mr. Farooq has facilitated corporate profitability and shareholder value while enabling sustainable business performance…
Experience
Chief Business Support Officer
TCS
2023 — Present
Chief Business Development Officer / SEVP
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)
2010 — 2014
Founding Chief Executive Officer
Warid Telecom
2004 — 2007
Member, Board of Directors
VPL
2015 — Present
Member, Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair
Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL)
2014 — 2019
Managing Director
Pakistan Telecommunication Employees Trust (PTET)
2014 — 2022
Founding Managing Director — MENA Region
Catalyst Managerial Services
2008 — 2010
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Jazz (formerly Mobilink)
1993 — 2004
Founding Chairman and Member, Board of Directors
U (Microfinance) Bank Limited
2012 — 2018
Chairman, Board of Directors
Sarmuz Investments Limited
2018 — Present
Hamid Farooq 