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Dr Ali Raza Nemati is an individual with a diversified experience in Human Resource with Rare Mix of Corporate and Academia who is known for the professional depth, skilled caliber, dedication and various contributions to the corporate sector and academia. He has scaled the professional ladder on through humility, vigor, valor, and dynamic leadership. He has worked at various leadership positions while scaling new standards of professional excellence as a key player at the national and international fronts. His forte is Strategic Human Capital Management, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Learning and OD. He has exposure in Digitizing HR Processes and Operations. He has 13 years+ of experience in Banking, Educational and Pharmaceutical Sector. He has been Head/Director HR for Both corporate and academia. He is the Founder and CEO of ARN Advisory Services. His skillset is also utilized as advisor and consultant for Human Resources and Islamic Finance with different organizations. He also remain connected to various corporate & Education Institutions/Universities as Corporate Trainer, Motivational/Guest Speaker, Visiting Faculty, and External Supervisor. He is a Certified Strategic Human Capital Manager from Middle Earth HR (UAE), Certified Training Professional (CTP) from FAA Malaysia, Certified Learning and Development Professional (CLDP) from Concord Canada and Certified Personal Profile Analysis Practitioner from Thomas UK) Certified Professional in Organizational Happiness from United Nations, Certified trainer from IMS Knowledge (Franklin Covey Pakistan). While heading Islamic Banking Learning Portfolio Country Wide at Bank Alfalah and For North Region in Meezan Bank he also had his various certifications in Islamic Finance as Master Trainer. He is Certified Islamic Finance Executive (CIFE) from Ethica Dubai a Certified Islamic Banker & Trainer from Jamia Dar Ul Uloom Karachi. He has impacted the life of 13000+ persons as a trainer. He has been a speaker/trainer to 100+ Institution in Pakistan and Internationally. He has his PhD (Doctorate) in Management along with MS with distinction having 22 National & International Research Publications. He remained as “Associate Professor of Business" (HEC Recognized Sindh Chartered University) . He has also presented research paper at global forums on behalf of Meezan Bank & bank Alfalah at Malaysia and Germany. He is a part of HBR Advisory Panel as well.

Sana Pirzada studied Law from King's College, London, followed by an LLM from the London School of Economics & Political Science in Criminology & Criminal Justice. She completed the Bar Vocational Course from BPP Law School and was Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn. She is also an Advocate of the High Court of Sindh. Sana is an experienced legal consultant offering advisory services on family laws, criminal justice issues, workplace harassment, gender related laws, mental health laws, corporate matters and employment laws. She is the Founder of VLA - Virtual Legal Advisory and takes on family related cases and also offers advisory services in the areas of criminal justice and corporate laws. She also conducts talks and training sessions on a variety of legal areas to educate lawyers as well as laypersons. Moreover, Sana has also been a volunteer for Stop the Traffik, an anti-human trafficking organisation based in the UK for their Aman Safety Project. She is also an academic and has taught law at various universities including teaching Jurisprudence to final year LLB law students and Criminology to LLM students. She is also an Executive-Director at Excelerate Pvt Ltd and advises on contractual and labour/ employment related matters. Sana has conducted sessions on Prevention against Workplace Harassment for: Lucky Textiles, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Dawood Global Foundation's 'Educate a Girl' initiative amongst others. Furthermore, she is a fiction writer. All four of her books were published in the UK: 'The Rose Within - A Gothic Romance', 'Vernon Hall & Other Stories', 'Naomi Byron - A Victorian Legal Thriller' and 'The Raven's Call'.

• CFO - Africa Regional Cluster Microsoft
• Finance Director for Coca-Cola Nigeria;
• Finance Director Pernod Ricard Nigeria;
• Commercial Finance Controller for the West Africa Area at British American Tobacco;
• Head of Tax and Treasury for the West Africa Area at British America Tobacco etc.

M. Muzammil Hemani is currently the Partner Tax & Legal at Hemani Associates, which is having its head office in Karachi.

He is also the Director at Pakistan Institute of Taxation [PIOT] which is an approved learning partner of Chartered Institute of Taxation, United Kingdom in Pakistan.

Besides this, he has led the Local & International Taxation Function of Mondelez International for four countries including Pakistan, UAE, Bahrain & Bangladesh.

Moreover, he is also serving as a Director International Taxation & Transfer Pricing at Tax Research Centre [TRC].

He is the Member of the ICAP Committee on Fiscal Laws. Moreover, he is also associated as the member of the Karachi Tax Bar Association [KTBA].

Muzammil started his professional career with working for KPMG at Karachi and Jeddah offices respectively.

Academically, he is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan [ICAP] and has also completed his Advanced Diploma in International Taxation & Transfer Pricing from the Chartered Institute of Taxation, United Kingdom.

Being the faculty member of Taxation and Law subjects at one of the renowned Institute of CA Pakistan, Muzammil has successfully taught over 4,000+ CA students.

Furthermore, as a Professional Corporate Trainer and guest speaker he has successfully conducted workshops and training on various taxation topics in Pakistan, Dubai, and Singapore. He has remained associated with various forums for conducting tax awareness sessions including ICAP, ICMAP, PIPFA, IFA(UK), PIM, IFMP etc. While, he is also serving as the Course Director for ICAP’s most popular taxation course named as “Tax Master Class”.

As an author on taxation related topics, he has written in various newspapers and tax journals on different topics besides sharing his taxation issues related views on electronic media of Pakistan.

Zafar Aziz Osmani is a renowned business professional with vast management and leadership experience, spanning over a period of three and a half decades. He is expert in strategic HR interventions aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness. He is engaged in advising & training, locally as well as abroad, in the domains of HRM, Leadership, Organization Designing, Capacity Building, Institutional Transformation and Change Management, Rationalizing Staff Structure, Business Process Reviews, Training Needs Analysis, Job Evaluation and Job Profiling etc. During his long professional career, he had been associated with a number of well-known organizations where he held senior-level positions like Member, Head, Director and SEVP, these organizations include, KE, HBL, FBR, Pak Kuwait Investment Co., Meezan Bank, American Express Bank, Gulf International Bank, Exxon Pakistan, Ministry of Finance etc. At present, he is CEO of Excelerate (Pvt.) Limited, where he has been providing management consultancy and HR Advisory services to various public and private sector organizations. In addition, he has also participated as a guest speaker in various organizations in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

Abdul is founder and CEO of LEXICON and is an experienced professional having diversified experience in the field of accounting, finance, Financial Modeling, Data Analysis in Powe Excel, Power BI, teaching, and training. He is also serving as Regional Director of Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA)-UK for Pakistan and heading LEXICON Global organization as well. Previously he had been teaching as an adjunct faculty member in University of the Punjab and PAC Group. Academically he is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) US,  Advanced Financial Modeler (AFM) by Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) Canada, Fellow Member of Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) UK, Bachelor of Law (LLB), Master of Science in Economics and Master of Philosophy in Management Sciences He has provided open house and on-premises training on Financial Modeling, Data Analysis in Power Excel, and Data Analysis in Power BI to leading organizations in Pakistan and Auditor General Office of Papua New Guinea. He has trained hundreds of professionals from UK, Canada, South Africa Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Kuwait, Ghana, Nigeria He is an approved Trainer for:

• Financial Modeling Institute (FMI) Canada
• National Business Development Program of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Pakistan