Aminah Zaheer is the Managing Director of Zahid Zaheer & Associates, a multi-disciplinary management consultancy firm based in Karachi. Prior to relocating to Pakistan, Ms. Zaheer was employed with The Body Shop International Pte Ltd as Regional Finance Director for Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore. Ms. Zaheer holds over 30 years of diverse working experience with some of the world’s largest FMCG firms – namely Unilever, Johnson Wax, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal SA and The Body Shop. In addition to her vast working experience across a sector of Industry, she holds diverse geographic and cultural exposure having worked in several geographies within Asia Pacific, including Dubai, China, Australia and Singapore.
Ms. Zaheer completed Masters in Business Administration from The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi in 1990 with a major in Finance and have also completed innumerable training courses with INSEAD in France, CFA Institute in Singapore, The Johnson Learning Institute and Cornell University in USA. Certified by PICCG on Corporate Governance Leadership Skills, Ms. Zaheer completed the Directors Training Program on Corporate Governance from PICG as early as 2007, and followed this up with a refresher course in 2018. A passionate advocate of Corporate Governance, Ms. Zaheer is a specialist in the areas of Business Start Ups, Acquisitions, Mergers & Joint Ventures, Restructuring & Integration, Corporate Strategy and Brand Creation.
Over the last two decades she has served on diverse boards of renowned Private Limited and Public Listed companies in the capacity of an Executive Director as well as an Independent Director. She is an integral member of the Board Executive Committee, Board Audit Committee, Board IT & IS Committee, Board ESG Committee, Board Capital Increase Committee and chairs the Board Human Resource & Remuneration and Board Risk committees.
Ms. Zaheer is a certified Trainer and have conducted several training sessions on Corporate Governance at PICG & various modules on Directors Training at LUMS, Pakistan. She is committed to the cause of promoting Sustainability and Gender Equality in Pakistan. An integral member of the Patients Aid Society (JPMC Karachi) as well as the Behbood Association Pakistan, she is actively involved in philanthropy devoting a good part of her time to give back to the community.