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Mr. Khalid Aziz Mirza
Mr. Khalid Aziz Mirza brings with him over 40 years of experience. In the early part of his career (1968-83), Mr. Mirza gained extensive investment banking experience both in Pakistan (Investment Corporation of Pakistan: 1968-76) and in the United Kingdom (Credit & Finance Corporation: 1976-83) in the areas of project finance, corporate mergers and acquisitions, securities issuance and trading, and portfolio management. He served in IFC from 1983-2000, joining IFC as an investment officer in February 1983, in its Central Capital Markets Department and rising through successive promotions to become Division Manager in April 1989. Later, in 1992, he was appointed Regional Capital Markets Manager and has served as IFC's Chief of Mission in Turkey (1994-96) and Chief of Regional Mission in Thailand (1998-2000). |
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When in IFC, Mr. Mirza was essentially involved in pioneering highly profitable investments in a variety of financial institutions, banking and non-banking, in several developing countries in different parts of the world. This included investing in specialized investment funds, some with a pronounced private equity orientation. Countries covered for both investment and advisory work included: Argentina , Bangladesh , Botswana , Chile , Ecuador , Egypt , Ghana , Hungary , India , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Kenya , Morocco , Pakistan , Philippines , Rumania , South Africa , Sri Lanka , Thailand , Tunisia , Turkey , Uruguay , Uzbekistan and Zimbabwe .
As Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (2000-2003) he implemented a major program of capital markets and corporate sector reform, including substantive measures to improve corporate governance. He also, implemented a series of carefully considered steps to enhance the institutional capacity of the Securities Commission and make it an effective regulatory body.
Serving in the World Bank (February 2003-July 2006) as Sector Manager, Financial & Private Sector Development, East Asia and Pacific, his primary responsibility was managing the Bank's program to develop the Financial Sector and Private Sector in the East Asia and Pacific Region.
As Chairman Monopoly Control Authority (July 2006 -October, 2007), he implemented a program to improve the effectiveness of the institution; and also advised the government on its conversion into a modern competition agency, the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
Mr. Khalid A Mirza is the first and current Chairman of the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
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Mr. Abdul Ghaffar
Mr. Abdul Ghaffar is a senior officer of the Federal Revenue Administration in Pakistan . He has professional experience of over thirty years relating to administration of all direct taxes (Income Tax, Capital tax, Gift tax), administration of sales tax, policy matters related to these taxes, pronouncement of official interpretation of tax related issues, negotiation of avoidance of double tax treaties, and training of tax officials. In addition at the international level, he has also remained engaged in negotiation and implementation of treaties for avoidance of double taxation of income, and training of tax officials in international tax issue such as treaty interpretation, transfer pricing & other cross border transactions.
His recent work since 2002 has related to the monopolies law of Pakistan and the international dimension of competition policy as a Member of the Monopoly Control Authority, Pakistan . |
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He has been actively involved in drafting the new competition law and restructuring of the Monopoly Control Authority of Pakistan in his capacity as a member of the Steering Committee for Competition Policy, headed by Secretary, Finance.
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Ms. Rahat Kaunain Hassan
Ms. Rahat Kaunain Hassan, Member (Legal), received L.L.B degree from the University of the Punjab and the L.L.M degree from King's College London.
She is a recipient of the coveted Britannia Chevening Scholarship and specialized in the Law of International Finance and International Business transactions. She founded and was a Partner at the Law Firm, Hassan Kaunain Nafees, Legal Practitioners & Advisers, and before joining the Commission had over 15 years of practice as a corporate and commercial lawyer. She has also been a partner at the international law firm, Amhurst Brown, in Islamabad and has also served at the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan as General Counsel/Executive Director (Law & Securities Market Division). |
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Her tenure at the Securities & Commission of Pakistan coincided with the implementation phase of the World Bank assisted Capital Markets Reform Project which aimed at developing a fair, transparent and efficient regulatory environment. She has also been the SECP nominated independent director on the Board of the Islamabad Stock Exchange.
Her experience and interaction with leading corporations as legal adviser coupled with the exposure she acquired during the time she held senior public offices provides her a unique perspective on regulatory approaches to resolving issues confronting the corporate sector.
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Dr. Joseph Wilson
Dr. Joseph Wilson, Member (Monopolies & Trading Abuses), has over 15 years of experience of practice, research, and teaching in regulatory laws. Prior to joining the Commission, Dr. Wilson was an Associate Professor of Law at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan, where he taught "competition law" in addition to other courses.
Dr. Wilson has earned Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) with Deans Honour List and Masters of Law (LL.M.) degrees from McGill University , Montreal , Canada , where he was a recipient of Justice Greenshield's Memorial Scholarship. He also holds an LL.M. from the University of Georgia , USA. He |
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has presented at various international conferences, published in international law journals and authored a book title "Globalization and the Limits of National Merger Control Laws (published by Kluwer Law International).
Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Wilson taught at McGill Faculty of Law, and held administrative position at its Centre for the Study of Regulated Industries.
He is a member of the State Bar of New York, USA and Lahore High Court Bar, and also serves on the International Advisory Board of the Loyola University Chicago's Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, USA.
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