Waqar A Malik
Chief Executive
Waqar A Malik is the Chief Executive Officer of ICI Pakistan Limited – a leading manufacturing company known for its solid performance and 67 years of responsible corporate presence in Pakistan. ICI Pakistan Limited was a premier subsidiary of the U.K. giant Imperial Chemical Industries PLC which was acquired by AkzoNobel in 2008 to form one of the largest chemical companies in the world. A Fortune 500 company, AkzoNobel NV is the largest global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals.
Waqar is the country representative and member of the senior leadership team of the AkzoNobel Group with nearly 26 years of extensive experience in senior management positions in the company and internationally within the group. He has been a Director of ICI Pakistan Ltd. since October 1, 2005 and has also served as Chief Executive and Chairman of Pakistan PTA Limited (now Lotte Pakistan PTA Limited).
His other engagements outside ICI Pakistan Limited are: Director on the Central Board of the State Bank of Pakistan, Director Pakistan Business Council, non-executive Director on the Boards of Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited and IGI Insurance Limited. A former President of Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (OICCI), Waqar is also a member of the Board of Governors of LUMS and a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation
An alumnus of Harvard Business School and INSEAD, Waqar is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.