Mr. Abdul Samad Dawood is currently serving as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Dawood Hercules Corporation. From 2018-2021, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Engro Corp, and now chairs its Board Finance and Investments Committee (BFIC).
Mr. Abdul Samad Dawood’s experience of management and governance spans over 20 years with a special interest in mergers and acquisitions. He has led M&A deals of over US$4 billion, including Dawood Hercules Corporation’s acquisition of HUBCO from National Power International Holdings B.V. in 2012 and the sale of DH Fertilizers to Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd in 2015. He was also given the responsibility to lead the merger of Engro Foods (a subsidiary of Engro Corporation) into global dairy giant Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. based on the convergence of their values, goals, and abilities to address Pakistan’s nutritional challenges; he has since served as the Chair of the Board of FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan. These efforts are a culmination of the values advocated by the Chairman, Mr. Hussain Dawood, who believes a strong code of values builds the foundation for effective problem-solving and human prosperity.
Mr. Abdul Samad Dawood is also an active director on the Board of Pakistan Business Council (PBC), a pan-industry advocacy group that promotes easing of barriers to enable Pakistani businesses to compete in regional and global arenas. His corporate governance journey spans various sectors in line with his interests; he is the Chairman of Cyan and a Director on the Boards of Dawood Hercules Corporation, Engro Corporation, FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan, The Dawood Foundation, Khaadi Corporation (Pvt), KSBL, Karachi Education Initiative, Dawood Corporation (Pvt), Dawood Investments (Pvt), Dawood Lawrencepur, Reon Energy (Pvt), PBC, and Endeavour Pakistan. He has previously served as Chief Executive Officer for DH Corp and Cyan, and is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization.
Mr. Abdul Samad Dawood also has a keen interest in music and plays the piano and guitar. He is a graduate in Economics from University College London, UK and a certified director of corporate governance from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.
Mr. Muhammed Amin is a Chartered Accountant. He has over 30 years of experience with reputed FMCGs at senior management positions. He was CEO of Gillette Pakistan Limited till December 2000 and Regional Business Director, Gillette Middle East and Africa from 2001 to 2003. He headed Mondelez Pakistan Limited as CEO for over ten years till 2014. Later, he established Sunridge Foods in 2015 and headed the company until January 2020.
He has served on the Board of Directors of Engro Foods Limited from 2006 to 2016 and Al Shaheer Corporation Limited from 2016 to 2019. He has also been on the Board of Governors of the British Overseas School, Executive Committee of the American Business Council, Management Committee of the Lasbela Chamber of Industry and Executive Committee of the Pakistan Advertisers Society.
Currently he is serving on the Board of Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited, Cyan Limited, International Packaging Films Limited, and Universal Coating Films (Private) Limited.
Muhammad Bilal Ahmed became a Director on the Board of Dawood Lawrencepur Limited in October 2023.
With over 13 years of experience in commercial and financial management, Bilal’s professional journey primarily unfolded within the Engro group companies. Presently, he holds the position of Chief Investment Officer at Dawood Investments Limited and is also on the Board of Directors of Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited. Before this, he served as General Manager – Investments at Engro Corporation.
Bilal’s accomplishments include guiding significant capital market transactions for Engro, such as facilitating the issuance of Preference Shares and Sukuks for Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited. He notably led Pakistan’s pioneering Islamic debt transaction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an achievement recognized as the ‘Pakistan Deal of the Year’ at the IFN Awards in 2018. His expertise extends to intricate financial instruments like synthetic cross-currency swaps and interest rate swap transactions, which he executed for various Engro group companies.
Bilal holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is also a designated CFA charterholder. Beyond his professional roles, Bilal is an active member of the Board of Trustees for the Oxford & Cambridge Society, Karachi Educational Trust (OCSKET), and has previously contributed as Visiting Faculty at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.
Mujtaba previously served as the Head of Strategy for Dawood Hercules Corporation. Before DH Co, he worked as the Head of Strategy and Transformation for British Telecom in London. At BT, Mujtaba served in various commercial roles including Project Director in Global Services Division and as the Head of Procurement for the UK-wide fiber rollout program. Mujtaba started his career as a software entrepreneur at the age of 19 and since then he has been part of founding teams in a range of startups in the technology, security, and financial services spaces.
Mujtaba holds his BS in Computer Systems Engineering and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.