Dr. Rashid Bajwa
Chairman/NRSP Designate
Dr. Rashid Bajwa is currently working as Chief Executive Officer of the National Rural Support Program (NRSP). At NRSP, he has been overseeing the largest rural development operations of Pakistan. NRSP’s mandate is to alleviate poverty by harnessing people’s potential and undertake development activities in Pakistan.
Dr. Shahida Jaffrey
NRSP Designate
Dr. Shahida Jaffrey has been honoured to become the first woman Vice Chancellor and founder of the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University in Balochistan. She holds a Master’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Punjab Lahore and PhD in Education from the University of Philippines. She is the Chairperson of Behbud, Balochistan, which provides preventive healthcare to underprivileged women in the rural area of District Mastung. She has also served as the Chief Executive of the largest Rural Support Programme in Balochistan, the Balochistan Rural Support Programme.
Mr. Jesse C. Fripp
Nominee Director PROPARCO
Jesse brings the perspectives of a 25-year professional career spanning North America, Southeastern-Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South Asia. His expertise is based on hands-on experience across dozens of markets, and he is a recognized global expert in enterprise strategy & innovation with a focus on business transformation, catalytic capital strategy, corporate governance and risk management for inclusive finance, fintech and digital disruption, climate enterprise, sustainable economic growth and development, and impact capital ventures.
Mr. Stephen Rasmussen
Independent Director
Stephen Rasmussen has 30 years of development and financial inclusion experience. In 2014–2015, he established and was the first CEO of Karandaaz Pakistan, a start-up company focused on small business finance for job creation, digital financial inclusion, and innovation in the financial sector. Before joining CGAP, he was the World Bank’s microfinance focal point for South Asia. From 2001 to 2008 he was CEO of the Pakistan Microfinance Network, and from 1994 to 2003 he was CEO of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme, a large rural development program in northern Pakistan, where he also helped establish First MicroFinance Bank, the first microfinance bank in Pakistan. Most recently Stephen served as CGAP’s Lead, Digital Rails.
Dr. Ayesha Khan
Acumen Designate
Dr. Ayesha Khan is the Country Director & CEO of Acumen Pakistan. Dr Khan has previously been with HBL Bank as the Head of Corporate Planning & Strategy. She has also worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Co. in New York. Dr. Khan did her Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University USA. She also holds a Masters in International Development from Harvard University and a Doctorate in corporate strategy from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan
NRSP Designate
Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan is the founder of Aga Khan Rural Support Program, the National Rural Support Program (NRSP) and Sarhad Rural Support Program. Presently he is serving as the Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rural Support Program Network (RSPN) and NRSP. He has also received the Global 500 award in 1989, the Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 1990, the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1992, the WWF Conservation Medal in 1994, Sitara-i-Eisaar and Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 2006.
Mr. Fazlullah Qureshi
NRSP Designate
Mr. Fazlullah Qureshi started his career as a civil servant and held various positions including the Chief Executive/MD of Federal Bank for Co-operative, Federal Secretary Planning & Development (Statistical Division), Vice Chairman and Member National Electric Power Regulatory Authority. Presently, Mr. Fazlullah Qureshi is serving as Board member of NRSP and IRM
Mr. Shahid Sattar
Independent Director
A flexible multi-dimensional professional with over 41 years of experience in corporate and institutional, retail and consumer, operations, compliance, and international banking who believes in cultural pluralism. He has extensive experience in Corporate, Retail, Consumer Finance, Branch Operation, SME & Commercial, and Islamic Banking in Pakistan and abroad including Egypt, London, UAE and Saudi Arabia. He remained President/CEO of SAMBA for nine years and currently serving on PMRC, NICL and Raqmi Islamic Digital Bank board as Independent Director. Mr. Shahid is sponsor director of Insta plast Pvt Ltd.