WHO WE ARE
TURKI SALEH A. ALRAJHI
|Executive Chairman of the Board; Human Capital and Compensation Committee
Mr. AlRajhi serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mithaq Holding Company and Managing Director of Mithaq Capital SPC. In these roles, he is responsible for drafting and executing the overall strategy, which includes making the capital allocation decisions and the selection and compensation of senior executives. Mr. AlRajhi holds a Bachelor of Finance and Banking from Dar Al Uloom University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and completed the Value Investing Program from Columbia Business School in the United States of America. He aspires to master Chapters 8 and 20 of Prof. Benjamin Graham’s “The Intelligent Investor.”
MUHAMMAD ASIF SEEMAB
|Vice-Chairman of the Board; Human Capital & Compensation Committee (Chair); Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee
Mr. Seemab serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Company and the Chair of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee. He also serves as Managing Director of Mithaq Holding Company and Mithaq Capital SPC, where he is responsible for executing and managing the company's investments, which include public equity, private equity, real estate, and income-producing assets in local and international markets. Mr. Seemab holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Hailey College of Commerce at the University of the Punjab and is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
HUSSAN ARSHAD
|Independent Director; Audit Committee (Chair); Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee; Human Capital & Compensation Committee
Mr. Arshad serves as Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board of the Company. Prior to that, he held positions focusing on financial reporting, audit, governance, risk management and internal controls in various organizations, including Ernst & Young, and Bell Canada Enterprise. Mr. Arshad is a member of the Chartered Professional Accounts (CPA) of Canada, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), and The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the United States of America.
DOUGLAS EDWARDS
|Independent Director; Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee (Chair); Audit Committee
Mr. Edwards serves as an Independent Director and Chair of the Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee of the Board of the Company. He served as the Executive Vice President and Interim General Counsel of Wells Fargo & Company, where he was responsible for the Global Commercial and Securities Division. In 2005, he was recognized as North Carolina's “Best Corporate Lawyer” in its annual Legal Elite selections and was named a North Carolina Super Lawyer in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Mr. Edwards holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, a Master of Arts in History from the University of Kentucky, and a Juris Doctorate of Law, cum laude, from the University of Buffalo in the United States of America.
RHYS SUMMERTON
|Independent Director; Audit Committee
Mr. Summerton serves as an Independent Director of the Company. He is the founder and investor at Milkwood Capital, a long-term, value-oriented, global investment company based in the UK. Since establishing the fund in 2014, he has successfully driven value realization across a range of investments through disciplined capital allocation and strategic decision-making. Before founding Milkwood, Mr. Summerton was Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Market Equity Research at Citigroup, leading the firm’s top-ranked research franchise. A Chartered Accountant, he began his career with Ernst & Young. Mr. Summerton serves on the boards of various listed and unlisted companies, mostly where Milkwood Capital has influence.
MUHAMMAD UMAIR
|Director; President and Interim CEO
Mr. Umair serves as the President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to his appointment as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Umair was a Senior Advisor for Origin Funding Partners, a global trade finance fund, where he was responsible for credit, recovery, and due diligence. Prior to joining Origin Funding Partners, Mr. Umair held positions in various organizations, including Head of Advisory at Armacom and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young. He is a Chartered Accountant and associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Umair has more than 17 years of financial and commercial experience, including investment management, corporate advisory, operational and financial due diligence and audit.