Tariq Kirmani
Chairman, Pakistan International Airlines
Pakistan
Tariq
Kirmani, Chairman, PIA, who took charge of
Pakistan’s national Airline in April 2005,
is a corporate veteran with over 35 years of multifaceted
experience in the Marketing sector of petroleum
products.
Soon after completing his Master’s in Business
Administration from the Institute of Business Administration
(IBA), Karachi.
Kirmani embarked
upon a rewarding career, starting with a multinational
Oil company in 1969 and worked for seven years in
United States, United Arab Emirates and Australia
in different senior management positions in Marketing,
Operations, and Finance. In 1991, Kirmani became
the first Pakistani to be elected as a Company Director
of that multi-national company.
He then joined
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) in April 1999 and within
two years went on to become the Managing Director
of that company in July, 2001.
In December 2004,
Tariq Kirmani was nominated as the President of
the Pakistan Hockey Federation by the Prime Minister
of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz in his capacity as the
PHF patron-in-chief.
Kirmani, in addition
to holding the position of Chairman PIA, currently
is serving as a Director / Member on the Boards
of: Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd, Pakistan Telecommunication,
Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan, Pakistan Power
Infrastructure Board, Pakistan Railway Board, Shaukat
Khanum Memorial Trust, Lahore University of Management
Sciences, KSE Good Governance Committee, Pakistan
Tourist Development Corporation, Pakistan Sports
Trust, Cupola Cares Foundation, National Academy
of Performing Arts, and Chief Scout of PIA.
Due to his personal
efforts, PIA became member of the World Economic
Forum, Davos, Switzerland, and World Business Council
for Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland.
