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CORPORATE
CORPORA TE

LEADERS OF ICMA
LEADERS OF ICMA

Mh d A i f N
Muhammad Asif Naz [F-900]
Vice President Finance,
Abdulla Fouad Group
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr. Muhammad Asif Naz, FCMA, is currently Vice President Finance at Abdulla
Fouad Group, KSA, and a seasoned finance leader with over 30 years of experience
across healthcare, information technology, oil & gas, real estate, manufacturing,
trading, services, and contracting sectors. He has held key roles including Chief
Accountant at Image Garments (Pvt.) Ltd., Finance Manager at Bismillah Fabrics
(Pvt.) Ltd., Sweety Textiles (Pvt.) Ltd., and Dar Al Manajim Company for Mining &
Industry Ltd. (Rashid Al Rashid Group), and
“ The CMA qualification has been a Chief Financial Officer at Khalid Juffali
foundation for my professional growth. It Industrial Company (Juffali Group). Mr. Naz
has given me the confidence to compete brings proven expertise in financial strate-
in diverse, multicultural environments gy, restructuring, and transformation, with
and a deep sense of pride in financial strong skills in budgeting, forecasting, risk
leadership when representing ICMA management, and ERP implementation. He
among peers worldwide. As the business is an active contributor to ICMA’s profes-
landscape becomes increasingly digital sional community, serving as Member of
and fast-paced, it is clear that we, as the Global Linkage Committee and Strate-
professionals, must continue evolving. gic Board, and as Chairman of the ICMA KSA
Building skills in areas such as digital Branch Council (2019–2021), where he led
transformation and artificial ICMA’s registration with the Saudi Organi-
intelligence is no longer optional—they zation for Certified Public Accountants
are essential for staying relevant and (SOCPA) in 2020 and advanced member
making a real impact “ placement initiatives across the Kingdom.

Asim Rafat Khan [F-1007]
Chief Financial Officer
Multibillion-Riyal Business Group
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr. Asim Rafat Khan, FCMA is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer of a multibil-
lion-riyal business group in KSA and is a seasoned finance executive with over two
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. He has held “ The CMA qualification has been
decades of leadership across the energy,
LNG, utilities, and real estate sectors in
instrumental in shaping my professional
senior leadership roles at Pakistan LNG journey, providing a solid foundation in
Limited, Hub Power Company, and GDF strategic management, financial leadership,
SUEZ (Engie), and began his career with and decision-making that has been
Ernst & Young (EY), a leading Big Four firm. invaluable throughout my career in the
He has successfully led major financial energy and real estate sectors. It has
transformations, corporate restructurings, empowered me to turn numbers into
and large-scale infrastructure initiatives strategy and insights into impactful
both in Pakistan and abroad, driving profit- boardroom decisions. My advice to young
ability, governance, and sustainable members is to stay curious, embrace
growth. A Fellow Chartered Accountant technology, and pursue excellence with
and Fellow Cost & Management Accoun- integrity. When combined with continuous
tant, he is recognized for his strategic learning and ethical leadership, professional
foresight, results-driven leadership, and competence creates limitless opportunities
impactful contributions at the board and for growth and meaningful impact . “
policy level.

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