MR MOBASHAR SADIK CEO IFMP

Mr. Sadik comes with a vast experience of management in both public and private sector. Currently he is leading Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan- A public sector company and an investment of SECP. Mr. Sadik also has served as the Registrar at The University of Lahore, Head of department at FAST, Head of department at SS CASE-IT and remained CEO at the Margalla Educational Foundation/ Margalla Institute of Technology.

Mr. Sadik is also a trainer/ consultant of high repute having completed assignments for clients like Bank Alfalah, UNDP, ILO, Plan International, HEC, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of IT, NHA, NICT R&D Fund and NIBAF etc. He had the honor of being part of the team of consultants to the Ministry of IT for developing IGNITE (formerly NICT R&D Fund) which is a unique initiative of Government of Pakistan and the telecom sector. He also takes pride in being the author of Outreach Scholarship program, a program, which has transformed the dynamics of higher education in Pakistan. Experience of reaching out to the far flung geographical regions gained in the outreach Scholarship program helped Mr. Sadik in delivering programs like QAT of Punjab Education Foundation which needed outreach and advocacy amongst masses at the grass root level to mobilize communities at the diversified geographical locations. Mr. Sadik also has completed many base line surveys for clients like Telenor, UNICEF, PTCL, ILO and NEEF.

Mr. Sadik has played a pivotal role in identifying the role which cellular technologies could undertake to augment birth registration in Pakistan. He has also helped in proving the concept of mobile birth registration in Pakistan. He also takes pride in being part of the team which piloted the idea of Mobile Birth Registration in the provinces of Punjab and Sind. Mobashar found the idea of changing lives with the help of mobile technology so appealing that he made it part of his Phd research thesis.

Before joining IFMP, his last assignment as a consultant was with NHA, where he led the team which developed the management structure, rules of business, business plan, financial and accounting manuals and future road map for the Highway Research Training Center under the auspices of National Highway Authority and Ministry of Communications Government of Pakistan.

As the CEO of IFMP, Mr. Sadik is working in close liaison with SECP, Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX), Pakistan Stock Brokers Association (PSBA), Insurance Association of Pakistan, Mutual Fund Association of Pakistan (MUFAP), NBFI & Modaraba association of Pakistan and other representative bodies from the financial market to ensure availability of skilled human resource for the sustainable growth of financial markets of Pakistan. Moreover, he is also actively involved in activities promoting investor awareness regarding the opportunities available in the financial markets of Pakistan.