Shell Pakistan CEO elected as OICCI president.

ISLAMABAD -- Shell Pakistan Limited CEO Haroon Rashid has been elected as the president of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) with effect from July 1, 2020. His appointment came following a successful tenure of Mr Shazad Dada, who resigned as the President of OICCI after resigning from Standard Chartered Bank and taking over as President of United Bank Limited.

Mr. Irfan Siddiqui has been elected as the Vice President of the OICCI from July 1, 2020. Irfan is the founding PresidentCEO of Meezan Bank Limited. He initiated the formation of Al-Meezan Investment Bank in 1997, which was converted into a full-fledged scheduled Islamic Commercial Bank in May 2002 - the first ever Islamic Commercial banking license given in Pakistan.

Commenting on his appointment as the President of OICCI, Haroon Rashid was very upbeat and said, 'It is really an honor to have been elected as the President of a prestigious organization like the OICCI, which is the largest chamber in the country in terms of economic contribution, contributing over one third of all government levies and is also the largest foreign investor in the country'.

Haroon was appreciative of the 'proactive role of the Government of Pakistan in managing the enormous...