Structural reforms in the power sector are long overdue.

Interview with Mr. Kalim A. Siddiqui - former Managing Director, Pakistan State Oil

PAGE: Tell me something about yourself, please:

Kalim A. Siddiqui: I am a former Managing Director of Pakistan State Oil and former President of Byco Petroleum.

I am holding a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bradford in England (UK) and a Master's in Chemistry from Karachi University, has broad-based, global experience working in the USA, UK, Australia, Vietnam and Pakistan for over 36 years.

I am an enthusiastic and highly accomplished executive with 36 years of extensive fuels/lubricants business expertise in marketing, sales, operations management and system re-engineering in the oil industry by running supply chains, streamlining processes, hunting for new business and growing top producing accounts; I have experience of developed and emerging markets/cultures. I am a collaborative leader with the aptitude to achieve change, excite the organization, infuse new ideas and deliver dramatic, bottom-line outcomes; recognize to accomplish multiple customer-specific priorities with competence, exemplary follow-up and interpersonal abilities; I am highly expert in high-level market segments, top-down selling and vertical market mastery.

I have served as Chairman Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) and have held directorships in various reputable companies, and professional and educational institutes including Pakistan Refinery Limited, Pak-Arab Pipeline Company, Asia Petroleum Limited, Pak-Grease Manufacturing Company Limited, Petroleum Institute of Pakistan, Pakistan Advertisers Society and Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Before joining PSO in 2001, I served in Caltex (now Chevron) for over 20 years locally as well as internationally. International assignments were located in the USA, Australia and Vietnam. In a longer spell of over 20 years in Caltex, I have dealt with fuels, lubes and LPG in all aspects like product development, product engineering, supply chain, operations, production/manufacturing and sales/marketing.

My three years of work in the UK were with Howden Engineering Company, Burmah-Castrol refinery, North West Water Authority and A.P.V Company before coming back to Pakistan in 1980.

PAGE: How was 2022 in terms of price and availability of energy in the entire world?

Kalim A. Siddiqui: The world is in the midst of its first global energy crisis - a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity. Pressures...