About PLIC

Mr. Mujahid Sherdil is an officer of Pakistan Administrative Service and is currently posted as Finance Secretary, Government of the Punjab. He joined Civil Service in year 2003 and held various senior positions at federal and provincial level including Secretary, Communication & Works; Secretary, Planning & Development; Deputy Commissioner, Islamabad; Director General, Punjab Disaster Management Authority; Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Development Authority of Punjab and Principal Staff Officer to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Mr. Mujahid is a versatile, highly adaptable professional and key problem solver with 20 years of proven track record to his credit, providing solutions to optimize operational performance across a broad range of areas with particular focus on national/provincial infrastructure development, financial management, public procurement and public administration. He maintains a reputation for setting high expectations, promotes individual/organizational goal attainment by applying expertise to key aspects for executing organizational goals.

He holds a degree in Master of Architecture from Washington University, St. Louis, MO., USA and Bachelors of Arts with major in Concentration in Mathematics and Pre-Architecture from Grinnell College, Iowa, USA.

Mr. Mujahid remained an outstanding tennis player during his educational career at Aitchison College, Lahore and Grinnell College, USA.

Zafar Masud is a seasoned banker and entrepreneur, focus on Development Finance, with 27 years of proven track record of success and delivery. Served at top positions for multinational banks in Pakistan and abroad, including Regional Managing Director & CEO for Southern Africa, Barclays Bank plc. - responsible for three countries and represented on Board of Directors, managing total balance sheet size of US$3Bn and around 10,000 people. Worked at senior levels in Citibank, Dubai Islamic Bank and American Express Bank.

Before that until August 2018, worked as Director General, National Savings,Ministry of Finance. Initiated digitization of organization, including online banking and ATM Cards with the support of Gates Foundation, DfID and World Bank. Successfully included Persons with Disabilities and Shuhadah Families in welfare products of National Savings and set in motion launch of Overseas Pakistanis Savings Certificates.

Most recently, was working as CEO (Interim) for InfraZamin Pakistan - a DfID,UK driven initiative - a first of its kind credit enhancement company for social infrastructure financing in Pakistan.

Has extensive experience of working at Board of Directors level for major public and private sector entities including State Bank of Pakistan , Member of Independent Monitory Policy Committee, Oil & Gas Development Company Limited, Port Qasim Authority, Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power(Private) Limited and Gadoon Textile Mills Limited.

Member of IMF motivated Task Force on Framing SOE Law, set-up by the Ministry of Finance.
Regular contributor to the local media on the topics of finance, economics and energy.