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Zafar Abbas

Zafar Abbas

Director

FATF team lead, helped Pakistan exit grey list in 2022Former MD, National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC)Additional Secretary, Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division)Board member, PPL, OGDC, Mari Energies

Biography

Zafar Abbas is a career civil servant who joined the Government of Pakistan in 1998. He has experience of working in economics and energy ministries, dealing with policy formulation and implementation, international cooperation for development, and project management.

Before assuming his responsibilities at the Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division), he served as Additional Secretary (Power Finance) for two years in the Power Division and Additional Secretary, Finance Division for a short period. He also served as Joint Secretary in the Power Division and Interior Division between 2015 to 2022. During the stay at the Interior Division, he worked as one of the team leads of FATF, which helped Pakistan to get out of the grey list in 2022.

He also served as MD, NTDC, MD PPMC, and as Secretary to the Government of GB. He has served as a member of the board of NTDC, NPPMCL, KE, and various other power sector companies. Currently, he is a board member of Pakistan Petroleum (PPL), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, and Mari Energies Limited.

Education &
Qualifications

01

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering, UET, Lahore

02

MBA (Oil & Gas Management), University of Dundee, Scotland

03

Certified Director as per SECP requirement

Board Committee
Memberships

ESG Committee, Chairman

Risk Management and Security Committee, Member

Business Development and Operations Committee, Member