Board of Directors

Sarim Sheikh joined Shell in 1995. In 2002 he was cross posted to the UK and over the past 9 years he held a number of senior roles in various facets of Shell’s businesses. During his most recent assignment as Shell’s General Manager of Distributor Markets – Europe & South America, Mr Sheikh managed the business in more than 55 countries.

In addition to this he is also a Director on the Board of the Shell Lubricants Supply Company BV and was on the Board of Shell Croatia. Mr Sheikh holds an MBA degree from the IBA (1995) as well as the London School of Business (2005) – which he achieved with a distinction.

Effective June 17, 2011, Mr Sheikh is the Chairman of Shell Companies in Pakistan and Managing Director Shell Pakistan Ltd.

Rafi Haroon Basheer is a Chartered Accountant and a career finance professional. After completing his accountancy training in London, UK, Rafi worked for two years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dubai as Assistant Manager in Audit before joining Shell Pakistan in January 2000. At Shell, he has held a variety of roles locally and overseas ranging from Retail Finance Manager Shell Pakistan, Mergers and Acquisitions Finance for Shell Downstream Asia/Pacific, Global Governance Manager for the Downstream B2B business to most recently the role of Finance Manager East for the Commercial Fuels business.

Rafi enjoys reading, travelling and playing golf but most of his free time is spent with his wife and three young children.

Farrokh K Captain received both his Bachelors and Master degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a member of the class of 1966. After completing his education he joined Arthur D. Little in the USA, and then went on to establish their practice in Pakistan. From 1978 to1994 he lead a major US-Pakistan joint venture chemical manufacturing business in Pakistan, namely Captain-PQ Chemical Industries  (Private) Limited.

He is also a distinguished member of the Board of the American Business Council. Mr. Captain now devotes much of his time in the field of social work. He is a Trustee of the Layton Rehmatulla Benevolent Trust and has served as Chairman of the Pakistan Human Development Fund. He is currently serving his eighth three-year term as Director of Shell Pakistan Ltd.

Chong Keng Cheen (Nick) is a Singaporean national. He completed his education from Monash, Melbourne in Australia with an Engineering degree and subsequently obtained an MBA through a distant learning programme while working for Shell. Nick has served two and half years in the Army during his National service in Singapore and spent two years in Singapore’s Public Utility Board before joining Shell’s Pulau Bukom Refinery as an Engineer in 1984. Since then, he has taken up various Refinery roles in maintenance, major projects, technical advisory and change management.

He has served two years as HR GM Singapore before moving on to a regional Engineering role and as General Manager Distribution for Middle East/Asia, a role in which he is responsible for Distribution activities in Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, Philippines and the North Pacific Islands.

Haroon Rashid is the Supply and Distribution General Manager for the Pakistan/Middle East/India Cluster since January, 2011. He joined Shell Pakistan in 1995 and has had a variety of roles and experiences in several countries. From 1995 to 2000 he worked in Retail in Sales, Non-Fuels Retailing and Network Planning.

In 2001 he took time to complete an MBA from INSEAD after which he rejoined Shell as a Consultant in the Downstream Management Consultancy, London. In 2005 he became the Downstream Competitor Intelligence Manager, also in London, before moving to Singapore in 2008 as the Global Marketing Manager for Aviation.

Haroon is married and has a son and two daughters. When not working, Haroon likes to spend time with his family, on social projects and playing squash.

Imran R Ibrahim is a graduate from Government College, Lahore, and pursued post graduate studies at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi. He is an entrepreneur with 35 years of experience in diverse areas of business such as distribution of products for various multinationals as well as cotton ginning and edible oil extraction. He is a Director of PICIC Asset Management Company Limited.

Nasser N S Jaffer holds an Associated Science Diploma in Agriculture from University of California.  He is the CEO of Jaffer Group of Companies and Chairman on its Board of Directors. He was Director of Jaffer Brothers (Private) Ltd. from 1969 to 2003, responsible for the chemical, insecticides and pesticides businesses, as well as the fertilizer and machinery business from time to time. In 2003 he took over as Chairman and CEO of the company to manage the overall business to ensure growth, profitability and business satisfactory results to the stakeholders.

He is on the Board of other business, philanthropy, social and health associations such as the Kidney Centre and Honorary Secretary Modern Club and Modern Society. He also held office as the Honorary Consul of the Philippines till 2010. Effective June 13, 2011, Mr Jaffer proudly joins Shell Pakistan Limited’s Board of Directors.

Zaffar A Khan graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1967 from Peshawar University and soon thereafter joined Esso /Exxon Chemical which following an employee led buyout became Engro Chemical in Pakistan.  He retired from the Company in 2004 after serving for 35 years the last 6 of which were as President & CEO. During the early years of his career he served Exxon Chemical for 10 years in Hong Kong, Singapore and USA in the petrochemical business. His career with Exxon/Engro spanned all major corporate functions i.e. Marketing, Manufacturing, Finance & Corporate Services.

He has done an Advanced Management Program from the University of Hawaii and has attended short courses at INSEAD and the Harvard Business School. Mr Khan serves on a number of diverse boards both in the private and public sector, and those including areas of environment and philanthropy. He is a recipient of the exalted Sitara-e-imtiaz.

Michael Noll is the VP Finance Global Commercial for Shell’s Downstream B2B business. He started his career in 1987 in Germany as deputy controller of a Shell Chemicals unit (agrochemicals).  After that, he held various positions in EP, OP and Chemicals, serving in the Netherlands, UK, Singapore and Germany. Mr Noll has been involved in two rounds of Globalisation (Chemicals 1998–2000 and Downstream 2005 onwards) and was leading the Finance, IT and C&P organisation in Germany during the acquisition of the DEA business and the subsequent integration of the new business into Shell.

Omar Sheikh has been with Shell since 1995 and has worked in Retail, commercial Lubricants and Downstream Strategy and Portfolio in several roles. For last nine years Omar has been with Shell International Limited in London during which time he worked with senior Downstream Leadership on developing business strategy and implementing portfolio transactions.

Omar has an MBA from INSEAD, France and MBA from IBA Karachi. Omar is returning to Shell Pakistan after several years away and his last role in Pakistan was Lubricants Indirect Sales Manager. He is married has two daughters. Outside of work, Omar’s main interests are travelling, cricket and reading books.

Badaruddin F Vellani is an Honours graduate in Chemical Engineering from the Loughborough University of Technology and is also a Barrister at Law from the Middle Temple (London).  Mr Vellani was called to the Bar in 1982 and commenced legal practice in Karachi immediately thereafter.  He is enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is a partner in the law firm Vellani & Vellani. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Vellani is also member of the Board of Directors in several multinational companies covering the FMCG, manufacturing, medical and philanthropic sectors.