Babar Majid
General Manager Business Development
Babar Majid has
over 25 years+ extensive exposure (22 years+ in Pakistan Oil & Gas
sector) to the diverse and key dimensions of business management functions. A Board of Directors’ level
professional who has served on the Board of Directors of two public sector companies. Besides, having worked
at senior level in corporate and government sector, Mr. Majid is skilled in business and regulatory level
strategic planning, monitoring and execution, organizational revamp & restructuring, international
commercial negotiation, B2B and G2G large scale and capital-intensive infrastructure projects, project
financing, operational economics & revenue optimization, energy pricing, forecasting, commercial
appraisals, economic & financial modelling, etc.
Mr. Majid holds MBA from University of Central
Punjab, Lahore (1996). During career
progression, he held various positions in Pakistan Oil & Gas, Real Estate Investment Management and
Mineral Sectors. Mr. Majid also remained engaged as a Consultant with an Omani Oil & Gas company and two
Chinese conglomerates. He has represented country on multiple international forums such as CPEC, ECO, SAARC,
TAPI and IPI projects, Oil Refinery with ADNOC and Saudi Aramco.
While working as General Manager
(Business Development, Sales & Marketing) with
Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC) in 2020, Mr. Majid was an integral member of team which
secured the Geographical Indication Protection (GIP) for Pakistan’s Himalayan Pink Rock Salt in
international market through World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under World Trade Organization
(WTO). Earlier, he was nominated as Secretary / Member of Pakistan’s first high level Joint LNG Import
Working Group (JLNGIWG) constituted by President of Pakistan in 2009 for Mashal LNG Project. In addition, he
was also appointed as member of high-level Coordination Committee constituted by Prime Minister of Pakistan
in 2019 for development of new oil refining projects in the country with foreign investments. Also acted as
resource person to Petroleum Division, GoP on Oil & Gas projects under China Pakistan Economic Corridor-
CPEC (2014 -2020).
Mr. Majid has completed / participated in strategic assignments in Pakistan Oil
&
Gas sector; namely, acquisition of National Refinery Ltd by Attock Group (2004), establishment of Attock
Generation Ltd in 2005, transactions structuring, governmental and commercial contractual framework related
to IP and TAPI Gas pipelines (2007 - 2014), Tarujabba - Machike Oil Pipeline project (2003 & 2015),
Strategic Petroleum Reserves (2015), PARCO Coastal Refinery Project, Saudi Aramco Refinery Project (2016 -
2020), Deferred Oil payment facility of US$3.2 billion arranged on G2G basis with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
for procurement of Saudi origin crude oil and petroleum products by local refineries and PSO
He also
coordinated and successfully implemented various BPR and BMR assignments and
is experienced in ERP implementation.
Shamim Ahmed Bhatti is the Senior General Manager Operations heading
Production,
Drilling, Reservoir Engineering and Process Departments including Fields Development Projects in close
coordination with JV partners and Governmental Agencies. 
Brig ® Mohammad Saleem holds a BSc (Honors) degree and is a graduate of Command &
Staff Colleague, Quetta. He has served in Pakistan Army as a commissioned officer for 28 years and held
various command, staff and instructional appointments. He has also served as General Manager Personnel
(Human Resources) in Fauji Foundation for five years. He has been associated with the Group since October
2000.
Muhammad Maroof holds a B.Sc degree and a six months training in Seismic
Interpretation from Canada. In addition, he did several short courses abroad. He has hands on experience of
about 54 years in the field of oil and gas.
M.Azam Malik acquired a Master’s Degree in Geology from University of Punjab in 1962
and joined OGDCL as Geologist. He attended various technical courses in USA and France. He is an
accomplished Petroleum Geoscientist with over 58 years of practical industry experience having proven track
record of oil and gas discoveries.
M. A. Shahid
is Advisor to the Director Operations. He holds Master’s Degree
(Distinction) in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and a second Master’s
Degree (Honors) in Structural Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand besides
qualifying BS in Civil Engineering (Honors) from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Syed Zahid Anwar is Advisor (Process & Facilities) to Director Operations. He
holds a
Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from NED university of Engineering and Technology.
Muhammad Jamil
completed his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from University
of Engineering & Technology - Lahore in 1971 and further one-year specialization in Drilling Operations,
Well Planning (Cementation, Drilling Fluid, Bit hydraulics etc.) and HSE from Oklahoma Institute, USA in
1983.
Aamir Hameed holds
B.com degree from Peshawar University. He has done article ship
with Khalid Majid & Company, a Chartered Accountant entity and got practical experience in Taxation. Mr.
Hameed has worked in HUNT International Petroleum Company, Islamabad as Accounts Officer for 7 years. Later
joined PEL in November 1996 and is presently holding the portfolio of General Manager Taxation.
Air Commodore ® Muhammad Yousaf Javed holds a Master’s
degree in Banking and Finance
with distinction and earned a Gold Medal. He has a vast experience in Finance and retired as Director of
Accounts Pakistan Air Force after serving for 30 years.
Haider
Ali Shah graduated from the Center of Excellence in Geology, University of
Peshawar and completed Master’s Degree in Geology with specialization in Exploration Geophysics from the
University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA under a Fulbright Scholarship.
Muhammad Maas Siddiqui holds M.Sc. Degree in Geophysics from Quaid-e-Azam
University,
Islamabad, Pakistan. He holds a total of 40 years’ experience in exploration& production of hydrocarbons. He
began his career in 1980 as a Geophysicist with Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd. and worked in various
positions in OGDCL Exploration and Prospect Generation departments for 26 years.
Zulfiqar Ali Khalid holds Bachelor in Chemical Engineering with specialization in
Petroleum & Gas from Punjab University and a Masters from Texas A&M University, USA, respectively. He
possesses more than 35 years’ experience with expertise in O&M of Processing plants, Front End Engineering
Design, EPC Projects and Project Management.
Kamran Shuja
is currently working as Senior Commercial Manager in PEL for the past 14
years. He holds diverse experience in energy sector with focus on all the Financial, Commercial and Legal
matters.
Muhammad Talha Waheed has earned MSc. Finance from University of
Leicester, UK and
MBA(Finance) from Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan. As Country Manager (Morocco– PEL) he is overall
responsible for managing all branch operations smoothly and efficiently in Kingdom of Morocco for Petroleum
Exploration (Pvt) Limited and Olympus Energy International Inc. It includes, dealing with all
administrative, legal, commercial, technical and financial matters in accordance with laws and regulations
of Morocco and corporate policies of group, presenting annual budgets &producing a business operating plan
to Board of Directors.
Assad Saeed is
an exceptional financial professional, holding certifications from
various accounting bodies: Fellow Management Accountant (FCMA), Certified Financial Consultant (CFC),
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA). He joined PEL in 2008 and has
been working dutifully as Manager Finance since then.
