Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan chief to speak at CFO Conference on April 2.

ISLAMABAD, March 30, 2012 (Frontier Star): The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan is organizing a CFO Conference in Islamabad on April 2. The theme of the conference is CFOs - Driving Sustainable Organizational Success. Renowned local & international personalities have been invited as speakers. Muhammad Ali - Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan will be the Chief Guest and Asad Umar - President, Engro Corporation will be keynote speaker and addressing on What Accountability Means to CFOs - A regulators perspective and Winds & Waves in the Economic Scenario - is the CFO ready to swim? respectively. The event is expected to be attended by more than 400 top professionals belonging to different sectors of economy, finance, audit, tax and IT. Conference will include the following speakers and topics. James Lockyer - Director of Education at Association of Corporate Treasurers, UK, Nadeem Naqvi - Managing Director, Karachi Stock Exchange, Nahil Mahmood - Chief Information Security Officer, MCB Bank Limited and President, Cloud Security Alliance Pakistan, Shahid Mustafa - Chief Risk Officer, Tameer Microfinance Bank and Tajamal Shah - Area General Counsel, British American Tobacco and the key topics will be Treasury - Driving the Business: a CFOs Perspective, Strategies for Raising Funds through Financial Instruments, Case for Cloud Computing: Proficient Strategic Move and Value for CFOs, Case Study: Easy Paisa - Innovation of Banking to the Unbanked and Legal Hot Points: A CFO Needs to know. A panel discussion on Banks as Industry Partners - Collaboration and Expectations by Irfan Siddiqui - President & CEO, Meezan Bank Limited, Atif Aslam Bajwa - CEO, Bank Al-Falah Limited, Muhammad Hanif Akhai - SEVP and Group Executive, Treasury and Capital Markets, United Bank Limited, Muhtashim Ashai - SEVP, Head of Corporate Banking, MCB Bank Limited and a Moderator Eithne Treanor - Special Correspondent, CNBC & Managing Director, ETreanor. An interactive discussion session including Q & A session on CFO Rapid Fire speakers will be Mr. Bonanno Giuseppe - Head of Finance and Control, Nestle Pakistan, Misbah Burney - CFO Tetrapak, Usman Azhar - CFO Warid Telecom, Aamir Ahsan - CFO Fuji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited and Aftab Ahmad - CFO Oil & Gas Development Company Limited. The event will provide an excellent platform for learning and a brilliant opportunity to network with the top professionals.

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