ISLAMABAD – The federal government has appointed Muhammad Azfar Ahsan, a global influencer, business connector, non-partisan political analyst and entrepreneur based out of Pakistan, as new chairman of the Board of Investment.
Ahsan has also been given the status of the state minister, it emerged on Tuesday.
He is founder of Corporate Pakistan Group (CPG), a group of 256 individuals from different backgrounds including corporate & business leaders, ministers, senators, governors, federal secretaries, diplomats, defence personnel, disnguished academicians, media practitioners, energy experts, tech entrepreneurs, police officials, and movers and shakers of civil society, shows his profile on Linkdin.
As founder & CEO of Nutshell Forum; an international conference management and training resource organization, he has organized more than four hundred national and international conferences, seminars, training workshops and group discussions in various parts of the world.
He is the thought leader behind Pakistan’s biggest corporate gathering Leaders in Islamabad Summit; an annual leader’s conference in Islamabad attracted global leaders from various backgrounds as speakers.
He is the Board Member of the Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan, RYTS Global and also the Advisory Board Member of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital Karachi.
Azfar is the Vice President & Member Executive Council of the Marketing Association of Pakistan; an apex body of marketing in Pakistan. He also served as Chairman of MARCON; Pakistan’s flagship marketing event.