I joined PharmEvo in 2001 as an accounts officer. My background is in accounts and finance. Before joining PharmEvo, I was associated with the world-top tier and well-renowned construction company J&P (Overseas) Limited, in the accounts department. And before that, I was associated with an Audit firm. So, before joining PharmEvo, I had experience in audit, taxation, accounts, and finance. I was among the colleagues who joined PharmEvo in its initial phases. I oversaw construction projects of PharmEvo Factory from a financial perspective, besides handling my routine job as an accounts officer. I worked here for 2 years, until 2003.

In 2003, I passed my professional accountancy exam and become an Associate member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan. And in the same year, I was given an opportunity to serve Shield Corporation Limited, as an Assistant Finance Manager. From 2003 until 2006, I worked for Shield Corporation in got promoted to Finance Manager. And then in 2006, I was asked to come back to PharmEvo Finance to head the department, where along with my colleagues, I was able to restructure the Finance Department. At that time, we established several divisions, we worked very long hours, and it was a memorable time.

In 2011, I was promoted as Executive Director and transferred to Premier Distributor to lead it. I was looking after the entire distributor function. I worked there for around 2 years. I made some operational changes. Here, we focused on the introduction of IT in the distribution operations, we realigned processes and eliminated unnecessary functions and redundancies.

The operational understanding that I gained is from the distribution side. In 2013, I decided to switch roles as I wanted to pursue further challenging role. As a result, management delegated me the role of Head of Supply Chain at PharmEvo. Because it was a new function, and as I like to take on challenges, I accepted that job role, and since then till 2017, I headed the Supply Chain Department alone. In 2017, there were some challenges in the regulatory department, so that function was too assigned to me, since then I am heading regulatory functions as well with the team over there. With the assistance of teams, we restructured the Supply Chain and Regulatory Departments.

Yes you are correct, my thinking process is driven by numbers.

Previously, I was more interested in the results. However, now I’ve realized that the people are the most important factor. Hence, now I give more consideration to the people around me.

I believe in the Japanese mantra for that: “If somebody has done it, you can do it, and if nobody has done it, you must do it.” I think challenges drive me.

I think quick decision-making and team work are the two main qualities about me that make me exceptional.

PharmEvo has a very strong value system represented as ITREE, in my opinion, all the Evodians should follow that value system.

I used to struggle with balancing things. However, now I prioritize them, the important things come first and try to avoid unimportant things, and I think that I’ve improved a lot at it.

I think challenges are there to provide an opportunity to grow and become stronger. One should remain calm and determined in challenging situation and continue with the efforts to come out of the situation instead of losing hope.

Presently, the country is going through the worst ever economic challenge, which is directly impacting the supply chain—getting the material to run the organization and make the product available. The greatest strength we have is our “people” to respond to this challenging situation.

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and second Caliph Hazrat Umar (Radiallahoanha) These are the two inspirational leaders for me.

I consider Ebrahim Qasim Sahib a great human and among one of the finest corporate leader as in interaction with him I learnt something new.

There have been many moments during my professional career that gave me sense of accomplishment. One of such events was the project of implementation of SAP, which we completed before target date.

Further, recently we completed the validation of that software on our own, for which many other companies have paid millions of rupees. Thanks to the team that worked with me on these project.

There are a lot of areas for improvement. One thing I would say is that I need to improve my relationship management skills.

Fairness and Candor are the two important factors that should be practised in the workplace.

I have spent more than 22 years at PharmEvo and this group. There are many good co-workers here; it is difficult to name one person. I have a very cordial relationship with Haroon Qasim, Jamshed Ahmed, Nadeem Rehmat, Nabeel Yousuf and all other colleagues.

Here at PharmEvo, there is more empowerment. PharmEvo gave me the confidence to take on new responsibilities and helped me grow as a professional.