Alumni Chapter - Islamabad
Raza Chinoy
Chapter President
Raza has done his BBA (Hons.) and MBA from IBA (Institute of Business Administration – Karachi) and is from the Class of 1994. He possesses over 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing,Operations & Management. During this period, he had an opportunity to work in various companies which include Chevron, ExxonMobil, Dawlance, La Maison and EcoPack in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Middle East.
He currently is the Chief Operating Officer of EcoPack Ltd. and is based in Islamabad. He is on the Advisory Board of National Skill University – Islamabad and also an Independent Director on the Board of a Fintech company Credit Per. He loves to spend time with the family and play golf in his spare time creating a nice work life balance.
Shabbir Halai
General Secretary
Shabbir Is an entrepreneur with a focus on B2B sales. As a career he has worked in the Industrial sector both on the purchase and the sales side. Graduating from IBA in 1996, having worked in Industrial Sales and Manufacturing Sector, he currently lives in Rawalpindi and runs a business which caters to B2B sales, representing companies like DuPont and JSP in Pakistan.
He has also been a visiting faculty member in different universities in Islamabad wherein with the support of the Alumni he has worked to have greater industry participation with academia & strongly believes in academia exposure to industry for practically useful skill learning. He is active with the Alma Mater and its members, and likes to work with different organizations for social welfare projects, which include work done during COVID and on different issues.
Owais Zaidi
Office Bearer
Owais Zaidi is an entrepreneur and venture builder with a focus on strategic growth. Graduating from IBA in 1996, he has extensive experience in leading startups and transforming them into successful businesses. He currently operates at Venture Builder where he helps ventures grow from startup to enterprise. With a strong understanding of real estate tokenization, he guides ventures toward innovative and sustainable solutions. He also works at ChargeUp, an expense management and business credit card platform, and serves as Executive Chairman at The Hive in Islamabad.
Khawar Sher Ali
Office Bearer
Khawar is an MBA from IBA Karachi, and graduated in 2014 and is currently working as Digital Marketing Specialist at Iqra University, Islamabad. Previously he has been a senior manager at Hype Advertising, Marketing Manager at Rahman Enclave, and KAM with PTCL. Khawar has over 10 years of experience in graphic design, digital marketing, and business development. He holds certifications and trainings from Meta (FB and Insta), Google Digital Garage and Udemy.
Zaid Bin Shahid
Office Bearer
Zaid, BBA 2010, is a marketing professional with experience of working for companies having diverse nature of business. Track record of achievements and performance in Channel Development and enablement, Product launch, Market communication and currently engaged in managing National Trade Marketing portfolio for Branch and Branchless Banking along with on boarding and management of alliances for Telenor Microfinance Bank. Having worked in different locations like Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Faisalabad, Karachi and Islamabad and for different industries, like services, FMCG, telecommunication, Zaid has landed into Fintech industry.
