Sohail Iqbal

Sohail Iqbal is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (Trained with PwC, UK) with over 16 years of professional experience in Audit, Banking & Financial Services. Prior to joining ADB, he worked as the CFO in a State-owned Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC), provided consultancy services, and led projects within the financial, accounting, and regulatory space. 

He managed teams within the Finance function and established the new Compliance & QA (Regulatory Reporting) function for the EMEA region at Wells Fargo Bank in London. 

Zubaida Mustafa

Ms. Zubaida Mustafa is a seasoned development professional with over 15 years of extensive experience in the full lifecycle of project design, processing, and implementation. Her career has been defined by her pivotal roles in multi-sectoral sovereign policy reform programs and projects, with a specialized focus on aligning implementation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) guidelines and frameworks.

Naveed Akbar

Mr. Naveed Akbar, a distinguished Government Servant, Development Professional, System Designer, and Economist, brings over 18 years of expertise in multi-sectoral program design and implementation, with a focus on adaptive and climate-resilient social protection. Mr. Akbar was among the pioneers who designed the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), one of the largest social safety nets globally, known for its inclusive programming targeting marginalized segments of society and its integration of business intelligence and data-driven decision-making.