About Us
Aims & Objectives
- To set up English medium schools and colleges in Pakistan and Azad Kashmir to impart quality education for girls and boys of poor families particularly from the backward and rural areas.
- To set up Teachers Training Institutes for female graduates particularly from rural areas to enable them to become high quality English medium primary school teachers.
- To use the established schools and Teacher Training Institutes as resource centers for replicating quality schools throughout the country.
- To upgrade the skills of teachers from other schools in the respective areas.
Founding Members
Late Major Gen. (R) M. Rahim Khan, H.J
Former Chief of General Staff, Pakistan
Army who later on served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Mozambique and Malaysia and
subsequently as Secretary General, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan
and Chairman, PIA and Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.
Late Sardar M. Habib Khan
A forestry expert who after holding various senior positions as a civil servant served as Development Advisor (with minister’s rank) of the governments of Khyber PakhtoonKha and Azad Jamu & Kashmir.
Mr. M. Rasheed Khan
Currently KEF’s Trustee who is former Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Chairman, Pakistan Banking Council and United Bank Limited.
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, Founding Secretary to The Board of Trustees
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, former Pakistan’s
Ambassador to Mozambique and South Africa.
Founding Trustee
Late Major Gen. (R) M. Rahim Khan, H.J
Former Chief of General Staff, Pakistan
Army who later on served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Mozambique and Malaysia and
subsequently as Secretary General, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan
and Chairman, PIA and Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.
Late Sardar M. Habib Khan
A forestry expert who after holding various senior positions as a civil servant served as Development Advisor (with minister’s rank) of the governments of Khyber PakhtoonKha and Azad Jamu & Kashmir.
Mr. M. Rasheed Khan
Currently KEF’s Trustee who is former Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Chairman, Pakistan Banking Council and United Bank Limited.
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, Founding Secretary to The Board of Trustees
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, former Pakistan’s
Ambassador to Mozambique and South Africa.
Board Of Trustees
Mr Muzaffar Mahmood Qureshi
Chairman KEF.
Former Secretary, Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, Govt of Pakistan
Mr. Pervez Suffi
Mr. Parvez Sufi is a Fellow Member of The
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He started his career as a practicing
chartered accountant ultimately setting up his own firm. In 1992 he became the CEO of Pharmagen Ltd.,
a leading producer of pharmaceutical active ingredients, and to-date he holds
that position. Mr. Sufi is also the CEO
of Pharmagen Healthcare Ltd. since 2007, a social enterprise which is providing
clean drinking water to lower income communities in Lahore and CEO of M.H. Sufi
Foundation since 1995 a non-profit, which is providing quality education to
rural children through its network of schools in Hafizabad District
Mr. M Rasheed Khan, Founding Trustee
He
joined the Reserve bank of India, the central bank of pre-partition India in
1945 as a probationer. In 1947 his services were transferred to state Bank of
Pakistan, the central bank of the new country, Pakistan. His last senior
position in the state Bank in 1975 was of Executive Director When he was
selected by the Govt. of Pakistan as Executive Director of Asian Development
Bank, Manila. After doing his stint for 5 Years in Manila he was reassigned to
Pakistan and was appointed as chairman, Pakistan Banking Council, a statutory
body created by the government to look after and monitor the functioning of
country’s five nationalized banks viz. National bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank
Limited, United Bank Limited, MCB Bank Limited and Allied Bank Limited. He retired
from this position in1988. Since then he has been closely associated with
Kashmir Education Foundation as its founding trustee and as the founding
director of Green Star Social Marketing (Pvt.) Limited, a company incorporated
under the company law which has been deeply involved in population planning,
mother and child health care and eradication of T.B from the country.
Hajji Mussadhik Hussain
Business Executive and Chairman, KEF UK
Muhammad Akram Khan-Cheema
Akram is an independent Education Management Consultant
Board for Educational Research and Resources (IBERR) and Deputy Chair of KEF UK.
Mr. Mir Muhammad Ali
Over 26 years of
extensive experience in the financial markets of Pakistan, covering investment
management, corporate finance, investment banking, treasury and project
financing. Primary career achievements include developing new businesses,
leadership development and transforming faltering businesses to industry
leaders.
Last assignment
was as Chief Executive at UBL Fund Managers Limited; a Pakistan based asset
management firm managing over USD 600mn in mutual funds and managed accounts.
In over ten years as CEO, converted a small-sized dwindling asset management
firm to one of the most successful investment management firms in Pakistan.
Main achievements of the Firm were developing Leadership & Human Resource,
building a diversified suite of products (including Shariah-compliant funds and
industry leader /pioneer capital protected funds), undertaking many industry-first
customer services initiatives and offering solid fund performance. Generated
ROE in excess of 25% throughout. Firm was recognised as the best managed in the
whole financial sector by the Management Association of Pakistan in 2014 and
2015. Won multiple awards from Lipper Reuters for fund performance.
Left
recently from CEO position of UBL Fund Managers to pursue entrepreneurial
ambitions in the field of Private Equity, Ecommerce and Asset Management.
Mr. Shahzad Sadan
Mr. Shahzad Sadan has over 30 years of senior management and C level experience diversified into global and local experience with large Multi Nationals, Public and Private sector companies in Pakistan & GCC Countries. He is a strategic leader who has been instrumental in establishing new companies, structuring and restructuring complex organizations, has been deeply involved in strategic business planning and turn around methodologies along with responsibility of P&L in many organizations. He has also worked as President & CEO of the second largest GSM Mobile Company of Pakistan Ufone. Amongst his many achievements he spearheaded and successfully delivered privatization of PTCL, a 75,000 employee giant Company, while associated with them as Senior Executive Vice President/COO Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL). This was at that time the single largest Privatization in Pakistan and even Asia. His last assignment was heading a large Multinational EPC Company in UAE and also in Oman having a workforce of over 7,000 employees. The Company was working with PDO and ADNOCS in the Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Power and Water sector. Amongst many awards and recognitions, he has received in his long career, Govt. of Pakistan considering his excellent performance bestowed him with the Excellence Award that was presented to him by the President of Pakistan. He also has been recognized and awarded by Government of India - Indira Gandhi Global Achievers award. He studied Business Administration from IBA premier Business School of Pakistan and EMBA from INSEAD, leading global Business School of the world. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management from Cornell. In addition, he got AMP from Cambridge University, besides having numerous training Programs/Seminars to his credit. At present he is engaged as CEO of Wahid Group of Companies, a leading Logistics and Travel Company having registered offices in USA, Bangladesh and Pakistan and is also the Chairman & CEO of Children of Adam a registered Trust in Pakistan.
Mrs. Sundila Andleeb
Mrs. Sundila Andleeb is a former Pearl Valley Public School Student. She did her Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Accounting & Finance (2007-2011) from Lahore University of Management Sciences. Currently she is doing her Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA UK) from UK.
KEF Supporters
Mrs. Iffat Ferdinand
Working for empowerment of women and providing quality education in rural Pakistan.
Late Major Gen. (R) M. Rahim Khan, H.J
Former Chief of General Staff, Pakistan Army who later on served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to Mozambique and Malaysia and subsequently as Secretary General, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan and Chairman, PIA and Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority.
Mr. M. Rasheed Khan
Currently KEF’s Trustee who is former Executive Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila and Chairman, Pakistan Banking Council and United Bank Limited.
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, Founding Secretary to The Board of Trustees
Late Col. (R) M. Naseer Khan, former Pakistan’s
Ambassador to Mozambique and South Africa.
Management Team
Brigadier Amjad Javaid (Retired), Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military), CEO
He had been associated with KEF as Chief Executive Officer for four years from February 2009 till December 2012. In this capacity, he contributed very meaningfully by developing and implementing policies related to effective internal controls & management, financial discipline, external & internal audit, HR, education for underprivileged segments of the society, etc. As CEO, he had a key role in coordinating and executing humanitarian relief activities undertaken by KEF for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) during anti-terrorism operations and floods.
Shahbaz Ali (ACMA, APA Aus.), Manager Finance
Looking after finance department at KEF headquarter.
Sania Saghir, Evaluation Officer
looking after the evaluation department at KEF headquarter.
Muhammad Naeem, Manager Admin/ HR and Procurement
Looking after administrative and human resource department at KEF headquarter.
