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
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
Lieutenant General (Retired) Taufiq Rafiq, Chairman KEF
Lieutenant General TaufiqRafiq was
commissioned in 1975 in Corps of Engineers. He served in Pakistan Army for 38
years from Oct 1975 to Dec 2013. During his service in the army he held various
Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. As Brigadier, he undertook
extensive development works in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
during his tenure as Commander Corps Engineers at Peshawar for 3 years. As
General Officer, he served as Director General Defence Complex Islamabad (DCI),
Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO), Deputy Engineer-in-Chief,
Director General Engineers and Engineer-inChief at General Headquarters.He is
a graduate of Military College of Engineering, Command and Staff College Quetta
and National Defence University Islamabad. He has done Masters, M Phil and PhD
in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, USA. He is member of Pakistan
Engineering Council and fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Pakistan.He was
awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) for his commendable and distinguished
military service.
Mr Muzaffar Mahmood Qureshi
Former Secretary, Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, Govt of Pakistan
Hajji Mussadhik Hussain
Business Executive and Chairman, KEF UK
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.
Engr. Asif Habib Khan
(B.Sc, Engg.), MCS (UK), MPEC
Active social worker who has been associated with KEF since its inception.
Mr. S.M. Nadim Shafiqullah
Mr. Shafiqullah is an experienced professional with
extensive experience of trade and industry in Pakistan and abroad. He has been
instrumental in attracting debt and equity support from Commonwealth
Development Corporation, International Finance Corporation and other leading
financial institutions for several industrial and commercial projects. As an independent non-executive director, Mr. S.M.
Nadim Shafiqullah’s association with the board dates back to March 2008. He is
also the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company and a certified
director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).
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
Muhammad Akram Khan-Cheema
Akram is an independent Education Management Consultant
Board for Educational Research and Resources (IBERR) and Deputy Chair of KEF UK.
Maj Gen (R) Najeeb Tariq
Maj Gen (R) Najeeb Tariq is a competent Aviation Engineer as well as
a passionate Educationist. During his Army service, he served as
Principal, NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and as
Commandant, Army Aviation Engineering School. After retirement from the
Army, he has served as Principal Cadet College Hasanabdal for over 6
years. As educationist, he believes in All-Round-Personality Development
of pupils.
Brigadier (Retired) Muhammad Jamil Khan
Brigadier (Retired) Muhammad Jamil
Khan got commission in Pakistan Army in 1984. He retired from the army in
September 2013 after serving for 29 years. He has been associated with KEF since its inception. He contributed very meaningfully in KEF drive to promote
education for underprivileged students. During 2005 earthquake while being in
the army he worked relentlessly for over four months with KEF in the relief and
rehabilitation work for earthquake affected people in Azad Kashmir. In 2010
unprecedented flood he assisted the stranded people in Rajan Pur and`Jampur
areas in Southern Punjab from the platform of KEF.
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.
Mrs. Iffat Ferdinand
Working for empowerment of women and providing quality education in rural Pakistan
Management Team
Miss. Saira Said Ahmed, Director Evaluation & Counselling, Acting CEO
Masters in English Language Planning and Developmen, Masters in English (Language & Literature). Ex – Director College of Teacher Education and working with KEF since last 20 years.
Imran Arif Khan, Development Manager
MBA (Finance). More than 15 years of experience comprised of research & analysis, project management, business development and consultancy in both public and private sector.
Waqar Ahmed, Manager Finance
Yasir Basir, Manager Administration
Looking after administrative and human ressource duties at KEF head office.
