The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) elected its new Office Bearers for the year 2019-20 in its 319th meeting held in Lahore on October 26, 2019. The Council unanimously elected Khalilullah Shaikh as President and Ms. Hina Usmani and Rana Muhammad Usman Khan as Vice Presidents of the Institute.

Khalilullah Shaikh is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and serving as elected Council member of ICAP since 2013. He is the youngest President in the history of ICAP. He has served as Vice President of the Institute and chaired various committees and task forces of ICAP, including Investigation Committee and Professional Accountants in Business Committee. Khalilullah Shaikh has also served as elected member of Southern Regional Committee of ICAP. He is also a member of PAIB Committee of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) since 2016.

Khalilullah Shaikh has more than 15 years of work experience in senior management roles. He is currently working as Chief Financial Officer of Pakistan International Airlines. Prior to this, he was associated with K-Electric and served in various roles, as Head of Supply Chain, Director Finance and Chief Internal Auditor. Shaikh has also served as Head of Treasury at Pakistan Refinery Limited.

Ms. Hina Usmani-FCA, FCIS possesses over 27 years of post- qualification experience. She is founder and Managing Partner of Usmani & Co. (UCO), an all-women led accounting practice in Pakistan. UCO is quality rated by ICAP and registered with the Audit Oversight Board. She has introduced a unique working model and is giving opportunities to women professionals to work from home with flexible hours. UCO is included in the United Nation's Global list of signatories of Women Empowerment Principles.

Rana Muhammad Usman Khan is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and is Partner and a board member of Deloitte Yousuf Adil, Chartered Accountants based in Lahore working with a variety of the firm's largest clients. Prior to joining Deloitte, Rana Usman was heading Accounts Function of one of the largest listed companies in Pakistan in the Telecom Sector.

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