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Leadership
Strategic leadership across legal, financial, regulatory and sovereign advisory mandates.
Ali Siddiqui — Managing Director
Ali Siddiqui is a seasoned senior executive, international counsel, and strategic advisor with nearly three decades of experience guiding multinational corporations, sovereign entities, and private investors across complex legal, regulatory, and commercial environments. His work spans FMCG, energy, utilities, infrastructure, and industrial sectors — integrating executive leadership with cross-border legal and government relations expertise across Europe, the GCC, South Asia, and Central Asia.
Ali has held senior executive and advisory positions across leading multinational groups including Unilever, Royal Dutch Shell, Engro Group, K-Electric (Al-Jomaih Group), and Philip Morris International — delivering market entry structures, regulatory outcomes, privatization mandates, and multi-billion-dollar investment and restructuring programs.
Key Highlights
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Led landmark deals, including a $350 million FMCG acquisition and multiple FMCG and energy sector integrations.
- Energy & Infrastructure: Played a central role in securing almost $1 billion financing through IFC/ADB and a local consortium of banks. Served as Lead General Counsel in negotiating, securing and implementing turnkey EPC & O&M arrangements for a 220MW GE power plant.
- Corporate Restructuring: Regional GC and senior executive leading a $3 billion restructuring project, including setting up new PEs, manufacturing units, distribution networks, offshore trading hubs, and aligning revenue streams with local and US laws across the GCC, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. Managed multiple facility closures, layoffs, and industrial relations matters.
- Divestment & Integration: Led a $25 million downstream divestment and the acquisition and integration of a foods business.
- Strategic Growth: Spearheaded new ventures in food, energy and logistics while delivering over $10 million in annual savings through contract renegotiations.
- Government Engagement: Extensive direct dealings with regulatory and government bodies and international regulators.
- Global Compliance: Secured OFAC licenses for operations in high-risk jurisdictions and successfully defended clients in competition law and tax/customs duties investigations.
Proven Institutional Credentials
- Formally recognised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC — citation: SPI_DP25396) as Chief Legal Advisor & Company Secretary of KESC in post-privatisation rehabilitation and expansion programs (including ADB Project 40943-PAK, Appendix 8).
- Appeared as Senior Counsel representing Lakson Tobacco Company in the Competition Commission of Pakistan's public hearing on minimum cigarette pricing, recorded in the CCP "Opinion on Fixing of Minimum Price in the Cigarette Industry" (2 June 2009).
Areas of Focus
Cross-Border Advisory
Government & Regulatory Affairs
Mergers & Acquisitions
Energy & Infrastructure
Corporate Restructuring
ESG & Governance
Patron
Distinguished leadership guiding institutional integrity & sovereign-aligned capability
MAG Siddiqui — Patron
MAG Siddiqui is one of Pakistan's foremost authorities in maritime, environmental, corporate and contract law. As an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, High Courts and international arbitration panels, he brings over two decades of distinguished legal practice and technical maritime expertise to AAMSID International's leadership.
With specialized expertise in maritime codes, environmental regulation, ports and LNG terminal operations, he has litigated 200+ major industry cases representing Karachi Port Trust, Port Qasim Authority, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Pakistan Steel Mills, and global P&I Clubs. His strategic contributions span LNG terminal development, carrier safety protocols, and key maritime legislative reforms.
Key Highlights
- 200+ maritime & environmental cases — national & international courts
- Legal counsel to major national authorities & global P&I Clubs
- Contributor to key maritime law reforms & LNG safety frameworks
- Published author of leading Admiralty & Maritime legal texts
- Former Chief Engineer on oil & LNG tankers — rare dual legal-technical expertise
- Trainer on IMO & maritime compliance conventions (ISPS, IOPP, ISM)
Areas of Contribution
Maritime & Admiralty Law
Ports & LNG Infrastructure
Environmental Regulation
Policy & Legislative Reform
Maritime Compliance & Training
Senior Advisor — Finance & Strategic Capital Programs
Global expertise in sovereign finance, privatization and institution-building
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Mohammed Akhtar Zaidi — Senior Advisor, Finance & Strategic Capital Programs
Mohammed Akhtar Zaidi is a globally respected finance and corporate strategy leader with over three decades of experience executing national-scale economic transformation, landmark privatizations, and foreign investment programs. As Founder & CEO of Mousa & Akhtar Co., he directs bespoke advisory mandates across sovereign and private markets.
Mr. Zaidi has led and advised transactions exceeding $3 billion, including one of the region's most complex utility privatizations and the design of an unprecedented $680 million multilateral/private lending consortium with IFC, ADB, and leading regional banks. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant and former Partner at Coopers & Lybrand (PwC) and Clarmond House, UK.
Landmark Achievements
- $720M Utility Privatization: Led the historic acquisition and restructuring of K-Electric — securing major foreign investment and transforming operations.
- $680M Financing Innovation: Created Pakistan's first private-sector lending consortium with IFC, ADB, and top local banks — a regional project-finance milestone.
- Global M&A Leadership: Executed $3B+ in cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and corporate restructurings.
- Capital Market Development: Pioneered new financing structures for national-scale infrastructure and utility expansion.
- KASB–Merrill Lynch JV: Led multiple financial entities — Bank, Securities House, Mutual Funds — driving institutional growth with a global partner.
- Al-Dabbagh Group Expansion: Transformed a domestic Saudi group into an internationally diversified conglomerate across multiple regions.
- Technology Pioneer: Co-founded a SoftBank-aligned tech venture and launched PC Magazine in the MENA region.
- Strategic International Counsel: Provided advisory input in AT&T divestiture proceedings and international petroleum restructuring initiatives.
Core Competencies
Privatization & PPP Programs
Sovereign Capital Strategy
Infrastructure & Utility Finance
Cross-Border M&A
Public–Private Partnerships
Technology & Innovation
Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Strategic supply chain, industrial operations & global commercial execution
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Wajahat Athar — Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Wajahat Athar is a senior industrial & supply chain specialist with over 22 years of leadership experience across multinational and large-scale industrial organizations. A graduate of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, he has developed and led transformational programs across manufacturing, logistics, commercial operations, and international business expansion.
His global career spans roles at Philips Electrical Industries, Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan, and European Tobacco Inc. (Greece), followed by senior executive leadership positions including: Executive Director Supply Chain at KESC, Vice President Commercial Operations at Byco Oil Pakistan, and Chief Operating Officer for International Business at Lucky Cement Pakistan.
Key Expertise & Achievements
- End-to-End Supply Chain Leadership: Managed complex supply chain, procurement, and logistics ecosystems across multiple heavy-industry sectors.
- Industrial Efficiency & Operations: Built and optimized manufacturing & plant operations infrastructures for large-scale enterprises.
- Commercial Execution: Led pricing, sourcing, distribution, vendor development & strategic procurement programs.
- Multinational & Cross-Regional Experience: Execution experience across Europe, South Asia, and the Middle East.
- International Expansion: Instrumental in scaling Lucky Cement's global footprint across emerging markets.
- Energy Sector Transformation: Key executive contributor during KESC's supply chain modernization phase.
Core Competencies
Supply Chain Strategy & Optimization
Industrial & Plant Operations
Procurement & Strategic Sourcing
Global Logistics & Distribution
Commercial & Operational Strategy
Cross-Border Industrial Execution