ESG is no longer a Western corporate trend — it is rapidly becoming a commercial and regulatory reality for Pakistani businesses.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has introduced mandatory ESG disclosure requirements for listed companies. International lenders and development finance institutions — including the IFC, ADB, and bilateral donors — are embedding ESG conditions into financing arrangements. Global buyers are applying ESG audit requirements to Pakistani exporters and manufacturers across textiles, agriculture, and manufacturing.
For boards and senior leaders of PSX-listed companies, family conglomerates, and large private enterprises, the pressure is converging from multiple directions simultaneously. Yet most board members and C-suite leaders have not had the opportunity to develop the strategic and governance capability required to lead their organisations through this transformation.
This programme addresses that gap directly. It equips boards and C-suite leaders with the knowledge, frameworks, and governance architecture to lead ESG — not delegate it.
What Makes This Programme Different
- Designed exclusively for boards and C-suite leaders. Every session is framed around governance accountability and board-level oversight, not operational compliance.
- Built around the Pakistani regulatory and commercial reality. SECP mandatory ESG disclosure, SBP sustainability guidelines, IFC financing conditions, and international buyer requirements — giving participants intelligence directly actionable in the Pakistani context.
- Incorporates the IFC Performance Standards. Enabling participants to model their own ESG policies against a globally recognised benchmark and understand the pathway to IFC financing and the broader international capital ecosystem.
- Addresses family conglomerate dynamics. Addressing the unique ESG governance challenges of concentrated ownership, related-party transactions, succession risk, and governance transparency under increasing institutional scrutiny.
- Every participant leaves with a concrete deliverable. A personalised ESG Action Roadmap designed to be presented to the board within 30 days.
- Developed and delivered by practitioners. Not a theoretical exercise — grounded in real boardroom and governance advisory across Pakistan and international markets.
Strategic Gains
By the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- ESG Strategic Clarity: Make the business case for ESG to boards, investors, lenders, and management
- Regulatory Intelligence: Navigate Pakistan's ESG landscape — SECP, SBP, and international financing conditions
- Governance Architecture: Build ESG committees, appoint champions, set KPIs, link accountability to performance
- IFC Performance Standards: Model ESG policies against IFC benchmarks to access international development finance
- Risk & Reporting Confidence: Govern ESG as enterprise risk and oversee credible disclosure meeting SECP/lender requirements
- Board-Ready Action Roadmap: A completed ESG Action Roadmap to present to your board within 30 days
Designed for
- Board Members and Directors: Exercising strategic oversight and ESG governance
- CEOs and Managing Directors: Leading ESG transformation at the enterprise level
- CFOs, CROs and Company Secretaries: Governing ESG risk, reporting and capital allocation
- Family Business Leaders: Navigating ESG under family ownership structures
DAY 1 — The Strategic Imperative — Why ESG Cannot Wait
Theme: The Burning Platform — ESG as a Board-Level Crisis and Opportunity
- The ESG Landscape — Regulatory Reality and Market Forces in Pakistan
- Reimagining the Business Model Through an ESG Lens
- Interactive Case Study: Pakistani Context
DAY 2 — Governing for ESG Leadership
Theme: Board Architecture — Committees, Champions and Accountability
- ESG Risk, Reporting, Strategy and the IFC Performance Standards
- Building Your Organisation's ESG Action Roadmap
- Leadership Simulation: Board Decision-Making Under ESG Pressure
Amer Qureshi, FCA
Amer Qureshi is an Australian Fellow Chartered Accountant, international management consultant, and author with over two decades of hands-on experience across Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. His career spans senior leadership roles including CFO and CEO, alongside advisory work with global institutions such as the IFC (World Bank Group) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Amer has served as a Master Trainer for the IFC's ESG capacity-building initiatives and is a Faculty Member at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG), where he delivers director training programmes on corporate governance and ESG. This combination of IFC institutional expertise and PICG governance training provides a distinctive foundation for this programme.
A practitioner with deep operating and governance experience, Amer has worked extensively with leading Pakistani organisations on strategic planning, corporate governance, and leadership development. He has served as faculty and Director of the SME and Entrepreneurship Centre at LUMS, and as a Director at Deloitte Australia. He is the author of multiple books published internationally, including Leadership Insights — one of the early contributions focused on leadership through an Asian lens. He is a graduate of the Australian National University with an Executive Education Programme completed at Harvard Business School.
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