Executive Programs

Two-day, High-impact Program for Current and Aspiring C-Suite Leaders

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Family-owned businesses are the bedrock of the Pakistani economy; however, they face a unique continuity risk. Research suggests that without formal governance and planning, the transition to the third generation is the most significant point of fragmentation.

Our programme is designed to help your family beat these odds by building the structures that ensure long-term resilience and continuity.

Pakistan is approaching a generational transition of historic scale. The decisions being made now about governance, succession, and successor development will determine which businesses endure. This programme prepares family business leaders — founders, successors, and senior executives — to navigate the succession journey deliberately, with the right governance structures, the right documents, and the right development pathways in place.

What Makes This Programme Different

  • Built specifically for Pakistan. All case studies, cultural dimensions, and governance frameworks are drawn from the Pakistani and South Asian context
  • Immediate strategic deliverables. Participants develop a Family Constitution, Shareholders' Agreement outline, and a governance architecture plan during the sessions
  • Addresses the full succession journey. Establishing why action is urgent, then covering succession, governance, and successor development
  • Designed for mixed audiences. Most valuable when founders, successors, and non-family senior executives attend together
  • Addresses cultural dimensions directly. Practical approaches that honour Pakistani family culture while enabling honest dialogue
  • Delivered by practitioners. Grounded in real advisory work with family-owned enterprises across Pakistan and international markets

Strategic Gains

By the end of the program, participants will leave with:

  • Succession Clarity: A structured succession plan with clear stages, timelines, and contingency provisions
  • Governance Architecture: A designed governance structure: Family Council, Board, and the right balance between family and professional management
  • Foundational Documents: A Family Constitution and Shareholders' Agreement outline — completed during the programme
  • Successor Development: A personalised development pathway for identified successors with milestones and accountability
  • Strategic Health Assessment: An honest assessment of the business before transition to ensure it is passed on in good shape
  • A Family Business Action Plan: A prioritised 30/90/365-day action plan you take back and begin implementing immediately

Who Should Attend

  • Founders and Patriarchs/Matriarchs: Planning the transition to the next generation
  • Next Generation Family Members: Preparing to take on greater responsibility
  • Non-Family Senior Executives: Operating at the intersection of family and management
  • Family Members with Ownership Stakes: Not in day-to-day management but invested in the future

DAY1— The Stakes and the Structure

  • The Family Business Challenge — Why Most Don't Survive
  • What is Succession Planning — The Process and the Journey
  • Governing the Family Enterprise — Structures, Roles and Accountability
  • The Family Constitution and Shareholders' Agreement

DAY2 — Succession, Development and Your Action Plan

  • Strategic Health — Ensuring the Business is Worth Passing Down
  • Succession Planning in Depth — Pitfalls, Legal Dimensions and Contingency
  • Successor Development — Grooming the Next Generation to Lead
  • Your Family Business Action Plan

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 Pakistan. 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 serves 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). He brings deep advisory experience in Pakistan, having served as a strategic advisor to numerous leading Pakistani family groups, guiding them through complex generational transitions, governance restructuring, and high-stakes leadership successions.

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.

Amer Qureshi, FCA

Program Dates:

  • July 1-2, 2026

For Further Details Contact:

[email protected]
0300 0504883
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