Born in Karachi on January 1, 1960. Graduated from Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore with Gold Medal in 1979. Qualified as Chartered Accountant with A.F. Ferguson & Co., Lahore in 1983. Currently, a Partner with A.F. Ferguson & Co. a member firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers since 1995. Specializing in Taxation and Business Advisory Services.

He was the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan for the year 2005-2006 and Vice President of the Institute for the year 2002-2003 and also served as a Member of the Southern Regional Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan for two four years terms.

Mr. Zaidi has been the Member of the Federal Government Task Force for Tax Administration, Member Advisory Committee for the Revenue Division of Federal Government and Member Federal Government Committee for Improvement in Regulatory Framework, Member Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Sales Tax and Income Tax. Member Task Force on Tax Reform and Advisor on Economic and Financial matters to the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry.Mr. Zaidi has been the Chairman of Professional Standards & Technical Advisory Committee and Economic & Taxation of the Institute.

Mr. Zaidi is deeply involved in major business restructuring transactions in the country including mergers, acquisition, privatization, etc. At present Mr. Zaidi specializes in corporate finance activities of PricewaterhouseCoopers Pakistan providing international expertise. Mr. Zaidi is also acting as Financial Advisor for Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline Project.

Mr. Zaidi is a regular writer in business journals and newspapers including visiting lectures at Lahore University of Management Sciences and Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Mr. Sheikh A Hafiz FCA, Member Council and Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) was elected Vice President of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) in the 66th SAFA Assembly Meeting for the year 2008.

Mr. Sheikh A Hafiz FCA, Partner of Rahman Rahman Huq, one of the oldest and prestigious Chartered Accountancy firms in Bangladesh and a Representative firm of KPMG was elected President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh(ICAB) for the year 2005. Mr. Hafiz is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Hafiz is a practicing Chartered Accountant since 1975. Since 2002, Mr. Hafiz has been serving as Director of Sonali Bank, the largest nationalized bank in Bangladesh. Mr. Hafiz was also a member of the National Gas Utilization Committee and a Past President of the Dhanmondi Rotary Club.

Mr. Sheikh A Hafiz FCA has been rendering Continuous professional services to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) in various capacities and as a member of different standing and non-standing committees, including the Investigation and Disciplinary Committee(IDC), Articled Students Committee(ASC), Real Estate Committee(REC), Professional Development Committee (PDC), Taxation and Corporate Laws Committee(TCLC), International and Public Relations Committee (IPRC) and Project Development & Implementation Committee(PDIC) of the Council-ICAB. Mr. Hafiz is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Besides, his professional engagements, Mr. Hafiz is a dedicated social worker and is involved with many organizations in various capacities. He is the Chairman of the Governing Body of Dhanmondi Rotary Club Girls High School at Savar. He is a life member of the Bangladesh Studies and Research Institute.

Mr. Asela Indrajith Fernando, aged 46 years was elected as the President of SAFA at 63rd Assembly meeting. Besides being a Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, he is also a fellow member of CIMA U.K. He is also the past president of Institute of Chartered Accountant of Sri Lanka.
Mr Fernando is also the Chairman of the Committee for Improvement in Transparency, Accountability and Governance of SAFA and is a member of Developing Nations Committee (DNC) of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).

He has been an ex-officio member of various institutions namely, Securities & Exchange Commision of Srilanka, National Institute of Business Management and PG Institute of Management (University of Sri Jayewardenapura). He has vast exposure in corporate sector of more than two decades. He has served in the corporate at various strategic positions and capacities. Currently he is the Director/Chief Executive Officer of Bartleet TransCapital Ltd.

He has made several presentations in various national and international conferences and seminars organized by IFAC, CAPA, ICA SL and many other national & international professional bodies.

He has been actively associated, for a number of years with various professional and social associations. Articles contributed by him on various matters of interest and importance to the profession have been published in leading Journals. He has presented papers in various Seminars, Conferences and Workshops organized by the IFAC, CAPA, ICAI and many other national & international professional bodies and also chaired Technical Sessions in such programmes.

Dr. Ashok Haldia is a throughout first class Post Graduate and a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a member of The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. Has more than 20 years of experience of working at senior positions in Financial Institutions and with the Government of Rajasthan. His experience includes Project Financing, Industrial Finance Policy, Industrial Survey, Accounts and Taxation, Public Sector Policy, Evaluation and Management, Power Sector Financing and Policy, Public Sector and Power Sector Reforms and Restructuring, etc. He has completed his Doctorate on the topic of "Privatisation of Public Enterprises in India".

He has contributed number of articles in the leading newspapers, professional journals, national and international conferences. He was a member of various committees constituted by the Government of Rajasthan and Government of India and also Secretary to the High Level Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Naresh Chandra by the Department of Company Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Company Affairs to suggest a scientific and rational regulatory environment for companies/firms. He is also Member Secretary of the Group constituted by the Department of Company Affairs, Government of India on GATS related issues. He had been the faculty member in number of management and training institutions.

He is Technical Advisor on IFAC Board and on IFAC SMPs Task Force. He is also the Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also the Secretary to the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards constituted by the Department of Company Affairs, Ministry of Law, Justice & Company Affairs, Government of India.

Born on October 23, 1972, Muhammad Asif Iqbal completed his Chartered Accountancy in 1999. He joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) in 2002 as Manager and is currently working as Director Professional Standards Compliance & Evaluation. His main responsibilities include the Quality Control Review of audit firms. He also looks after the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) function at ICAP as an additional responsibility. Besides the above, he has also been actively involved in other activities at ICAP like Technical Advisory Committee, Vision and Mission Task Force and event management of international conferences.
He has been nominated by ICAP as Technical Advisor at the Developing Nations Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) for the term 2007-09. He is also a member of Practice Members Taskforce of International Innovation Network (IIN).
He has served SAFA in the capacity of Nodal Officer from ICAP from 2002-2007. He also assisted SAFA in developing the “Best Practices of Corporate Governance in South Asian countries”. He is currently working on a project to develop a model framework of Quality Control Review for SAFA.
He has also conducted various workshops, seminars and roundtable meetings on International Standards on Auditing and Quality Control Review for ICAP members and students.
He completed his training from a Big four firm in 1998. Prior to joining ICAP, he worked in a multinational leasing company as a Deputy Financial Controller for four years. He is an avid follower of cricket and is captain of ICAP cricket team.