Asad Umar

Asad Umar اسد عمر
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Member of National Assembly
Constituency	NA 48
Personal details
Born	8 September 1961 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2012-present)
Education	Bachelor of Commerce Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Alma mater	Government College, Karachi Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Islam
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Asad Umar (Urdu: اسد عمر ‎) (born 8 September 1961) born as Asad Farooq and brother of Zubair Umar. He is a Pakistani lawmaker and former business administrator . He is son of a retired Major General Ghulam Umar. Since his father was an army officer, he moved from one city to another and for that reason, all of them were born in different cities. He was born in Pindi in 1961 and after his father’s retirement, they decided to move to Karachi. While growing up, he wanted to be a GD pilot. In fact, the F104 Starfighter was the first love of his life.He served as CEO and President of Engro Corporation for 8 years during a 27-year career with the company with 4.5 lac income monthly. He resigned from his post at Engro and Joined Imran Khan led political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on April 2012. He received Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.

Tenure at Engro

Umar’s 27-year career at Engro began in 1985,when the company was still a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, the global oil giant. He joined the company as a business analyst, and was working for it abroad in Canada when the famous management buyout of Engro took place in 1991. Umar came back to Pakistan and in 1997 was appointed the first CEO of Engro Polymer & Chemicals, the chemical arm. Later on, he was elected as the President and CEO of Engro Corporation in January 2004 and transformed the business from a mere chemical company to a giant conglomerate. It was his idea to diversify into dairy and food business and today 'Engro Foods' stand as the highest profit producing subsidiary of Engro Corporation. It was in his tenure when Engro became the first Pakistani company to buy a business entity abroad when the company earlier in 2012 bought Canadian based food company 'Al Safa Halal'.

Political career

Asad Umar resigned as CEO of Engro Corporation on 19 April 2012 and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. At PTI, he will be part of committee to work on a draft paper to suggest economic reforms to take Pakistan out of current financial crisis. Asad Umar was appointed Central Senior Vice President of PTI on 21 April 2012. He was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for NA-48 Islamabad in a 2013 by-election. Asad Umar appointed as National Campaign Manager for 2013 General Elections. Asad Umar Appointed as Chairman PTI Policy Council.

External links

• Engro’s president Asad Umar takes early retirement