Management Information

KEY MANAGEMENTS’ PROFILE

Mr. Muhammad Ali Ahsen ( Chief Financial Officer )

Mr. Muhammad Ali Ahsen is CFO of Big Bird Foods Limited since August 2020. He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of finance, accounts & operations.His major expertise are financial modeling, corporate finance, fund raising through different options, IPOs/SPOs, Private placements, rights issues, preference shares, sukuk bonds, growth capital through venture capitalists, cash securitization, discounting (PO & invoice) bank loans (short term & long term). He is also expert in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, settlements, business valuations, negotiations with banks & financial institutions, moreover, he is also expert in supervision of all types of corporate compliances & corporate taxes.

He is expert in tariff calculations/financial modeling, feasibilities of Solar, Hydel & Thermal power projects and had prepared & presented seven financial feasibilities to Punjab Power Development Board (PPDB). He also served as financial advisor to MS Shoes, Gloria Jeans, Buksh Group, SY Younus, Canal Palm Gardens and various others.

He is qualified member of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) & member of Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA).

Positions Previously Held:

As Group CFO for four years at Sufi & Orient Steel Group
As CFO/COO for eleven years at Hatco Group (Co Bottlers Coca Cola)
As Chief Financial Controller for four years at Micro Electronics (Subsidiary concern of Ministry of Defence)
As Chief Accountant for three years at Ashrafi Food Industries
As Senior Audit & Accounts Officer for four years at Javed Jalal Amjad & Co. (Chartered Accountants)

Mr. Muhammad Riaz ( Company Secretary & Legal Head )

Mr. Muhammad Riaz is Company Secretary & Head of Legal of Big Bird Foods Limited since September 2023. He has more than 17 years of experience in the field of Corporate Laws, Secretarial Compliances, Labour & Taxation Laws.

His major expertise are listing of companies IPOs, Incorporation of Companies, Statutory Compliances, winding up, & merger of companies including single member, Private, Public (Unlisted & Listed). He is also expert in compliances of Pre & Post listing requirements with Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Central Depository Company (CDC) and Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). He also served as corporate advisor & Legal consultant of Urea Manufacturing, Service, Pharma, Construction and various other corporate sectors.

He holds the degree of Masters of Business Administration, Bachelors of Law & One Year Post Graduate diploma in Taxation Laws. He holds more than 17 years of professional experience covering multidimensional concerns ranging from both, Public and the Private sectors of the economy.

Positions previously held include:

As Group Company Secretary & Head of Legal for three years at Citi Pharma Limited
As Senior Manager Corporate Affairs for one year and three years as Corporate Advisor at Systems Limited
As Assistant Manager Corporate & Taxation for four years at KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co. (Chartered Accountants)
As Corporate & Tax Executive for four years at “The TAQ Organization”