Ikram Sehgal
Co-Chairman, Pathfinder Group
and
Chairman, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR)
PATHFINDER GROUP has about 12000 employees in over 50 cities/towns in Pakistan. Pathfinder Group includes in its Security Services Division: Security & Management Services (Pvt) Ltd (SMS), Wackenhut Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd (WPPL), the other companies in its Security Services Division are SMS Electronic Safety Services (Pvt) Ltd (SMS ESS), Research & Collection Services (Pvt) Ltd (RCS), and Facility Specialist & Multi Services (Pvt) Ltd (FSMS).The Financial Services and Technology Division includes: Virtual Remittance Gateway (Pvt) Ltd (VRG), i3 Pathfinder (Pvt) Ltd and iPath (Pvt) Ltd.
Graduate, Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul; served in Pakistan Army (Infantry and Army Aviation). First Pakistani PW in history to escape from India (in July 1971). Battlefield promotion to rank of Major commanding a rifle company on 13 Dec 71. Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) with over 2000 hours in helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Director EastWest Institute (EWI) USA (Director of the Year 2016), Sehgal is the Publisher & Chief Editor of Defence Journal (DJ), writing weekly columns for various magazines and newspapers. Former Director Bank Alfalah Ltd (16 years) and Chairman K-Electric (KE) and Foundation Member, World Economic Forum (WEF), Switzerland, Formerly Member WEF Global Agenda Council (GAC) for Counter-Terrorism and now “Anti-Corruption and Transparency” and Member WEF Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI). Former Member Business Advisory Board (BAB), International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva, Sehgal is Co-Chairman of the ‘Pakistan Committee’ of the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC), Geneva. Former Chairman All Pakistan Security Agencies Association (APSAA). Senior Adviser, Director and Member Advisory Committee on CPEC Projects of the National Institute of Strategic Communication (NISC), Peking University, China. Regular Speaker at Defence Services Institutions (like National Defence University (NDU), etc) and International Think Tanks, Sehgal is Vice President and Member Executive Committee, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). He is Chairman, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR), Karachi and Member Board of Governors (BOG), Lawrence College, Ghora Gali (GG).
