Bio

Mr. Babar Lakhani is a Principal of the Lakson Group, one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, which manages and owns companies in agri-business, call centres, fast food, FMCG, financial services (investments and insurance), media (broadcast and publishing), paper and board, printing and packaging, surgical instruments, technology (data-networking, ISP, BPO & software), and travel sectors. Mr. Lakhani is the CEO of Lakson Investments Limited (“LI”), Pakistan’s largest independent asset management company which is regulated and licensed by the SECP. LI manages Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds; Fixed Income and Equities (Conventional, Shariah, SRI/ESG, Tactical) with offices in Karachi and Dubai. He is also a Director of the Express Media Group, the second largest media company in Pakistan and the Chairman of ICE Animations. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization Emirates & Pakistan where he was a Chapter Chair from 2014-2015. Mr. Lakhani is a volunteer at Special Olympics Pakistan where he founded an annual marathon in 2016 and a member of the Alumni Trustee Committee of Brandeis University from where he received his MBA. He completed his B.A. in Finance at Bentley College. He is a distance runner and a triathlete.