FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan names ex-Fauji Foods chief as new CEO

Usman Zaheer Ahmad has been named chief executive of FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited (FCEPL), according to a filing lodged with the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Tuesday. The move follows his resignation as chief executive of Fauji Foods Limited last week. The board has approved the appointment, while the company said his joining date will be announced later.

Kashan Hasan had given up his posts as CEO and a director at FCEPL just one day earlier. According to his LinkedIn profile, Usman has led Fauji Foods as CEO since March 2022, overseeing the group's consumer business across dairy, cereals, pasta and frozen produce from four factories.

Before that, Usman was CEO of Nishat Sutas Dairy between April 2019 and March 2022, and he had been connected to the Nishat Group and Turkiye's Sutas joint venture since its launch. FCEPL, which started out as Engro Foods in 2005, is a subsidiary of FrieslandCampina Pakistan Holding B.V., and its ultimate parent is Royal FrieslandCampina. The company runs production sites in Sukkur and Sahiwal, a dairy farm in Nara, and works with over 1300 milk collection centres.