Fasih Azhar Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

External Senior Consultant focused on executive-level recruitment in Ontario, Canada

Karachi

Served as General Manager of HR (Director role) at SSGC, a regional utility company involved in transmission and distribution of natural gas to over 3 million domestic, commercial and industrial customers with over 15000 employees divided into 7 regions. • Reports directly to the Managing Director & supervised all HR functions of the company• Led HR & Industrial Relations team of 60+ different representatives across 7 different operations regions• Represented company in managing external relations with Government auditors & regulatory bodies to meet workplace legislations including Ethical, Health & Safety standards & managed litigation risks • Led labour negotiations of charter of demand with unions & achieved 4 memorandums of settlement• Design & implemented succession plans for 30+ top-level business critical positions across 7 regions• Attracted & retained 200+ executive-level engineers with 5 employee relation initiatives• Modernized HR system by launching 7 online HR processes including biometric attendance systems and performance management systems linked with training programs and succession frameworks• Regularly internal-audited HR processes, KPIs, required record-keeping & talent and training strategies

Scouted as the Lead HR Advisor for the Post-Merger Integration of Orient Petroleum Private Limited, subsequent to them acquiring BHP Billiton.• Advised two multinational exploration/production companies resulting in smooth Post-Merger Integration• Designed & implemented questionnaires and used information collected to restructure 25+ departments• Orchestrated successful integration of 6000+ workforce by designing new lines of reporting & pay grades in line with local pay legislations & local labour union Collective Agreements• Integrated diverse Organization charts from Oceania & Middle-Eastern regions into one organigram

Islāmābād, Pakistan

Senior HR Consultant with permanent HR Advisory Honours, I am their go-to adviser for Executive-level HR projects on a global & International level at local KPMG office.• Led World Bank project to develop KPIs for 25+ executive-level employees of a public welfare organization• Led a UNDP funded project to transform a public sector disaster-management organization’s HR & Hiring policies• Directly coordinated Training of over 500+ representatives from Ministry of Finance & Commerce and Chamber of Commerce on WTO frameworks• Led transformation of hiring process to effectively hire 5000+ positions in a multinational construction Company• Led US-Aid funded project for transformation of critical public sector organizations including transformation of organization structure, writing of HR policy manuals, improvement of hiring process including advertising & offers

OGDCL is the one of the largest and most profitable public sector organization in the country in exploration and production business. I was appointed by the Board of Directors as head of HR function to transform its working from a corporation to a corporate. It is a strategic role to revamp the HR function, its structure, operation, recruitment, investing in Human Capital, compensation & benefits structure and overall cultural improvement, negotiation with CBA and Officers Association.

Mobilink is the pioneer of GSM technology and favorite cellular service in Pakistan. It has growing subscriber base and in relation continuously growing employee base. Due to the increasing competition in the telecom market and war of talents Mobilink has initiated several HR programs to make Mobilink an employer of choice in the market. Heading North region of Mobilink and helped the region to grow from 400 employees to nearly 1200 employees in the region, managing a large Regional HR team. Conceived and implemented various HR initiatives to create greater sense of belonging to the organization like business partner program, first impression program, we care project etc.

PAS)Taseer Hadi Khalid & Co. is a member firm of KPMG, a leading firm in management consulting/ advisory, accounting and tax advisory services. THK/ KPMG have been involved in several reengineering assignments for large size organizations in public and private sectors. Successfully, managed a team of consultants for finalization of two major restructuring assignments of public sector organizations and simultaneously, completed various salary and compensation surveys in diverse sectors. Managed and coordinated various recruitment assignments for different valued clients in a variety of industries by carrying out complete recruitment cycles. Meanwhile, maintaining a close liaison with clients to provide progress update reports and also providing stipulated reports to management.

Postgraduate Diploma, Human Resources Management

Grade: 3.4/4 Certification in HRIS systems (Super HR), Executive-level in-depth understanding of SAP, PeopleSoft HRMS software proficiency

Mba, Management

Grade: 2:1 Dissertation on “Role of small enterprise in International market” (74%; Distinction)