Navaid H. Malik had his early schooling at St. Anthony's High School, Lahore and at Westminster School, London, and thereafter obtained his High School Certificate from Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, USA. Subsequently, he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Economics / Political Science from FC College, Lahore and did varied courses in Business Administration, Finance and Hotel Management / Aviation Management from Overseas.
He has done diverse professional courses from IMEDE Business School, Lausanne; IHC School of Hotel Management New York; HYATT Academy of Finance / University of Illinois, Chicago; Hotel School of Accounting, New York; California School of Cost Control and Accountancy, Los Angeles; ICAO School of Aviation, Montreal; IATA Regulatory Academy of Airlines, Geneva; etc; Furthermore, he has attended many seminars and courses the world over from where prestigious certificates and diplomas were awarded to him.
He has had an extensive work experience internationally with different American-based Hotel Management Companies. He started his career with Intercontinental Hotels Corporation in Geneva, and thereafter, had various stints in Senior Management positions with Sheraton Hotels, Regent Hotels and lastly at Hyatt Hotels from where he resigned as SVP Development and Operations. Besides being a reputed Hotelier he specialised as a Restaurateur. His last assignment in this field was President (Overseas Division) of the renowned Maxim's de Paris of France.
He has had qualitative experience in the Airline industry more specifically with PanAm; British Airways; ALIA (Royal Jordanian Airline); Air Malta and SIA (Singapore International Airlines). Besides holding senior positions in the foregoing Airlines he has been on the Board of Directors of various International Airlines as a nominee Director of SIA and Temasek Sovereign Fund, Singapore. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr. Malik worked as Director / SVP Customer Services and Product Development at Emirates Airlines at its inception and thereafter acted as an Adviser/Consultant to its Chairman.
Over a decade and a half ago Mr. Malik decided to branch out on his own as an entrepreneur and as such was/is Chairman / President / CEO / Director and Shareholder in divergent Companies and had/has interests in Airlines; Travel trade; Institutional Catering; Hotels / Leisure industry; LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas); Downstream Refinery/Oil Products; Industrial and Hospital Gases; Information Technology / Start-ups; Real Estate Development; etc; Most of the foregoing businesses were/are Joint Ventures with Multinationals or were/are represented through his entities of renowned Companies such as Boeing; Siemens AG; Siemens Plessy; Alcatel; British Petroleum; Singapore International Airlines; Abacus International; Attock Group; MAFI (Majid Al-Futtaim Investments); etc;
It must be emphasised that Mr. Malik was Principal Adviser to the Chairman of MAFIGH (Majid Al-Futtaim Investment Group Holdings) and focused on MAF Investment and Asset Management Company which was / is one of the best known Conglomerate of its type in the Middle East. He continues to serve on the Board of several international and national companies and heads varied Board's Audit Committee, Risk Committee, HR & Compensation Committee, etc; He has been Adviser for Tourism and Aviation to the Prime Minister of Pakistan and has held/holds many other important and prestigious positions in Government bodies and prominent private enterprises. He has been in the past on the Board of several Government of Pakistan's Organisation and in particular was an active member on the Board of Directors / Board of Governors of NADRA. He made enormous contribution in making NADRA into a vibrant and a service-oriented institution and in particular giving direction for making this entity into a very profitable organisation.
Mr. Navaid H. Malik enthusiastically participates in various international professional bodies. He was/is on the Advisory Committee of IHA (International Hotel Association); International Associate of AH&MA (American Hotel & Motel Association); served as a Council Member of WTO (World Tourism Organisation); Co-opted Board Member of IATA Airline Commission on Planning and Forecasting; Committee Member of IHLA (International Hospitality and Leisure Association); etc. It is pertinent to mention that he has been a visiting academic luminaire at many international educational institutions and universities. He keenly takes part in communal and philanthropic activities.
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