Zafar Abbas

Mr. Zafar Abbas joined Mari Energies Board on June 16, 2025, representing Government of Pakistan. He is a non-executive director and a Member of the Board’s HR&R, Technical and Investment Committees.

Mr. Zafar Abbas is a career civil servant who joined the Government of Pakistan in 1998. He brings extensive experience in the economic and energy sectors, with a focus on policy formulation and implementation, international development cooperation, and project management.

Before taking up his current responsibilities at the Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division), he served as Additional Secretary (Power Finance) in the Power Division and briefly as Additional Secretary in the Finance Division.

From 2015 to 2022, he held the position of Joint Secretary in both the Power Division and Interior Division. During his tenure at the Interior Division, he played a key role as one of the team leads for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) engagement, which contributed to Pakistan’s removal from the grey list in 2022.

Mr. Abbas has also served as Managing Director of the National Transmission and Despatch Company, Managing Director of the Power Planning and Monitoring Company, and Secretary to the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, and an MBA in Oil & Gas Management from the University of Dundee, Scotland (UK).

In addition to MariEnergies, he currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, and Pakistan State Oil.