Professor Dr. S Akbar Zaidi has been the Executive Director of the IBA since January 2020. He is a renowned political economist with almost four decades of teaching and research experience in Pakistan and abroad. His areas of interest in research include political economy, development, the social sciences, and history. Dr. Zaidi has written over 80 academic articles in international journals and as chapters in books.

Tara Uzra Dawood studied at Cornell University, Oxford University, and Harvard Law School. She is President of her own company, Dawood Global Foundation. She is on the board of numerous high-profile organizations, travels, and gives speeches all around the world. She recently met with Hilary Rodham Clinton, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Tara is also a popular columnist and journalist and has interviewed various national and international celebrities. She is also serving as Independent Director at PSO & PRL.

As a global strategist, IT executive, and entrepreneur, Amer Hashmi possesses diverse global experience in organizational leadership with companies like IBM and MCI System house. He was the founding CEO of Si3 – Pakistan's pioneering technology outsourcing firm that helped stimulate IT systems integration in public and private organizations in Pakistan. His work has been featured in Forbes Asia, Business week & Financial Times UK.

Dr. Junaid Ahmad Khan is Chairman and Founder of National Management Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. NMC has assisted in setting-up over 200 industrial, commercial (136 units), financial (10 banks & FIs), educational (40 institutions including three universities, LUMS, Hamdard & Foundation University and health care projects 14 hospitals. He taught MBA classes at IBA Karachi as visiting faculty for 12 years from 1980 to 1992. He also served as Chairman of APTECH Pak Operations. Operating 25 Aptech Computer Education Centers in the Country with over 15,000 students.

Mosharraf Zaidi is a public policy professional with over two decades of experience in the confluence of policy, politics, media, and economics. Since 2018, he has worked at Tabadlab, the advisory services firm and think that he co-founded to help leaders in the public, private and not for profit sectors identify and solve problems that transcend the traditional boundaries of economics, politics, and society at large.

Zaffar Khan has multiple Board experiences both in the Public & Private sectors - currently serving on the Board of the Privatization Commission, Shell Pakistan, International Industries, Askari Bank, Acumen Pakistan, and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy. Also serving as chair of the Advisory Committee of the Fellowship Fund of Pakistan.

Ms. Nausheen Ahmad is a Barrister at Law and Advocate of the Sindh High Court specializing in corporate and commercial laws. She is lead counsel of the Legal and Governance Advisory. She has extensive experience as Company Secretary and currently serves as Independent Director on the Boards of several listed Companies. She is a mediator and founder of IBA DRF

Abdul Rahim Suriya FCA FCMA is former President of ICAP. He is a Trainer for ICAP ,ICMAP and IBA for Directors training program approved by SECP. He is a also a Professional Trainer on Corporate Governance & Reporting and finance & non-finance executives. He was member of IFAC Education Board for 6 years. He has also authored a book "A Guide to Business Decision Making".

Javaid Iqbal is the Chief Commercial Officer (Member & Executive Director) at the Special Technology Zones Authority of the Government of Pakistan helping build the foundation of a tech-enabled knowledge ecosystem in Pakistan. He has spent the last two decades spearheading large-scale complex business and technology transformation efforts for global Fortune 500 conglomerates and federal, state, and local governments across North America, Europe & Asia.