Dr Kabir Ahmed Sidhu

Dr Kabir Ahmed Sidhu

Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan

Dr Kabir Ahmed Sidhu serves as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Pakistan’s corporate sector regulator, where he leads the automation of business registrations and capital market reforms. As a central leader for the World Bank’s global B-READY (Business Ready) programme indicators in Pakistan, he has pioneered major digital updates to lower compliance costs and reduce delays for the private sector. He holds a PhD in Law, specialising in stock exchange regulation, and an LLM from the University of Manchester, UK.