Mr. Umar Zafar Sheikh

Ex-Officio Director

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Maritime Affairs

Mr. Umar Zafar Sheikh did his graduation from Government College Lahore and Masters in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad. He also holds a Masters degree in Accounting from University of Stockholm, Sweden, a Post Graduate Diploma in Corruption Studies from University of Hong Kong, and a certificate in Integrity Reform from University of Central Europe, Hungary.

Mr. Sheikh joined civil service in 1991. He belongs to Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service and has worked on various auditing, accounting, human resource management, financial management, and project management assignments. Major assignments include Additional Director NAB, Deputy Accountant General Senior, Director Administration, office of Auditor General of Pakistan, Director Procurement, Project to Improve Financial Reporting and Auditing, Director/ Director General, President’s Secretariat Public, Director General Foreign Audit, Chief Finance and Accounts Officer, and Director Finance NAB. He has recently been promoted to BS-21 and posted as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Maritime Affairs.

He has the honor of being one of the co-authors of Pakistan’s first ever National Anti Corruption Strategy. He also remained involved with implementation of the strategy, conceived and established National Accountability Bureau’s awareness and prevention wing, and led its awareness campaign.

Mr. Sheikh has spoken extensively about governance, accountability, anti-corruption, motivation, financial management, communication skills and public speaking at national and international level. He is a regular guest speaker and review panelist at Civil Service training institutes.