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Mr. Muhammad Riaz Khan
Leadership Profile

Mr. Muhammad Riaz Khan

Director

Former MD/CEO of OGDC — achieved record highest BoE production (2013–14)Over 30 years in oil & gas sectorIndependent Non-Executive Director — OGDC and Frontier CeramicsOver 20 years directorship experience across E&P companiesActive member PEC and SPE (USA)

Biography

He has served as Managing Director/CEO of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited. During his tenure in the year 2013–14, the company produced the highest Barrel of Oil Equivalent (BoE) — a record till date. He graduated from UET, Lahore in Petroleum and Gas Engineering.

He has over 30 years of high and diversified experience in the oil and gas sector, especially in petroleum engineering, production, joint ventures, contract negotiations, leadership/managerial skills and HRM. He has supervised execution of several critical oil & gas field development projects and attended extensive advance courses on Management, Production, Project Development and Petroleum Economics in USA, Canada and Oxford, UK.

He is a certified director as per SECP requirement from EDC (University of Lahore) and registered with PICG as an Independent Director. He is also ESG certified from PICG. Currently he is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the boards of Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDC) and Frontier Ceramics Ltd.

He served as Director on the Boards of KPOGCL, SSGCL, SSGC (LPG) Ltd., PERAC, Mari Energies Limited and Pirkoh Gas Company Limited. He has over 20 years of directorship experience on the boards of various Oil & Gas Exploration/Production and Mid/Down Stream Companies. He is an active member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and The Society of Petroleum Engineers (USA).

Education &
Qualifications

01

B.Sc. in Petroleum and Gas Engineering — UET, Lahore

02

Advanced courses in Management, Petroleum Economics — USA, Canada, Oxford UK

03

Certified Director — EDC (University of Lahore), registered with PICG

04

ESG certified — PICG

05

Directors' Training Program for SOEs — National School of Public Policy (Feb 2025)

Board Committee
Memberships

Business Development and Operations Committee, Chairman

Audit Committee, Member

Risk Management and Security Committee, Member

ESG Committee, Member