Sadia Khan was appointed Commissioner, Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) by the Federal Government for a three-year term in March 2020. She was the first female to hold this post. Prior to that, she has served as the President & CEO of the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG).
Sadia has pursued a versatile career path traversing investment banking, development finance, financial regulation, family businesses and entrepreneurship across three continents. With Masters degrees in Economics from both Cambridge University and Yale University, Sadia started her career at Lehman Brothers in New York. After obtaining her MBA from INSEAD in France, she has worked with various international institutions and local regulatory authorities, including the Asian Development Bank in the Philippines, the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan. For the past two decades, Sadia has remained a passionate advocate of corporate governance and has served on various boards as an independent director. Her book entitled “Corporate Governance Landscape of Pakistan” was published by Oxford University Press in 2017.
In 2014, the French Government conferred on her, the prestigious French award, “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” (Knight of the National Order of Merit). Ms. Khan served as the Honorary Consul General of Finland in Karachi during 2012-2020. Her leadership and strategic management skills were recognized in a Case Study published by INSEAD in 2021, on her tenure as the Global President of the INSEAD Alumni Association. She was recognized by the International Directors Network (IDN) for excellence in governance as the first recipient of their Good Governance Award in 2021. She was awarded the Volunteer Leaders Award by INSEAD in 2023.
Sadia is currently based in Dubai, U.A.E where she is pursuing a portfolio career as an educator and practitioner of corporate governance, focused on sustainability.