Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal

Ikram Sehgal, the first Pakistani POW to escape from India in 1971, was promoted to Major on 13 December 1971, while commanding a rifle company in the Thar Desert. He is a regular speaker at various defence institutions and international think tanks worldwide.

As Chairman, Ikram Sehgal oversees two major private security companies in the Pathfinder Group’s Security Services Division (SSD) and leading IT firms in the Financial Services and Technology Division (FSTD). VRG, recognized by the World Economic Forum’s Edison Alliance, ranked third globally for digital financial inclusion with nearly 7.5 million Asaan Mobile Accounts (AMA).

For 20 years, Ikram Sehgal has hosted the Pakistan Breakfast at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos for heads of state and other prominent figures. Formerly Chairman of the Karachi Council of Foreign Affairs (KCFR), he is now its Patron-in-Chief. He serves on WEF’s Board of Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) and was part of its Global Agenda Council for Counter-Terrorism. He is Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Committee of the Swiss Asian Chamber of Commerce, Geneva, and a Director of the EastWest Institute for over 15 years. He is on the Executive Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors and Vice Chairman of the Board of Management Quaid-i-Azam House Museum. He served on the Board of Directors of Bank Alfalah for 16 years and was elected Chairman of K-Electric in January 2019. He is also a Director at BAB of IOM, Geneva.

Ikram Sehgal regularly contributes articles to newspapers such as Daily Times, Express Tribune, Daily Express, and others, including South Asian Monitor (Malaysia). He has also written for The Nation, Nawa-i-Waqt, The News, and Daily Jang. Additionally, he frequently appears on television as a defence and security analyst.