Chief Executive Officer
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)
Ministry of Energy – Power Division

Managing Director
Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB)

TOPIC : ARE Sector of Pakistan - Progress & Prospects

Shah Jahan Mirza is currently serving as Managing Director Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) which is a one Window Facilitator in the Government of Pakistan to implement Power Policies and facilitate Investors in development of Power Generation and Infrastructure Projects under long term Agreements. He has also been entrusted with the charge of Chief Executive Officer AEDB by the Government. He is a graduate in Investment Management from Cass Business School London and master in Business Administration from Pakistan having more than 35 years’ professional experience in the areas of evaluation, development and financing of large scale power generation and infrastructure projects, facilitation of investors, strategic management, policy formulation, public procurement, contract administration, tariff structuring, regulatory affairs, etc.

During the last six years as Managing Director PPIB, he was instrumental in adding power generation capacity of 9,000 MW to the national grid of Pakistan mainly through private sector investments. Currently PPIB is managing 40 commissioned IPPs of 17,449 MW having investment of around US$ 20 billion while 22 multiple fuel based power projects of 12,028 MW and One HVDC Transmission Line Project are under development. Under Mr. Mirza’s administration, PPIB is acting as front runner institution in implementing major chunk of CPEC Energy Sector portfolio consisting of thirteen power generation Projects based on coal and hydro resources of 11,634 MW worth 20 billion US$ and one 900 KM long, 4,000 MW capacity, ±660 kV Matiari-Lahore HVDC Transmission Line Project worth 1.6 Billion US$.

Mr. Mirza, in his capacity as CEO AEDB, is leading the organization to achieve the Government’s vision of increasing the share of ARE based generation in the energy mix and promoting ARE technologies in different segments of society.

Before taking over as Managing Director PPIB, he served as Executive Director Finance and Policy PPIB where his core duties included looking after the financing and policy related issues of the IPPs as well as accounting and financial management functions of PPIB. Previously Mr. Mirza has a diverse career as a banker, consultant, lead in financial restructuring and privatization transactions.

Before joining PPIB in July 2003, he had served in various organizations including Private Power Cell of Ministry of Water & Power (present PPIB) wherein he made valuable contributions in formulation of Private Power Generation Policy of 1994, including indexation procedures of tariff and standardized security package (Implementation, Power Purchase and Fuel Supply Agreements). He also served as General Manager (Investment) Planning in Fauji Foundation which is one of the largest business conglomerate in Pakistan, as Financial Analyst in International Resources Group (IRG) of US based consultancy firm, as Financial Analyst in Project Finance Department of National Bank of Pakistan and as an independent consultant in the energy sector.