Zubair Sobani

Current

Director Operations at Nissan Gulf Free Zone
Chief Operating Officer at Al Dahana Free Zone

Past

Chief Strategy Officer at ALJ Group <Toyota>
Deputy Managing Director at ALJ Group <Toyota>
Director - Marketing at ALJ Group <Toyota>

Senior General Manager - Sales Operation at ALJ Group <Toyota>
Director at JJ International at ALJ Group < JJ International>
Director at ALJ Group <UTAR Technologies>
General Manager at ALJ
Manager at Deloitte
Assistant Manager at Price Waterhouse

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Education

<ACA> Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan
<ACMA> Institute of Cost and Managment of Pakistan
Karachi University

DJ Science College
BVS Parsi High School

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Zubair Sobani’s Summary

23 years of experience in General Managment, Marketing, Sales, Operations and Finance and Strategy.

Trained as an accountant, worked in audit, consulting and MIS roles in the early part of the carreer. Moved to treasury and later to business development before moving to operation (automobile) in the mid career. Did a 4 year stint in the Private Equity before returning back to my first love i.e Auto Industry. Took different poistion as Head of Sales, Head of Marketing and then Head of Business Unit before moving to the Corporate Office as the "Chief Strategy Officer".

Left ALJ Group (Toyota Saudi Arabia) after working with the Group for 15 years and 2 months to join Nissan Gulf Free Zone. Currently responsible for Saudi Market as well the incharge for Corporate & Product Planning

Zubair Sobani’s Specialties:

Marketing, Supply Chain, Product Positioning, Negotiation, Business Planning, Strategy and performance managment.

Zubair Sobani’s Experience

Director Operations

Nissan Gulf Free Zone

(Automotive industry)

November 2008 — Present (9 months)

A Joint Venture between Nissan Motor Limited (Japan) and AlDahana FZCO. Nissan Gulf Free Zone (NGF) is a regional HQ for 4 GCC market i.e Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi. NGF is also responsible for F&I, CPO and Accessories for all MENA markets.
Chief Operating Officer

Al Dahana Free Zone

(Investment Management industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)
Chief Strategy Officer

ALJ Group <Toyota>

(Automotive industry)

March 2008 — September 2008 (7 months)
Deputy Managing Director

ALJ Group <Toyota>

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year)

Head of Business Unit involved in Development and Sales of Toyota Accessories and Conversion.
Director - Marketing

ALJ Group <Toyota>

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

2004 — 2007 (3 years)

Head of Marketing and Sales for Toyota, Daihtasu, Industrial Equipment. Responsibility include Brand development, Positioning, Pricing, New Product Development, Supply Chain for auto in Saudi Arabia.
Senior General Manager - Sales Operation

ALJ Group <Toyota>

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years)

Overall responsibity for retail and fleet sales for the ALJ owned dealerships including the supply chain for the retail operation.
Director at JJ International

ALJ Group < JJ International>

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)

Miami, USA

Responsible for Private Equity Portfolio for North America
Director

ALJ Group <UTAR Technologies>

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)

Vancouver Canada

Manage technology Incubulator and helped start several startup companies manily in the area of lasers and wireless communication.
General Manager

ALJ

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)

1993 — 1999 (6 years)
Manager

Deloitte

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; DTT; Accounting industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years)

Jeddah Office
Assistant Manager

Price Waterhouse

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; PWC; Accounting industry)

1985 — 1990 (5 years)

Karachi Office

Zubair Sobani’s Education

<ACA> Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan

ACA , Finance and Business , 1985 — 1990
<ACMA> Institute of Cost and Managment of Pakistan

ACMA , Cost and Managament accounting , 1985 — 1989
Karachi University

BSC , Statistics , 1982 — 1985
DJ Science College

Inter , Pre engineering , 1980 — 1982
BVS Parsi High School

Matric , Science , 1971 — 1980