Farooq Barkat Ali is the Chief Financial Officer at Engro Corporation Limited. Previously, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Engro Fertilizers, and Engro Energy Limited (EEL). Farooq has also served as Vice President – Finance at Engro Corporation and Chief Financial Officer at Engro Powergen Qadirpur and Engro Eximp Pvt Limited.

As CFO at Engro Energy, Farooq looked after various aspects of the business including Performance Management of EEL subsidiaries, Treasury & Investor Relations, and financial oversight of all entities under the Energy vertical.

He serves on the Board of Engro Fertilizers Limited, Engro Enfrashare (Pvt.) Limited, Engro Infiniti (Pvt.) Limited, Thermal Vision (Pvt.) Limited, Engro Connect (Pvt.) Limited, Engro Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited, Engro Energy Services Limited, Engro Power International Holding BV, Engro Power Investments International BV, and Engro Power Services Holding BV.

Farooq carries around two decades of experience in various Finance and Commercial roles. He started his career with Reckitt Benckiser in 2002 and then moved to Shell Pakistan in 2007, before joining the Engro Group in 2013. During his career, Farooq has managed multiple projects including the financing of mega projects, ERP implementations, and mergers & acquisitions.

Farooq is a Chartered Accountant by profession from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and has also been previously associated with Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) in Karachi.