Mr. Hasham Ali Baber is Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer with a professional career spanning over 13 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry. As a Chartered Accountant, prior to joining GSK, Mr. Baber was part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers as Supervising Senior. During his career journey at GSK, Hasham held multiple local and global roles including Lead Finance Business Partner Pakistan LOC, Lead Regional Finance Hub, and later Regional Financial Planning Director for Emerging Markets. In 2016, Hasham established Pakistan as a planning hub for other GSK countries. Following its successful implementation, multiple other hubs were set up on the same model, hence establishing a path towards new ways of working for GSK at a global scale.
Prior to his current role, Hasham was the Regional Finance Planning Director for Emerging Markets in Singapore, where he established himself as an accomplished leader, as he led the planning, forecasting, and business partnering of the region comprising of ~50 countries (Latin America, Africa, Middle East, India/Pakistan, and South East Asia) with a turnover of ~£3.2 billion. As a member of Emerging Markets Finance Leadership team, he has led several cross-functional strategic projects while driving the One Finance Mindset.