Arif Chishti

Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) Equipment Company is the holding company of Abdul Latif Jameel’s machinery business. Through its world-wide association with Toyota Motor Company, ALJ has taken a lead position in the automotive industry. Through its businesses, ALJ Equipment Company sells, rents and provides parts and services for global, industry-leading products including Toyota Material Handling Equipment, Komatsu Construction & Mining Equipment, Terex Crushing & Recycling Equipment, Manitou Telescopic Handlers, Golden Dragon Buses & Coaches, and Teksan Generators I oversee machinery business worldwide. I am also a member of the Board of Abdul Latif Jameel Summit Company, a joint venture of ALJ and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, which I started up in 2013 as a dealership of Komatsu equipment. I am also an active member on various executive committees including the executive committee of ALJ Industrial Equipment Company which offers Toyota material handling equipment and warehousing solutions.

Abdul Latif Jameel Summit Co. is a joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation of Japan and Abdul Latif Jameel of Saudi Arabia. The company represents in Saudi Arabia globally renowned brands including Komatsu Construction & Mining Equipment, Teksan Generators, Manitou Material Handling Equipment and Golden Dragon buses As the Joint Venture's first Managing Director, I started up Komatsu's 4-S dealership operation in 2013, and quickly transformed the company into a sustainable multi-franchisee organization. ALJ Summit is today recognized by all stake holders as a key player with standards that are second to none

VPL Limited is a Panasian Group Company. VPL Limited represents in Pakistan globally renowned brands including Volvo Trucks & Buses, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta Engines and Gesan Generators. As the CEO, I was at the helm with direct reporting managers from all functional areas viz- Sales, Aftersales, Workshop, Finance, HR, Admin, & Marketing. I was brought in to transform a 35 year old organization into one which is modern, sustainable and profitable, a task achieved in 18-months!

FAMCO is a business of the U.A.E based conglomerate- Al-Futtaim Group; the group is recognized as one of the leading business houses in the Gulf and one of the largest automotive distributors in the region. FAMCO represents globally renowned brands including Volvo Trucks & Buses, Volvo Construction Equipment, Ingersoll Rand Compressors and Himoinsa generators. As the first General Manager of the Volvo Construction Equipment business unit, I was responsible for building up the organization and for its PNL (sales, service, parts & lubricants). Franchisees included Volvo Construction Equipment, Ingersoll Rand & Merlo Material Handling Equipment. The business expanded into one with 4-branches across U.A.E

Arabian Auto Agency is Saudi Arabia's leading distributor of construction, transportation, agricultural, automotive, city cleaning, material handling and sport equipment I was heading the sales operations (multi-franchisee) in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (Dammam). I was also responsible for the branch administration.

Allied Engineering & Services is the authorized dealer for Caterpillar earthmoving machinery and power generation equipment in Pakistan. Allied has been consistently recognized by Caterpillar as a dealer with high operating standards. While I worked at various levels with Allied, in my last position (Regional Manager), I was responsible for the PNL of the 3S (sales, service, parts) operation in two provinces of Pakistan (Sindh & Baluchistan). Products included Caterpillar construction & mining equipment and Caterpillar diesel and gas generator sets.