BOC Pakistan is a subsidiary of The BOC Group plc UK which is a world class gases business operating in more than 50 countries, servicing over 2 million customers globally, and is structured to run on the basis of specialised Lines of Businesses the two major ones being Process Gas Solutions (PGS) and Industrial and Special Products (ISP).
BOC Pakistan is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of industrial, speciality and medical gases & equipment and welding products and has now also been restructured to align its businesses along the two major global businesses of the Group ie PGS and ISP, each to be run by a General Manager.
The PGS line of business covers business with larger-scale industrial customers, typically in the oil, chemicals, food and beverage, metals and glass sectors where gases and services are supplied as part of customer specific solutions. The ISP business caters to the demand of gases for cutting and welding, hospitality, laboratory applications and a variety of medical purposes and which is mainly distributed under pressure in cylinders. In addition to supplying gases, ISP also supplies a range of associated equipment which includes medical, cutting and welding products and associated safety equipment.
Consequent to the restructuring, Syed Ayaz Bokhari has been appointed PGS General Manager and Syed Ainul Hadi as ISP General Manger. Ayaz has more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and general management with leading multinational companies and has held challenging positions both in and outside Pakistan. His most recent position was General Manager for Retail in Indonesia for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group. Syed Ainul Hadi, who joined BOC Pakistan in May 1990 and has held a number of senior operations and commercial roles in the Company, has been promoted to the position of ISP General Manager. Prior to joining BOC, Hadi had previously worked for a Shell Group Company.
Syed Ayaz Bokhari, the new General Manager for the PGS Business, in addition, has been appointed Chief Executive for the Company in succession to Mr. Javaid Anwar with effect from 30 January 2005. BOC Pakistan Limited has also announced that its newly elected Board of Directors has re-appointed Mr. Munnawar Hamid OBE as Chairman of the Company for a period of 3 years with effect from 30 January 2005.-PR