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Najeeb Ghauri was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of NetSol Technologies, Inc., in February 2003. He has also been interim CFO since June 2002 till July 2005 He was the founder of the parent company NetSol Technologies, Inc. (formerly Mirage Holdings, Inc.). He became the President and CEO of NetSol Technologies, Inc. in April 1997, and held that title until August 2001. Mr. Ghauri was very instrumental in the completion of the IPO in 1998. He also spearheaded the successful listing of NetSol to NASDAQ Small Cap in December 1999.
Prior to launching NetSol in the U.S., Mr. Ghauri had over 15 years of combined marketing and management experience with Fortune 500 companies such as Unilever and Atlantic Richfield Corporation (ARCO). He received his bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois University, and earned an MBA in marketing from the Drucker School of Management at The Claremont Graduate School. In 2001, Mr. Ghauri was a nominee for the Ernst & Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year' award in California.
Mr. Ghauri is very active in various educational non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide. He is a founding board member of the Pakistan Human Development Fund. He is a board member at the newly created U.S. Pakistan Business Council in Washington, D.C. (a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Body), and is also on the board of M4 International, Inc., a California-based executive consulting firm. | 