TURKI SALEH A. ALRAJHI
| Executive Chairman of the Board; Human Capital & Compensation Committee (Chair); Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee (Chair)
Mr. AlRajhi serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company and Chair of the Human Capital & Compensation Committee and Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mithaq Holding Company and Managing Director of Mithaq Capital SPC. In these roles, he is responsible for developing and executing overall strategy, including capital allocation decisions and the selection and compensation of senior executives. Mr. AlRajhi holds a Bachelor of Finance and Banking from Dar Al Uloom University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and completed the Value Investing Program at Columbia Business School in the United States of America. He aspires to master Chapters 8 and 20 of Prof. Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor.
MUHAMMAD ASIF SEEMAB
| Vice Chairman of the Board; President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Seemab serves as Vice Chairman of the Board and President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He also serves as Managing Director of Mithaq Holding Company and Mithaq Capital SPC, where he is responsible for executing and managing the companies’ investments, including public equity, private equity, real estate, and income-producing assets in local and international markets. Mr. Seemab holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Hailey College of Commerce at the University of the Punjab and is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
HUSSAN ARSHAD
| Independent Director; Audit Committee (Chair); Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee; Human Capital & Compensation Committee
Mr. Arshad serves as Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board of the Company. Prior to that, he held positions focusing on financial reporting, audit, governance, risk management and internal controls in various organizations, including Ernst & Young, and Bell Canada Enterprise. Mr. Arshad is a member of the Chartered Professional Accounts (CPA) of Canada, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), and The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in the United States of America.
KIM ROY
| Director
Ms. Roy serves as an Independent Director of the Company and brings extensive leadership experience across multi-billion-dollar brand portfolios. Over the course of her career, she has held roles of increasing responsibility at leading retail organizations, including Ralph Lauren Corporation, where she most recently served as Group President, North America. Prior to that, Ms. Roy served as President of Ann Taylor, Group President at Liz Claiborne, Inc., and Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager at Associated Merchandising Corporation. Ms. Roy has also served on the Boards of Directors of Chico’s FAS, Inc. and Weight Watchers International, Inc. She is an advisor and former director of Catholic Guardian Services and a graduate of Skidmore College, where she serves as a long-standing Board Trustee.
RHYS SUMMERTON
| Independent Director; Audit Committee, Human Capital & Compensation Committee
Mr. Summerton serves as an Independent Director of the Company. He is the founder and investor at Milkwood Capital, a long-term, value-oriented, global investment company based in the UK. Since establishing the fund in 2014, he has successfully driven value realization across a range of investments through disciplined capital allocation and strategic decision-making. Before founding Milkwood, Mr. Summerton was Managing Director and Global Head of Emerging Market Equity Research at Citigroup, leading the firm’s top-ranked research franchise. A Chartered Accountant, he began his career with Ernst & Young. Mr. Summerton serves on the boards of various listed and unlisted companies, mostly where Milkwood Capital has influence.
MUHAMMAD UMAIR
| Director; Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Umair serves as Chief Strategy Officer and a Director of the Company. Previously, Mr. Umair served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to joining The Children’s Place, Mr. Umair served as Senior Advisor at Origin Funding Partners, Head of Advisory at Armacom, and Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young. He is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Umair brings more than 19 years of financial and commercial experience spanning investment management, corporate advisory, operational and financial due diligence, audit, and business transformation.