Company: NTWK
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-005001
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Company: NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-16
Form: PRE 14A
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, NetSol Technologies, Inc.

Age 71

Director since 1997

NAJEEB U. GHAURIis the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of NETSO Technologies, Inc He has been founder and director of the Company since 1997, Chairman since 2003 and Chief Executive Officer from January 1998 to September 2002 and from October 2006 to present. Mr. Ghauri was responsible for NetSol listing on NASDAQ in 1999 and NetSol Pakistan subsidiary listing on the Karachi Stock Exchange in 2005. Mr. Ghauri served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2001 and as the Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2005. As CEO, Mr. Ghauri is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Company, as well as the Company’s overall growth and expansion plan. In 2017, Mr. Najeeb Ghauri as the CEO, implemented a Company-wide initiative cutting costs which saved the Company in excess of $8.0 MN. Mr. Ghauri was also instrumental in the substantial increase in revenue for fiscal year end 2015 and onwards. In addition, under his leadership and the senior top management, NetSol won the largest contract for the Company, worth over $120 million, in December 2015. Under his watch, NetSol has become a leading player in China with innovation and a cutting-edge technology.

In September 2020, Mr. Ghauri was presented with the highest civilian award in Pakistan, “Sitar e Imtiaz”, a medal of pride, in recognition for his work in IT and philanthropic activities causes in Pakistan. This medal was conferred by the President of Pakistan at the President House in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ghauri was part of the marketing team of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (now acquired by BP), a Fortune 500 Company, from 1987-1997. Prior to ARCO, he spent nearly five years with Unilever as brand and sales managers. Mr. Ghauri attended Eastern Illinois University in 1977-78 for Bachelor of Science degree in Management/Economics. He earned an M.B.A. in Marketing Management from Peter F. Drucker School of Management, Claremont, California in 1981. Mr. Ghauri was elected Vice Chairman of US Pakistan Business Council in 2006, a Washington D.C. based