Ali Farid Khwaja, Commissioner (Securities Market Division), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan(SECP)

Ali Farid Khawaja’s career quietly dismantles the idea that climate action and capital markets reform are separate conversations. A Rhodes Scholar and co-founder of KTrade Securities, he was appointed SECP Commissioner in early 2026, bringing to Pakistan’s chief financial regulator a rare combination of entrepreneurial experience and Oxford-trained financial economics.

Before joining the SECP, he led Critical Metals PLC, placing him at the centre of one of the energy transition’s defining questions: how the world secures the minerals essential to solar panels, electric vehicles, and battery storage without deepening existing inequalities. At the SECP, the task is now regulatory. Pakistan urgently needs green bonds, ESG-aligned frameworks, and market infrastructure that can channel private capital toward climate-resilient projects. Khawaja is the kind of appointment that suggests the institution understands what is at stake.