NETSOL strengthens Board with election of four new directors

NETSOL Technologies has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of four new members. The appointments were confirmed at the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on 18 June, where shareholders elected seven directors to the Board.

The newly elected directors are Richard Howard, Aamir Ibrahim, Naeem Ghauri and Asad Ghauri. They join returning directors Najeeb Ghauri, Syed Kausar Kazmi and Ian Smith.

Most recently President and CEO of Daimler Truck Financial Services USA, he also served on the company’s Global Board of Management, overseeing operations across North America and Asia. Earlier roles included President and CEO of Daimler Financial Services Asia and senior leadership positions at Daimler Truck North America, where he was responsible for a business generating more than $20 billion in annual revenue. Howard joined NETSOL’s Advisory Board in 2025 before being elected to the Board.

As Chief Executive Officer of JazzWorld, he leads a digital platform serving more than 100 million customers and is a member of the Group Executive Committee at VEON Ltd. His previous roles include senior leadership positions at Telenor Group, Ford Motor Company and Jaguar Land Rover, while he also serves as Chairman of Mobilink Bank.

NETSOL Co-Founder and President Naeem Ghauri has also joined the Board, bringing deep institutional knowledge after helping build the business from a start-up into a global technology provider. His experience across global sales, strategic partnerships and business development has played a key role in the company’s international growth.

Meanwhile, Asad Ghauri joins the Board alongside his executive responsibilities as Global Head of Sales and Group Managing Director for Europe. He oversees NETSOL’s global commercial organisation and European operations, having led the expansion of the company’s presence among automotive captives and tier-one financial institutions.

The company also announced the retirement of directors Mark Caton and Malea Farsai, thanking both for their contributions to the company’s governance and strategic development.

“Today marks a meaningful moment in NETSOL’s evolution as a company, as a global brand and as a force for innovation in the asset finance and digital automotive retail industries.

“We are pleased to welcome Richard Howard, Aamir Ibrahim, Naeem Ghauri and Asad Ghauri to the Board, and we look forward to benefiting from their combined experience, insight and leadership as we execute against an ambitious next phase of growth.”

Highlighting Howard’s appointment, he added: “His decades of senior leadership in global automotive finance, including his recent tenure as President and CEO of Daimler Truck Financial Services USA, bring exactly the depth and network NETSOL needs as we scale our platform footprint in the markets that matter most.”

Ghauri also said Ibrahim’s experience combined automotive expertise with leadership of a large-scale digital services business.

“That intersection of automotive heritage, digital scale and financial services experience is exactly what a Board guiding NETSOL’s global growth agenda needs,” he said.

The strengthened Board comes as NETSOL continues to expand its AI-enabled software platform for asset finance, leasing and automotive retail, supporting OEMs, dealerships and financial institutions across global markets.