Chief Executive Officer/Regional Director Asia Pacific TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification (Pvt.) Ltd.

Rashid Mehr is the CEO of TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification (Pvt.) Ltd. He started his career at a young age right after graduating from The Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab. At the mere age of 25, he played an instrumental role in setting up Moody International’s footprint in 1997, consequently, becoming one of the pioneers in setting up the Testing, Inspection & Certification Business in Pakistan. Before that the industry and businesses in Pakistan were not so much familiar with testing, inspection and certification services.

Hard work, perseverance and patience has been his mantra to success.

Rashid loves to travel for both business & pleasure and has visited many countries. He has direct exposure of working with various nationalities and countries. He enjoys excellent rapport with the business community. He is also a culinary enthusiast and has mastered to cook various delicacies of the places he has visited. Culinary and tourism are very close to his heart.

Rashid likes to write on social and economic issues as a freelance journalist and has written many columns in Urdu & English. His popular articles include “Educational Reforms” & “Changing face of Diplomacy”. He is very patriotic & has nationalist approach and is committed to play his role in the revival of economic activities in Pakistan. He dreams to have Pakistan become an important economic corridor.

Current Role:

CEO – TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification (Pvt.) Ltd.
Regional Director – TUV Austria Asia Pacific Region.

Memberships:

Former President All Pakistan Business Forum.
On the Board of Directors / Treasurer the Pakpur Foundation a leading NGO, compromising of elite businessmen working for the social uplift of the people of Pakistan.
Lifetime Member of SAARC.
Lahore Chamber of Commerce.
Karachi Chamber of Commerce.
Islamabad Chamber of Commerce.

Rashid has advocated various concerns and ideas of the business community at key business forums like UK Trade & Investment, Punjab Board of Investment & Trade and as the President All Pakistan Business Forum. He also represented SAARC Pakistan chapter at conferences like World Chambers of Commerce/ICC Conference in Sydney and conferences on Environment.

He worked closely with Ministry of Science & Technology and was instrumental in getting a MOU signed between TUV Austria Bureau of Inspection & Certification (Pvt.) Ltd. – formerly Moody International for setting up National Accreditation Council.

Rashid also played an integral role and worked closely with FBR and Ministry of Finance in categorizing TIC (Testing, Inspection & Certification) as a sub-sector of the service industry, prior to that TIC sector was not considered as an industry in Pakistan. He also enjoys credible and high level connections with people and companies in Europe, UAE, Pakistan, South Asia, China & Singapore.