Razi Uddin Hashmi
CEO & Founder
Pragmatic Executive with a successful background of over 35 years of achievement of sustainable growth through the development and implementation of robust processes, strategic interventions. He demonstrated proven ability to enhance market reach within public and private sectors.
He possesses high leadership and managerial skills with proactive work ethics, is a strong team player, and empowers his team to drive performance at the highest level to maintain efficiency and productivity to maximize profitability. He has a strong commitment towards achieving business objectives, has orchestrated initiatives to achieve consistent sustainable growth. Architected and executed expansion strategies that penetrated new markets mostly throughout the MENA region.
He has extensive experience in Accounting, Finance, and Investment Logistics Management. With a spectacular track record of leading large-scale projects, he specializes in all economic areas. Additionally, he has developed a name in overland transportation and international shipping. His varied experience includes serving as a Board Member, CEO, COO, and General Manager of various freight forwarding companies in the MENA region, especially in KSA and UAE.
In addition to his corporate roles, Razi holds leadership positions in non-profit organizations, including Senior VP and Director on the Global Board of GGAF (USA) and President & CEO of Princeton Accounting & Financial Services (NJ, USA).
During his 25 years with Falcon Freight, he was a leader in export within international logistics and project management, specializing in the export forwarding of “Made in KSA” products. He was also a pioneer in overland transportation across the MENA region.
Some of his key accomplishments:
- Transported the entire Jeddah Cement Factory to Khushab, Pakistan. This involved 900 40 ft open-top containers, plus two part-charters from Jeddah Islamic Port and Dammam Port to Karachi.
- Shipped 800 40 ft HC containers for the Wapda Transmission Line project from Hidada Ltd, Jeddah, to Karachi Port.
- Shipped over 100 40 ft containers of ‘Made in KSA’ pipes from Jeddah Islamic Port to Karachi, for pakistan telephone (PTCL).
- Shipped oversized units of Yanbu Steel from Yanbu Port to Dammam Port on a chartered vessel.
- Done numerous overland transportation projects for towers from Hidada to UAE, Oman, and Egypt, and also shipped project cargo to Libya and Nigeria.