Ms. Navin Salim Merchant

Ms. Navin Merchant is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan with over thirty years of distinguished legal practice. Her practice spans a broad spectrum of civil and commercial law, including intellectual property, regulatory and indirect taxation, matters involving Customs and Sales Tax, contract disputes, Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), as well as disputes relating to gas and electricity charges and surcharges, handled at both the original and appellate levels before the High Courts, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and specialized tribunals.

She has also worked internationally for seven years as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Expert with the International Finance Corporation (IFC- World Bank Group), where she played a leading role in establishing effective dispute resolution systems across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Ms. Merchant serves as Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) ADR Commission Pakistan and is the founder of the Institute of Business Administration Dispute Resolution Forum (IBA DRF). She is a regular faculty member at the Sindh Judicial Academy and a visiting faculty member at the Federal Judicial Academy, where she has trained multiple cohorts of judges and lawyers in Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation, and has accredited numerous professionals as certified mediators. She is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb, UK).

In addition to Soneri Bank, she serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of Otsuka Pakistan Limited and Exide Pakistan Limited.

She has attended various local and international professional training programs and is a Certified Director from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.