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Engro Fertilizers Limited
Daharki, Ghotki
Pakistan

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Mr. Asad Naeem

Manager Instrument, Control Systems and OT Cybersecurity,
Engro Fertilizers Limited

Bio

With over 12 years of hands-on experience in industrial automation at Engro FertilizersPakistan’s largest urea manufacturing site and home to the country’s largest install base of industrial control systems—expertise spans process control, turbomachinery and gas turbine controls, safety systems, control system migrations, and OT cybersecurity.

Currently leading the Instrumentation and Control Systems team, accountable for securing and modernizing critical control infrastructure in a continuous production environment. Delivered multiple complex DCS, ESD, and gas turbine control system migration projects in brownfield facilities, with a cumulative value exceeding USD 10 million, earning awards and formal recognition for safe, reliable, and on-schedule execution.

Extensive experience in establishing OT cybersecurity across people, processes, and technology, including workforce awareness, governance aligned with ISA/IEC 62443, and deployment of technical safeguards such as network segmentation, secure remote access, asset hardening, and continuous monitoring. Among the pioneers in Pakistan’s industrial sector to implement a holistic OT cybersecurity program spanning all three domains.

Section Affiliation

Topics of Interest and Expertise

  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Asset Management
  • Automation and Control
  • Data historian
  • Design engineering
  • Digital Transformation
  • Digital twin
  • Distributed control system (DCS)
  • Functional safety
  • Human-machine interface (HMI)
  • Industrial and OT Cybersecurity
  • Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT)
  • Industry 4.0/5.0
  • Instruments and sensors (calibration and test, signal conditioning and processing, process compositi
  • Integrated control and safety system (ICSS)
  • IT/OT Convergence
  • Loop checks, calibration, commissioning and FAT/SAT
  • Network devices (firewalls, routers, switches, gateways, data diodes, etc.)
  • Operations and Management
  • Optimization/controller tuning
  • Process Safety
  • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
  • Project Management
  • Safety instrumented systems (SISs)
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
  • Troubleshooting

Education

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
Islamabad, Pakistan
BS Electrical Engineering, 2013
Electrical Engineering
2009 To 2013

Language(s)

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Urdu

Level of Education

Bachelor’s/Undergraduate Degree

Certification

  • Certificate 1: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals Specialist
  • Certificate 2: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Specialist
  • Certificate 3: ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Design Specialist

Job History

Engro Fertilizers Limited
Manager Instrument, Control Systems & OT Cybersecurity
Daharki, Pakistan
August 2013 - present

Honors and Awards

CEO Award - DCS Replacement with constrained timeline
Engro Fertilizers
2022

Digital Award - OT Cybersecurity Implementation at Engro Fertilizers
Engro Fertilizers
2024

Exceptional Achievement Award - ESD Replacement at EnVen Plant
Engro Fertilizers
2018

Functional Safety Practitioner
EXIDA
2025

MEX Award - Gas Turbine Control System Reliability Enhancement
Engro Fertilizers
2023