NETSOL Technologies, a provider of AI-enabled solutions and services powering OEMs, dealerships and financial institutions to sell, finance and lease assets, elected four new directors to its board of directors at the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on June 18, 2026.
Shareholders elected seven directors to serve on the board: Najeeb Ghauri, Naeem Ghauri, Asad Ghauri, Richard Howard, Aamir Ibrahim, Syed Kausar Kazmi and Ian Smith. A total of 7,194,620 shares of common stock cast votes for directors, with each director receiving strong shareholder support.
The four newly elected directors bring a complementary mix of industry leadership, operating expertise and regional perspective to the board:
- Richard Howard brings decades of senior leadership in global automotive finance and commercial vehicle markets to the NETSOL board. He most recently served as president and CEO of Daimler Truck Financial Services USA from 2021 to 2024, where he also held a seat on the Global board of Management and oversaw operations across North America and Asia. Earlier in his career at Daimler Truck North America, he led the Freightliner brand as senior vice president of sales, product strategy and marketing, with responsibility for a 900-person organization and more than $20 billion in revenue. He also previously served as president and CEO of Daimler Financial Services Asia and as Vice President at Daimler Financial Services Americas. Richard joined NETSOL’s Advisory board in June 2025 before his election to the board of directors at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Aamir Ibrahim serves as CEO of JazzWorld, a digital platform offering connectivity, entertainment and financial services to over 100 million customers, and as a member of the group executive committee of VEON, the international digital operator. He brings more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across digital services, telecommunications and the automotive industry. Prior to JazzWorld, Aamir served as senior vice president at Telenor Group, where he led distribution initiatives across Asia. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at Ford Motor Company and Jaguar Land Rover. Aamir also serves as chairman of Mobilink Bank. He brings the NETSOL board a rare intersection of automotive industry leadership, digital services scale and financial services experience.
- Naeem Ghauri is co-founder and president of NETSOL Technologies. As one of the company’s founding leaders, he has played an instrumental role in shaping NETSOL’s growth from a startup into a global technology company, while helping drive the company’s long-term innovation agenda. His leadership in global sales, strategic partnerships and business development has been critical to NETSOL’s growth. His appointment strengthens the board with deep institutional knowledge and extensive industry experience.
- Asad Ghauri joins the board in addition to his executive role as global head of sales and group managing director of Europe at NETSOL Technologies. He leads the company’s global commercial organization and oversees its European business. Under his leadership, NETSOL has expanded its commercial footprint across the European region and deepened relationships with auto captives and tier-one financial institutions globally. His election to the board strengthens alignment between NETSOL’s commercial leadership and its governance as the company scales its platform footprint across global markets.
“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,” Najeeb Ghauri, founder and CEO of NETSOL Technologies, said. “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.”
Ghauri continued, “Richard Howard joined our Advisory board last year and we are pleased to now welcome him to the board of Directors. 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 concluded, “Aamir Ibrahim’s appointment is also one I am particularly proud of. He brings a rare combination of senior automotive industry experience, gained earlier in his career at Ford Motor Company and Jaguar Land Rover, and the operating perspective at scale that comes from leading a digital services enterprise of 100 million customers. That intersection of automotive heritage, digital scale and financial services experience is exactly what a board guiding NETSOL’s global growth agenda needs.”
