Mr. Jahangir Siddiqui is an entrepreneur. While he was operationally involved in JS Group, the conglomerate he founded, he was responsible for establishing joint ventures with global financial services firms such as Allianz, Bear Stearns, Invesco and International Finance Corporation.

He is credited with significant contributions to developing Pakistan’s financial sector in the 1990s. These included reforming currency exchange laws that opened up Pakistan's capital markets to foreign investors and creating a share depository that made shares scripless and settlements electronic.

Mr. Siddiqui also served two terms as elected President of the Karachi Stock Exchange.

Since retiring as CEO of JS Group in 1999, he has dedicated most of his time to public service. In addition to his own charitable work through his family foundations, he works with a number of other organizations whose causes he supports. He serves on the boards of the Institute of Business Management and Sukkur Institute of Business Administration (two business schools). He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees Endowment Fund for the Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh which is one of the largest cultural preservation endowments in Pakistan.