Defence Export Promotion Organization

Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO)
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Pakistan and All Over the World
Headquarters	Islamabad
Employees	Less than 100
Annual budget	Federal Defence Budget
Agency executives	Major General Asad Nawaz Khan, HI(M), Director General; Brigadier Muhammad Usman, Director; Colonel Ejaz Ahmed, Deputy Director Strategic Coordination / International Contracting; Brigadier Muhammad Imran, Director Middle East & Africa; Commodore Aitezaz Khalid, Director South & South East Asia; Air Commodore Muhammad Imran, Director Export Promotion Services;
Website	Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) ; Major Next Event: IDEAS 2024 (19-22 November)

The Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) (Urdu: تنظیم برائے فروغِ صادراتِ دفاعی) is an agency of the Government of Pakistan responsible for promoting Pakistan's defence industry.^[2] It operates under the Ministry of Defence Production. DEPO organizes the biennial defence event International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS), which takes places at the Karachi Expo Center in Karachi, Pakistan.^[3]

As of September 2023, the Director General of DEPO is Major General Asad Nawaz Khan, HI(M).

Details of other key members are:-

1. Brigadier Muhammad Usman is another member in team, who has vast experience in business development.

2. Lt Colonel Ejaz Ahmed Bhatti; the officer has served in multiple roles about defence imports for more than 5 years and then later joined in the export force of Pakistan at DEPO. The officer has worked in multiple roles including IDEAS Projects as organizers (IDEAS 2016, IDEAS 2018, IDEAS 2022), National exhibition projects like SAVDEX 2018 (Suppliers And Vendors Defence Exhibition). For more details https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejazahmedbhatti/

3. Major Hassan Khursheed; another vibrant member of DEPO team, has worked in the organization for multiple roles covering IDEAS 2022 and key appointments like SO to DG as well as Foreign Exhibition Manager.

4. Other than these officers, DEPO has more than 10 more vibrant team members who are working for the good cause of Defence Export Enhancement.

References

^ "DEPO Executives".
^ "About DEPO". Defence Export Promotion Organization. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^ "IDEAS Organizer". International Defence Exhibition And Seminar. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

External links

Defence Export Promotion Organization (English)

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[1] "DEPO Executives".

[2] "About DEPO". Defence Export Promotion Organization. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

[3] "IDEAS Organizer". International Defence Exhibition And Seminar. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

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