Abraaj Capital invested US$361 million for a 50% stake in May 2008.
Company Headquarters: Pakistan
Business focus: Generation, transmission and distribution of electricity
Revenue: US$1.2 billion (FY 2010)
Employees: 18,000
impact highlights
- Abraaj developed a line loss reduction model—Integrated Business Centres (IBCs)—that ended the split between the commercial and technical sides of the business and reduced losses by 8% over two years
- KESC put in place maintenance systems and overhaul cycles for existing generation plants, improving fleet efficiency by 3%
- New management turned around a 220 MW plant within one year, re-negotiated a contract for a 560 MW plant and commissioned two new 90 MW plants, adding 1000 MW to the city’s grid
- Abraaj focused on a stakeholder engagement strategy in parallel to operational transformation; it engaged customers and employees in open and continuous dialogue and partnered with government, business and the media to improve KESC’s broken reputation