E-Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 | Obaid Arshad

A momentous event for Obaid Arshad as he was awarded the “E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Year” award from Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori on 28th January, 2023. It is a prestigious award presented to a committed businessperson who thinks out of the box, has a big vision, and works passionately with innovative ideas to upsurge the e-commerce industry. These e-commerce leaders are persistent workers for the industry’s growth, bringing prosperity and transformation to provide novelty.?

Pakistan digital summit was organized in Karachi where Mr. Obaid Arshad has been bestowed with this National award for his struggle to provide advanced e-commerce solutions being an e-commerce expert in Pakistan. It was a gathering of high-status companies from all over Pakistan. Candidates were nominated based on certain attributes such as the purpose they serve, impact, high spirits, growth, and contributions in the field of e-commerce which Mr. Obaid Arshad exemplifies. He is an e-commerce consultant, well known for his expertise in guiding the right ways of setting up an online business. Moreover, he enlightens beginners with the management strategies to monitor e-commerce operations from website development to digital marketing.?

Let’s dive into his struggle journey to see how he deserved this esteemed reward. Behind every success is an eternal struggle, passion, and determination to achieve something big. For this, a person has to practically pass through various aspects of his field to gain expertise. Mr. Obaid Arshad begins by managing an e-commerce team at Sapphire from 2017 to 2018. According to him “Here I got the chance to practically learn e-commerce operations from its core. The order fulfillment procedures, social media handling, and logistics management added to my experience and made me confident enough to revolutionize the e-commerce industry.”

From 2019 to 2020 he worked as director of e-commerce at Alchemative and served this software house well carrying it to a new height with his proficiency. At every stage, he grasps new things and ponders to evolve them for better results. As he says “Outcomes are well if I worry about small things within the procedure”?

His journey didn’t end there, he founded Ginkgo retail, a company that performs as an e-commerce booster. Ginkgo serves as an Omni-channels simplifying complex business operations for merchants. With the incorporation of advanced technology, business processes can be automated to get reliable real-time data reports. Ginkgo is now serving well-reputed companies like Nishat, Ndure, Baroque, Cambridge, Cross stitch, Chinyere, Limelight, and many others nationally and internationally. Mr. Obaid Arshad, CEO and Co-founder of Ginkgo, says “With the growing competition in the e-commerce market the necessity of new enhanced methodology is workable to emerge a business as a market leader. A moderator is required to boost business efficiency and ensure growth, this is what Ginkgo is designed for.”

Further, his speech regarding “the rise of sustainable e-commerce and challenges in Pakistan” at the Connected Pakistan Conference 2022, Lahore was a step towards socializing with Pakistan’s e-commerce industry runners and the local community. This was an initiative towards communicating his mindful ideas with a huge audience.?

Another remarkable event was Future Fest 2023 where an MoU was signed between Pak-Saudi by looking upon Ginkgo’s services. This Partnership was witnessed by Dr. Arslan Khalid, an IT Minister of Pakistan. It’s a huge achievement at the international level for Ginkgo to serve e-commerce businesses globally. “We took it as a compliment that motivated my team and strengthen our belief in ourselves” Mr. Obaid says.?

Mr. Obaid never ended up communicating and sharing healthy talks with experts in the field. He attended the Future of Retail Summit and expo 2022, Lahore to explore the world of e-commerce and exchange ideas with other professionals. Learning from their experience and discussing his vision helped him develop new ways to emerge as an e-commerce booster.

Students are the future of a nation. Obaid Arshad says, “They must be trained and empowered with the practical skills and knowledge to set a brighter future”. To achieve this purpose he developed an online program, free of cost under the name E-Mustaqbil Training Program where he educates youngsters and prepares them to sustain professional life.??

2023 has a fortunate beginning as Obaid Arshad got two major awards, one of which is the “Award of Excellence in E-commerce and Tech. Industry” presented at the event organized by the CxO global forum 2023 at the Pak-China friendship center, Islamabad. The other is The E-commerce Entrepreneur of the Year award from Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori. Both are remarkable titles defining his contributions to nurturing e-commerce business growth.?

This is what Obaid Arshad said to explain his feelings on receiving the e-commerce entrepreneur of the year award?

“I am so content to receive this award. Such rewards encourage a spark of the struggle inside you to become a fire that enlightens others. This award will keep on reminding me to be consistent in showing my unsurpassed aptitudes as an e-commerce entrepreneur”

Mr. Obaid Arshad’s future-forward ideas in optimizing e-commerce business efficiencies continue to serve the industry, finding possibilities to grow businesses with the incorporation of technology via Ginkgo Retail. He embodies a true spirit of entrepreneurship and his multifarious portfolio aligned him with the winners.?