MANAGEMENT

Abdul Aziz Anis, CFA
Chief Executive

Mr. Abdul Aziz Anis brings with him over 14 years of experience in the financial sector of Pakistan. He has vast experience of the capital markets of the country ranging from research to sales to investment advisory & corporate finance. His past assignment was as Chief Executive of the Pakistan Office of Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities (IWICS) which was one of the leading emerging market stock brokers and part of the Credit Agricole Group of France. He has also spent a brief period abroad in Hong Kong in IWICS where he was part of the Indian Subcontinent Sales team responsible for marketing equity investment opportunities in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to Far Eastern institutional clients such as mutual funds etc. Mr. Abdul Aziz is by qualification a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from the CFA Institute of USA and an MBA with a major in Finance from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi, Pakistan.

Omer Bashir Mirza, ACA
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary

Mr. Mirza is serving as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Alfalah GHP Investment Management Company Limited. He is responsible for supervising and monitoring finance and operation functions and related reporting requirements, liaising with the regulatory authorities, trustee, internal & external auditors and tax consultants and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. He is also secretary of Audit Committee. Mr. Mirza is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and brings with him over 7 years of working experience. Before joining Alfalah GHP Investment Management Limited he has worked with different organizations and has been involved in various audit, consultancy and tax advisory services during his Chartered Accountancy training.

Ather H. Medina
Senior Vice President
Chief Investment Officer

Mr. Ather H. Medina, a qualified professional with extensive work experience of over 14 years in the financial sector is serving Alfalah GHP Investment Management Ltd. as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining the company he was associated with Invest Capital Investment Bank Ltd. as Head of Business Development and Atlas Asset Management as Chief Investment Officer. He has also worked with some of the leading organizations which include National Investment Trust where he was heading the Research team, SG Securities (HK) Holding Ltd. and Indosuez W.I Carr Securities Pakistan in Investment Research area. His expertise includes banking sector of Pakistan as well in which he worked at the two leading commercial banks; Habib Bank Ltd and MCB Bank Ltd. By qualification Mr. Medina is an MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and holds a Computer Science degree from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST NU), Karachi.

Muhammad Salman Ali
Senior Vice President
Head of Information Technology

Mr. Muhammad Salman Ali is Head of Information Technology of Alfalah GHP Investment Management Ltd. Over the course of 10 years in the Information Technology industry, Mr. Ali has taken the lead in the maturing and evolving IT marketplace, focusing on his core strengths in IT Planning & Development, Project Management and Information Security & Systems Implementation. Before joining AGIML, Mr. Ali was Head of Information Technology for JS Global Capital Limited. Over here he was instrumental in developing in-house core business systems and product development and enterprise systems integration. Mr. Ali has done his M.S. (Software Engineering) & B.E. (Computer Engineering) from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology and holds various software, network and information security certifications.

Zeeshan Khalil
Vice President
Portfolio Management

Mr. Zeeshan Khalil brings with him 5 years of experience in the financial sector, mostly in the mutual fund industry. Prior to joining the company he was working with UBL Fund Managers and was responsible for the overall Treasury Operations and Liquidity Management plus working in close interaction with the Fund Manager for placements of funds and investments in fixed income securities. He is an ICMA qualified and has also previously worked with Central Depository Company (CDC) of Pakistan in the Trustee Division.

Faysal Khan
Vice President
Incharge Operations & Registrar

Mr. Khan brings with him over 6 years of experience in the financial sector, especially in the mutual fund industry. He is in-charge of all the functions of the Operations Department and responsible for timely and efficient settlement of all stock market, money market, fixed income, arbitrage, CFS etc transactions of all the funds under management by the company. Prior to joining Alfalah GHP he was working with Arif Habib Investment Management Limited in the operations department and was responsible for NAV calculations and daily settlements of both open and close end funds. He is an ACCA finalist and Master of Economics from Karachi University.

Samiuddin Ahmed, CMFD
Vice President
Incharge Marketing & Sales Coordination

Mr. Ahmed brings with him over 6 years of experience in the financial sector especially in equities. He holds a Bachelors degree in computer science. He started his career from one of the leading brokerage houses as an analyst with expertise in quantitative analysis and then moved to equity sales for managing / advising various high net worth as well as institutional investors in the local capital market. Prior to joining Alfalah GHP he was associated with Faysal Asset Management Limited and his prime responsibilities were generating sales and managing corporate sales team.

Afnan Khan, CFA
Vice President
Portfolio Management

Mr. Khan oversees the investment research function and is responsible for providing capital market expectations and securities valuation. Since joining Alfalah GHP in 2007, he has held several positions in the company. Apart from research, he is also engaged in portfolio management and business development efforts. Mr. Khan comes from an interesting work background and brings with him a diversified 4 years experience. He did his bachelor in Civil engineering and went on to Canada for MSc. in Environmental engineering. There he worked as a research associate for two years and attained extensive knowledge of data analysis and statistical procedures. Moreover, he briefly worked in an engineering consulting firm, an International NGO, and taught various subjects at an engineering university. While pursuing his engineering career, he developed immense passion for finance, and ventured on his own into investing and stock market analysis. He also holds the CFA designation.