Board of Director

Profile of Directors

Sheikh Mukhtar Ahmed, is the Chairman of ABL AMC. He has diversified experience of over 43 years in the trade and finance industry and is a well renowned industrialist of the Country. He has served on the Board of various financial and manufacturing companies. Besides being the CEO and Chairman of M/s Ibrahim Agencies (Pvt.) Limited, he is also the Chairman of M/s Ibrahim Fibers Limited and a Director on the Board of Allied Bank Limited.

Mohammad Aftab Manzoor, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Allied Bank Limited. He is a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, 1977 and has attended many training courses conducted by world renowned institutions. He has over 26 years of banking experience in Citibank N.A and MCB Bank Ltd., including over 7 years as CEO / President of MCB Bank Ltd.

Muhammad Yaseen, is the Treasurer of Allied Bank Limited. He is a Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) from the University of Sindh Hyderabad, 1971. He has attended various training courses during his entire service; Foreign Exchange & Money Market Training at Citibank London in 1983, Asset & Liability Management conducted by ABN AMRO academy in Amsterdam, Pricing of Treasury Products conducted by ABN AMRO academy in Amsterdam and Dealing in Derivatives, directed by ABN AMRO academy in Singapore.

M. Shakeb Murad, is the General Manager & Treasurer of ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited. He completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) form University of Santa Tomas (UST), Philippines in 1990. He has completed various professional courses some of which were conducted by the Investment Banking Academy from The Asian Bankers, Managerial Grid from Institute of Bankers of Pakistan and Specialized Treasury Products from ORIX Corporation, Japan

Kamran Nishat is the Managing Director and CEO of Muller & Phipps (Pakistan) Pvt. Ltd., and has over twenty eight years of diversified experience with leading organizations in Automotives, Textiles, Leather, Distribution and consulting sectors etc. He has represented organizations at the highest level in various industry forums and engagements with various bodies including Governmental Officials and has proven skills of crisis management and turning around difficult situations through a keen sense of strategy, tactics and perseverance. Mr. Kamran is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and also served as the member of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee (South) and Information Technology Committee (South) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. Mr. Kamran is also the director of Karachi Chapter, Information systems Audit and Control Association, USA.

Farid Ahmed Khan, CFA is the CEO of ABL Asset Management. He has been involved with capital markets for over 16 years and has a broad-based, global experience with bulge bracket firms in Asset Management, Investment Banking, Investment Research and Sales, Business Development & International Project Finance. He joined ABL AMC from Credit Suisse, where he was the Country Manager of Credit Suisse Pakistan. Prior to that, he worked for MCB, initially as Head of Investment Banking Group and later as the CEO of MCB Asset Management. Farid has extensive experience outside Pakistan, having worked at Morgan Stanley, ING Barings Securities and CLSA Emerging Markets in Kuala Lumpur, London and Istanbul in a variety of senior positions. He holds an MBA in Finance from IBA, Karachi and got his CFA qualification in 1998.