Having experience spanning more than 14 years in equities related operations, Mr. Ahmad Zaidi has served at different positions. His stint with international and local market names like ABN AMRO Equities, W.I Carr Indosuez Securities and First Capital Securities earned him vast exposure to operations, risk, compliance, accounts and finance.

Having served as Manager Finance, Head of Risk and Head of Operations he represented companies at different regulatory and taxation forums. An avid follower of fast changing regulation and requirements, on various occasions he participated at different consulting forums.

Before taking up his present assignment, he was managing the equity broking operations of W.I.Carr Indosuez Securities. During his engagement with First Capital Securities, the Asia Money magazine ranked the company at number 1 in back office operations in Pakistan.

Mr. Siraj Kazi is one of the founder shareholders of Foundation Securities. Siraj brings to the table more than a decade of equities trading experience and knowledge of handling both retail and institutional clientele.

Mr. Siraj commenced his brokerage career as a trader at First Capital ABN AMRO Equities and largely focused on high net worth retail clientele. Later he went on to become the Head of execution of international sales orders. He was then associated with KASB for 5 years wherein his focus was essentially institutional and retail sales.

In his current capacity, Mr. Siraj is a key member of Foundation Securities equities broking team and is responsible for furthering the company’s equities operations.

Mr. Nauman Khan is the Head of Research of Foundation Securities and has around 7 years of experience in sell side equity research in the capital markets of Pakistan. Mr. Khan has an extensive understanding of all major listed sectors at the Karachi Stock Exchange, with a specialization in Oil and Gas (Exploration and Production, Refineries, Oil Marketing Companies and Gas Utilities) and Power sectors.  He is currently looking after the Oil and Gas sector, Economy, Politics and Strategy at Foundation Securities.

Mr. Khan has a Masters in Business Administration from Institution of Business Administration (MBA), Karachi.

Prior to joining Foundation Securities, Mr. Khan was a Head of Research at Shajar Capital (Pvt) Limited and Deputy Head of Research at Topline Securities (Pvt) Limited. Amongst his notable publications, he has authored a detail report “Pakistan Election- New government to rejuvenate market” (October, 2012), Attock Refinery -ramping up to full throttle’ in November, 2011, Crude oil price outlook 2010. Furthermore, regular contributor to weekly publication of The News titled Money Matter.

• 10+yrs of brokerage experience servicing mostly Foreign Institutional Investors and Local institutions.
• Previously at JP Morgan and Elixir Securities in Equity Sales and Trading.
• Polled as a Top 3 trader by Asiamoney in 2014.
• Has successfully executed block deals.
• Has vast exposure with international fund managers and brokerage industry.
• Active contributor on various stocks on Bloomberg.
• Holds a degree of Masters in Business Administration and is enrolled in CFA program.

Mr. Aamir joined FSL in January 2011. His responsibilities are managing & strategizing all business activities pertaining to Foundation Edge, including defining roles and responsibilities for each group to improve company processes and strengthen communication channels.

Prior to joining FSL, Mr. Aamir was heading i-Trade, the online business division of IGI Securities. At IGI he was also involved in marketing, new product development, and day to day function of i-Trade which became a success story within a year of its launch.  He also worked at BMA Capital in their sales where he was majorly involved in launching BMA’s online trading division. Prior to BMA, he was associated with KASB Direct’s Islamabad Brach in the capacity of Marketing Manager – Northern Region.

He holds a BS degree in Computer Science from Karachi University, Diploma in Project Management Professional form Pakistan Institute of Management Sciences (PIMS),MBA in Marketing and Masters in Project Management (MPM) from SZABIST.