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.

• 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.

• 5+ years of experience in sell side equity research.

• He is a CFA charter holder.

• He writes regularly on Pakistan strategy.

• Also covers upstream oil and gas sector, fertilizer, power and consumer sectors.

• Before joining FSL he served as an Equity Research Analyst at Shajar Capital.

• Holds a degree of Bachelors in Business Administration with specialization in Finance from SZABIST.

Mr. Najeeb has over 14 years diverse professional experience in capital market..He is responsible for managing business activities of FOUNDATION EDGE which includes Product Development, Marketing and Operations.

• 20+ years of experience in finance, accounts and internal audit.
• He is a Gold Medalist from the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan.
• Previously worked at Amir Silk Mills Pvt) Limited and East West Life Assurance Limited.
• Holds a degree of Bachelors in Commerce from Karachi University

Being Senior operations expert with over 17 years of experience, Faisal Aamir is responsible for managing Back-office Operations includes regulates operations, securing Compliance and Risk, improving performance using technology.

Mr. Mirza Adnan Baig is a senior technical professional with over 20 years of working experience. He worked with international broker Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities, which is a subsidiary of Credit Agricole Indosuez – the Global French Bank. He has expertise in IT strategy, infrastructure and development tasks. He has successfully implemented company’s technology solutions to support and meet a continuously evolving information system requirement of an organization.

Mr. Shahbaz Akbar is a highly qualified, certified and experienced professional. He is Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Professional from IFMP, Pakistan and also holds a Master’s degree in Economics. He has over 8 years’ experience in financial sector in compliance, Risk and Internal Audit. Prior to joining Foundation Securities, he was associated with IGI Securities Limited in Compliance & Risk Management. He has also worked with First Microfinance Bank Ltd, East West Insurance and Mazars M. F.& Co. (Chartered Accountants) in Audit department.