The profile of some of our key employees is as follows:

Muhammad Shoib Memon - Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Memon has 20 years of diversified stock brokerage industry experience. He was Head of Equity Sales at Elixir Securities (Pvt) Ltd. (formerly Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities Pakistan (IWICS), part of the Credit Agricole Indosuez Group of France, which was one of the leading stock brokerage houses in the country active in the field of equities, money market, corporate finance and investment advisory. Shoib has expansively worked on selling and marketing of Pakistani equities to local and international investors, both institutions and individuals. He has also conducted road shows in UK and Far East to market Pakistani equities to foreign institutional investors. At Alfalah Securities, Mr. Memon is among the sponsor directors and the CEO. He has also held directorships on the boards of the Karachi Stock Exchange, National Clearing Company, and JCR-VIS, a credit rating agency, and has also served as Chairman of Company Affairs / Corporate Governance committee of the Karachi Stock Exchange.

Mr. Memon holds an MBA, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Sarfaraz Khan – Head of Risk & Compliance

Sarfaraz is heading the Risk and Compliance department. He has over 16 years of experience of Operations at major brokerage houses in Pakistan. Sarfaraz Khan was heading Settlements in his last assignment at Elixir Securities (Pvt) Ltd. (formerly Indosuez W.I. Carr Securities Pakistan (IWICS), part of the Credit Agricole Indosuez Group of France) where he was involved in settlement of trades of major financial institutions and foreign clients. Before joining Indosuez W.I. Carr, Sarfaraz was looking after settlements at Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co. Ltd. Sarfaraz holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Karachi and has completed ICMA part II.

Sohail Ahmed Faruqi – Head of Treasury

Sohail is heading the Money Market Department. He has vast experience in Money market dealing and has been associated with the Treasury department of different banks and NBFIs, has over six years of banking experience. For the last two years Sohail Faruqi was associated with Saudi Pak Commercial bank Ltd and worked as a senior Money market dealer, responsibilities included smooth execution of all types of money market deals. His work experience also include One year association with Orix Investment Bank Ltd where he headed the Treasury Division and managed their Money Market as well as Equity book, before that he also worked for almost four years for Industrial Development bank of Pakistan as a money market dealer.

Sohail holds Master in Business Administration degree from College of Business Management.

Mohammad Faizan Munawar – Head of Online Trading

Mr. Mohammad Faizan Munawar has been associated with Alfalah Securities since June 2008 and is heading the Online Trading and IPO Distribution. He is tasked with the development and management as well as the sales and marketing of Online Trading Product. He has extensive working experience with international advertising and marketing firms. Prior to joining, he was the Head of Operations at Absolute Source, an American E-Marketing firm. He has completed his Bachelors in Applied Accountancy from Oxford Brooks University (UK) and ACCA, UK, Fundamental level exams.

Uzma Taslim – Head of Research

Uzma Taslim is working as Head of Research in Alfalah Securities and holds more than 7 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Alfalah Securities, she was associated with Pak Libya Holding Company as investment analyst responsible for portfolio management and investment recommendations. She started her career from Atlas Asset Management as research analyst looking at different sectors, tasked with preparing financial models and writing research reports. She has also worked for National Investment Trust (NIT) as investment analyst where she also served on the board of Premium Textile Mills as nominee director. She has done her MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.

Danish Hassan – Manager IT

Danish Hassan has been associated with Alfalah Securities since April 2006 and is managing all the key affairs of Department of Information Technology (IT). He has over five years of working experience in Alfalah Securities (Pvt.) Ltd. from where he started his career as an internee and gradually progressed to Manager IT. His scope of work covers but not limited to the maintenance of Online Trading Software, Back office Software, corporate website, web portal, infrastructure & networking ,Maintaining all the Servers along with providing support to Branch Offices.

Danish Holds a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology.