Mr. Ahmed is currently serving as Chief Executive of ACRC. He has a diversified experience of around twenty (20) years in Advisory, Investment Banking and Equity Research. Before assuming responsibility of this new role, he was working as Head of Structured Finance and before that, he served in the same capacity for Awwal Modaraba for over two (02) years.
During this period, he executed various structured finance transaction and also managed merger transactions of Awwal Modaraba with and into ACRC as well as merger of KASB and First Pak Modaraba with and into First Prudential Modaraba. Earlier, he served as Head of Advisory and Capital Markets, managing equity investments portfolio where he worked on and successfully closed many advisory assignments including due diligence on various companies, financial restructuring, fresh capital & merger advisory and valuations.
Prior to joining the Modaraba in 2017, Mr. Ahmed was associated with the Advisory and Strategic Investments Group (Investment Banking Division) at Pak Brunei. He joined Pak Brunei in February 2008 and served in various capacities, including Acting Head of Investment Banking. He was actively involved in transactions relating to structured debt financing, project and rehabilitation financing, merger & acquisition deals, capital raising through debt/equity markets, and underwriting.
He worked on Pak Brunei's proprietary equity investments including revival/growth capital & hybrid instruments and special initiatives like the establishment of Pak Brunei's subsidiary for Modaraba business and then another subsidiary for Corporate Restructuring business, conducted due diligence exercises for the acquisition of a leasing company as well as for bidding of other distressed modarabas (Acquired Modarabas) for acquisition of management rights.
Previously, Mr. Ahmed worked in the research department of Taurus Securities Limited (a subsidiary of the National Bank of Pakistan) for around three (03) years where he served as a Senior Research Analyst responsible for conducting in-depth analysis and research on the local equity market as well as listed companies and proposing investment strategies to institutional and retail clients.
Mr. Ahmed holds MBA (Finance) degree from University of Karachi's Business School. He also represented Pak Brunei on the board of a client, an auto vendor company. He has also attended the SECP approved Director's Training Program conducted by LUMS.
