Aba Ali Habib
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Management

Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Zahid holds an MBA in Finance from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi. Mr. Zahid Ali Habib is currently working as Chief Executive Officer at Aba Ali Habib Securities. He has an extensive experience of over 25 years in the areas of fund management, capital markets, brokerage operations and regulatory affairs. He has had the opportunity to work extensively in various asset classes i.e. equity, fixed income, real estate, commodities and currencies at various local and International Exchanges. He has played a key role in developing Risk Management system at PSX and has served on various PSX committees including Trading and Development; Companies Affairs; Arbitration; New Product Development. He has worked as an Executive Director in Continental Metal & Commodities in DMCC, Dubai and holds years of experience as a former member of Lahore Stock Exchange and National Commodity Exchange.

Head of Compliance Raheel Qureshi – Advocate High Court
20 + Years of Professional Experience
Compliance Officer at Aba Ali Habib Securities (Pvt.) Limited (AAHS), TREC Holder No. 162, with extensive professional experience in securities operations, settlement, legal matters and regulatory compliance.
Experienced in the applicable regulatory requirements of SECP, PSX, CDC, NCCPL, FBR and AML/CFT regulatory authorities.
Responsible for AML/CFT, KYC, CDD, EDD, client risk assessment, sanctions screening, regulatory reporting and compliance monitoring.
Experienced in regulatory inspections, audits, compliance reviews, and regulatory correspondence and remedial actions.
Extensive experience in securities operations, settlement processes, CDC and NCCPL systems, including regulatory and back-office requirements.

Professional Certifications & Qualifications
LL.B. – Islamia University Bahawalpur
Advocate High Court
CDC Certification
Fundamentals of Capital Markets – IFMP
Pakistan Market Regulations – IFMP
Digital Literacy Certification
Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Certification
QuickBooks Certification
Communication & Soft Skills Training –
Professional Commitment:
Committed to maintaining effective regulatory compliance, internal controls, investor protection, transparency, risk-based compliance practices and proper regulatory recordkeeping in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulatory requirements.

Head of Institutional Sales
Mr. Zaheer Ahmed holds an MBA (Finance) from Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur. He is working as Head of Institutional Sales at Aba Ali Habib Securities. He is associated with the financial sector of Pakistan for 20 years and has been managing Institutional clients. He has an extensive experience of equity sales and managing equity sales team. Prior to this he was associated with Ismail Iqbal Securities (Pvt) Ltd. He has also had an opportunity to work with Alfalah Securities (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of Bank Alfalah. He had started his career from Employees’ Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) in its Investment Department.

Head of Retail Sales
Mr. Salman holds M.Sc in Economics from University of Karachi, and a diploma in Accounting and Finance from Institute of Business Administration (IBA). He has a vast experience of over 20 years of trading with local and foreign, public and private institutions, high net worth clientele from money market and capital market operations, and has been working at Aba Ali Habib Securities for more than 15 years. He started his career from Jahangir Siddiqui (JS), also worked with IGI Finex Securities and few other brokerage houses as well.

Head of Research
Mr. Muhammad Zubair holds an MBA (Finance) from Istanbul Aydin University and has also passed CFA Level II June’16 examination. During his education in Istanbul, he was selected under European Union’s ERASMUS exchange program to complete his final semester along with his thesis at Frankfurt University, Germany. He has command over scrips in the Banking Sector like HBL, UBL, MCB, ABL and BAFL.