Board of Directors
Mr. Iftikhar H. Shirazi
Chairman
Mr. Iftikhar H. Shirazi graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Notre Dame De Namur University (formerly College of Notre Dame), U.S.A., and completed his O.P.M. from Harvard Business School, U.S.A. He has over 31 years of corporate management experience, more particularly in the financial and trading sectors. He has to his credit work experience at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Yamaichi Securities, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
He is currently Chairman of Atlas Asset Management Limited, Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, Atlas Foundation, Atlas Vocational Training Institute, and Atlas Information Technology Resource Centre. He is also a member of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), and the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI). He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Forman Christian College, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, and the British Overseas School Association. He was also a member of the Aga Khan Resource Development Committee and FPCCI Executive Committee. He has also served the Management Association of Pakistan as their Vice President.
He also enjoys membership of several other prestigious associations that include Harvard Club of New York and Pakistan, Young Presidents Organization, Aitchison College Old Boys Association, Government College of Commerce & Economics Old Students Association, and English Speaking Union. He was also President of the International Club, Notre Dame De Namur University (formerly College of Notre Dame), U.S.A.
He is currently Chairman of Atlas Asset Management Limited, Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, Atlas Foundation, Atlas Vocational Training Institute, and Atlas Information Technology Resource Centre. He is also a member of the SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), and the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI). He also serves on the Board of Governors of the Forman Christian College, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, and the British Overseas School Association. He was also a member of the Aga Khan Resource Development Committee and FPCCI Executive Committee. He has also served the Management Association of Pakistan as their Vice President.
He also enjoys membership of several other prestigious associations that include Harvard Club of New York and Pakistan, Young Presidents Organization, Aitchison College Old Boys Association, Government College of Commerce & Economics Old Students Association, and English Speaking Union. He was also President of the International Club, Notre Dame De Namur University (formerly College of Notre Dame), U.S.A.
Mr. Frahim Ali Khan
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Frahim Ali Khan is a Law graduate from Karachi University. He has also attended Senior Managers’ Program at Harvard University, U.S.A., Financial Management Program at Stanford University, U.S.A., and the Board of Director’s Program at Insead University, France.
He has over 50 years of experience in General Management, Finance, Investment and Taxation. He joined the Atlas Group in 1967 and has served in different positions. Currently, his directorships include Atlas Asset Management Limited, Atlas Power Limited, Atlas Solar Limited, Atlas Energy Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Atlas Engineering (Private) Limited, Atlas Autos (Private) Limited, Atlas Metals (Private) Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, and Atlas Foundation.
Earlier, he has also served on the Boards of Atlas Honda Limited, Atlas Battery Limited, and Atlas Bank Limited (former), and has been CEO of Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, Atlas Asset Management Limited and Atlas Investment Bank Limited (former).
He has over 50 years of experience in General Management, Finance, Investment and Taxation. He joined the Atlas Group in 1967 and has served in different positions. Currently, his directorships include Atlas Asset Management Limited, Atlas Power Limited, Atlas Solar Limited, Atlas Energy Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Atlas Engineering (Private) Limited, Atlas Autos (Private) Limited, Atlas Metals (Private) Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, and Atlas Foundation.
Earlier, he has also served on the Boards of Atlas Honda Limited, Atlas Battery Limited, and Atlas Bank Limited (former), and has been CEO of Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, Shirazi Trading Company (Private) Limited, Atlas Asset Management Limited and Atlas Investment Bank Limited (former).
Mr. M. Habib-ur-Rahman
Non-Executive Director
Mr. M. Habib-ur-Rahman is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He has attended management level programme (PMD) at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Habib-ur-Rahman has a long association with Mutual Fund Industry. He held the position of General Manager Finance & Investment with National Investment Trust Limited. He was NIT nominee director on the Board of Karachi Stock Exchange and various listed companies. He worked for NIT for eleven years from 1971 to 1981 and then left NIT to join motorcycle industry, Atlas Honda Limited, where he worked for fourteen years initially as Director Finance and then as Resident Director in-charge Finance, Administration and Production. In 1995 he returned to mutual funds industry. He played an instrumental role in setting ABAMCO Limited that was the first asset management company in the private sector in Pakistan. ABAMCO was initially established as a joint venture among a leading brokerage house in Pakistan, IFC and an asset management company in US. Mr. Habib-ur-Rahman was its chief executive from 1995 to 2003. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Asset Management Limited from March 2004 till March 2018. He is a founding member and past Chairman/ Director of the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP). The foundation of MUFAP was laid in 1995. Mr. Habib ur Rahman was Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) nominee on the Board of Karachi Stock Exchange in 2000, 2001, & 2003. He was a member of SECP Advisory Group on Capital Markets, member of the SECP Enquiry Committee (appointed in 2001) on management of Exposure Rules by KSE/ LSE and member of the SECP Committee (appointed in 2013) to review the 2008 financial crisis in capital market in Pakistan. Presently he also holds directorships in Atlas Insurance Limited, Atlas Vocational Training Institute & Atlas Foundation.
Mr. Habib-ur-Rahman has a long association with Mutual Fund Industry. He held the position of General Manager Finance & Investment with National Investment Trust Limited. He was NIT nominee director on the Board of Karachi Stock Exchange and various listed companies. He worked for NIT for eleven years from 1971 to 1981 and then left NIT to join motorcycle industry, Atlas Honda Limited, where he worked for fourteen years initially as Director Finance and then as Resident Director in-charge Finance, Administration and Production. In 1995 he returned to mutual funds industry. He played an instrumental role in setting ABAMCO Limited that was the first asset management company in the private sector in Pakistan. ABAMCO was initially established as a joint venture among a leading brokerage house in Pakistan, IFC and an asset management company in US. Mr. Habib-ur-Rahman was its chief executive from 1995 to 2003. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Asset Management Limited from March 2004 till March 2018. He is a founding member and past Chairman/ Director of the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP). The foundation of MUFAP was laid in 1995. Mr. Habib ur Rahman was Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) nominee on the Board of Karachi Stock Exchange in 2000, 2001, & 2003. He was a member of SECP Advisory Group on Capital Markets, member of the SECP Enquiry Committee (appointed in 2001) on management of Exposure Rules by KSE/ LSE and member of the SECP Committee (appointed in 2013) to review the 2008 financial crisis in capital market in Pakistan. Presently he also holds directorships in Atlas Insurance Limited, Atlas Vocational Training Institute & Atlas Foundation.
Mr. Tariq Amin
Independent Director
Mr. Tariq Amin is the Chairman of Orkila Pakistan (Private) Limited, a leading company dealing in chemicals. He is also on the Board of the Salim Habib Education Foundation. He has varied experience both in private and public sectors. He is a law graduate from the University of Karachi. He also holds a Masters degree in English from the University of Karachi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Development Administration from the University of Leeds. Mr. Amin has been past Sindh Minister/ Chairman Privatization Commission Sindh. He has also been President of the Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce & Industry (OICCI) and also the Chairman of SITE Association of Industry for four years. Mr. Amin was conferred the civil award of Chevalier De L’ordre National Du Merite by the Government of France 2001.
Mr. Ali H. Shirazi
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ali H. Shirazi graduated with a B.A. from Yale University, U.S.A., in 2000 and thereafter completed his Masters in Law from Bristol University, U.K., in 2005. During this period, he worked for the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in New York as well as American Honda in Torrance, California. He is Atlas Group Director Financial Services and President / Chief Executive of Atlas Battery Limited. He serves on the board of Atlas Asset Management Limited, Atlas Insurance Limited, Shirazi Investments (Private) Limited, National Foods Limited, Cherat Packaging Limited, Pakistan Cables Limited, Atlas Foundation, Atlas Vocational Training Institute, National Management Foundation (sponsoring body of LUMS), and Pakistan Society for Training and Development. Previously, he has also served on the Board of the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL).
He is a ‘Certified Director’ from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and, in 2018, completed the Owner / President Management Program (O.P.M.) from Harvard Business School.
He is a ‘Certified Director’ from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and, in 2018, completed the Owner / President Management Program (O.P.M.) from Harvard Business School.
Ms. Zehra Naqvi
Independent Director
Ms. Zehra Naqvi was the Chief Executive Officer of Chubb Insurance Pakistan, (a wholly owned subsidiary of Chubb INA International Holdings Limited, Delaware, USA) from September 2005 to September 2017.
She has over 40 years of work experience in the insurance sector. Prior to joining Chubb and its predecessor companies (CIGNA and ACE) in 1990, she worked with Royal Exchange Assurance, a branch of Guardian Royal Exchange, UK and with Adamjee Insurance Company in Pakistan.
Ms. Naqvi holds a B.Sc. Degree, and an MBA Degree from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi University. She is a Chartered Insurer from the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK and is a Certified Director from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
She has served as an elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Insurance Association of Pakistan, the Executive Committee of The American Business Council and the Managing Committee of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Ms. Naqvi has represented the Insurance Association of Pakistan, on the Council of Pakistan Insurance Institute and was Chairperson of the Institute for the term of 2016. She has been a visiting faculty member at the Institute.
Ms. Naqvi has served as an Independent Director on the Board of Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited. She presently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Chubb Insurance Pakistan Limited, as an Independent Director on the Boards of Attock Petroleum Limited and IGI Life Insurance Limited.
She has over 40 years of work experience in the insurance sector. Prior to joining Chubb and its predecessor companies (CIGNA and ACE) in 1990, she worked with Royal Exchange Assurance, a branch of Guardian Royal Exchange, UK and with Adamjee Insurance Company in Pakistan.
Ms. Naqvi holds a B.Sc. Degree, and an MBA Degree from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi University. She is a Chartered Insurer from the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK and is a Certified Director from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.
She has served as an elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Insurance Association of Pakistan, the Executive Committee of The American Business Council and the Managing Committee of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Ms. Naqvi has represented the Insurance Association of Pakistan, on the Council of Pakistan Insurance Institute and was Chairperson of the Institute for the term of 2016. She has been a visiting faculty member at the Institute.
Ms. Naqvi has served as an Independent Director on the Board of Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited. She presently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Chubb Insurance Pakistan Limited, as an Independent Director on the Boards of Attock Petroleum Limited and IGI Life Insurance Limited.
Mr. M. Abdul Samad
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Samad has over two decades experience of local investment management industry. He joined Atlas Asset Management Limited in November 2005, and has held C-suite positions for over a decade, including the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer positions. He is a ‘Certified Director’ and also attended Advanced Management Program at INSEAD Fontainebleau, France on nomination by the Atlas Group. He has a significant Board experience, where he has served as a director on the board of nineteen listed companies, including Atlas Battery Limited, Lucky Cement, Berger Paints, Mirpurkhas Sugar, amongst others. He also served as a Director on the Board of Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP) and currently, he is serving as Chairman of its Taxation Committee. He is also an Independent Director on the Board of Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan (IFMP). Mr. Samad is also serving as a member on Board of Studies Faculty of Business Administration of Jinnah University for Women, Industrial Advisory Board of UIT University and Islamic Finance Academic Advisory Board of Hamdard University.