Key Management

Mr. Zubair Ghulam Hussain

Chief Executive Officer

With 19 years of work experience, Mr. Zubair has a proven track record of servicing both domestic and Foreign Institutional Clients. He has represented Pakistan on various investor forums, conferences and analyst road shows. Zubair was instrumental in conducting KASB-ML conferences in London and Singapore, which were considered as flagship conferences for Pakistan between 2005-2008. Mr. Hussain was Head of Equities (2009-2016) at Foundation Securities Pvt. Limited overlooking both the sales and research teams. Zubair was also Macquarie`s point man in Pakistan coordinating with the top management for marketing efforts, research publications and analyst road shows. He was also a part of the team that oversaw the divestment of PPL secondary public offering of $100mn. Zubair was instrumental in getting FIIs interest in the transaction which witnessed oversubscription by twice the amount and was the only transaction that got executed at a premium based on its last closing price. Before that, Mr. Hussain was Head - Equity Sales and Trading Desk (2003-2008) at KASB securities (Local JV- Bank of America Merrill Lynch). He was responsible for developing and servicing the international and domestic client base. KASB had the highest market share in the FII business under his leadership and Zubair also worked at the London sales desk at BOFA-ML twice for brief stints marketing Pakistan Equities. Mr. Hussain is well known amongst the domestic fraternity and has been voted as the runner up in the Best Sales person category by 2013 CFA Polls, Best Salesperson by 2011 CFA Polls, 2nd Best Salesperson in the 2007 Asia Money Polls and 3rd Best Sales person in the CFA Polls 2009. Zubair is a bi-majors in Finance and Marketing from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and also received ICM certification from Pakistan Institute of Capital Markets.

Mr. Mansoor Khanani

Head-Equity Sales

Mansoor’s career in capital market spans over 17 years, with well-rounded experience on both the buy and sell side in various capacities. During this time frame he has been associated with journalism, equity brokerage and fund management at The Financial Daily, NAFA Funds, Foundation Securities and Alfalah Securities.

Mansoor started his career as a Research Analyst at the Financial Daily later on moving to Foundation Securities in the same capacity. Mansoor was a Research Analyst for more than 6 years at Foundation, where he was an integral part of the team. He acquired expertise with one of the best teams in the industry and personally covered the Cements, Textiles, Autos and Insurance sectors. Mansoor later moved on to the equity trading side and was part of the institutional sales team at Foundation Securities for more than 4 years.

Mansoor holds MBA degree from Bahria University with a majors in finance and is also an ICM certificate holder from Institute of Capital Markets.

Mr. Irfan Arif

Head-Audit and Compliance

Irfan has well-rounded experience of over 12 years in the field of Accounts, Finance and Compliance. He has been involved in various capacities in the field of Education, brokerage house and commercial import/export business. Prior to his current position , Mr. Irfan was associated with CAMS (one of the top-rated educational institute for finance) as chief accountant where has been actively involved in Auditing, tax planning, handling corporate affairs and systems designing. Before his assignment at CAMS, Mr. Irfan was heading Accounts and Settlement Department at Shehzad Chamdia Securities (Pvt.) Limited. He managed a team of professionals and was responsible for Receivable & Payable Position of all Clients, Exposure maintenance with Stock, preparation of monthly accounts, dealing with auditor and banks.

Irfan holds MBA degree from CAMS (Affiliated with university of Karachi) with a majors in finance and is also an ICM certificate holder from Institute of Capital Markets.

Mr. Muhammad Shahroz

Senior Proffesional

Muhammad Shahroz has over 3 years of experience in equity research and has covered fertilizer, chemical & IT sector. Shahroz is proud product of Insight Research himself, he joined Insight securities in 2019 after completing his BS in computational Finance from NED university of Engineering & Technology. Currently, he is pursuing Master in economics from Institute of Business Administration. At Insight Securities, he is actively leading a team of analysts and personally covering Pakistan’s economy and banking Sector.