Dr. Ali Akhtar Ali joined JS Investments as Senior Vice President (fund manager) in November 2009. He earned his MBBS from Baqai Medical College in 1998-99 and MBA with majors in Finance from PAF-KIET in Jan-2006.Before joining JS Investments Limited he remained associated with KASB Capital Ltd. for around a year and a half (2008-2009) initially as Chief Dealer in the Treasury Department and then moved on to Head of Money Market , Forex and financial Advisory. Prior to KASB Capital he worked with JS Investments Limited from 2006 till 2008 in the capacity of Assistant Vice President, Investments Department. He also worked for 3 years (2000-2004) with BMA Capital Management as a Senior Dealer on the Fixed Income Desk and two and a half years (2004-2006) at Jahangir Siddiqui Capital Markets as Senior Dealer Fixed Income Desk was later promoted to the position of Head of Fixed Income.
Currently, he is looking after the JS Growth Fund, JS Pension Savings Fund, JS Fund of Funds and JS Aggressive Income Fund.
Ms. Nazia Enam Siddiqui has joined JS Investments Limited in August 2010 as a Fund Manager in Investments Department. Ms. Siddiqui has more than 15 years working experience in the field of Investments and prior to joining JSIL she was working with IGI Finex Securities as Head of Equity Sales. She holds a Masters degree in Economics from University of Karachi. She is looking after the JS Cash Fund, JS Income Fund and Unit Trust Of Pakistan.
Salman Siddiqui joined JSIL in November 2010 as Head of Research and Risk Management. He also served as Member and Secretary to the Investment Committee (IC). Salman was later inducted in the Investments Team in July 2012 where he currently manages the JS Value Fund, JS Islamic Pension Savings Fund and JS KSE-30 Index Fund.
Prior to joining JSIL, Salman worked for almost 4 years at Fortune Securities Ltd where he headed the Equity Research Department. Besides supervising the department he also covered the Oil and Gas Exploration, Oil Marketing and Power sectors. Before Fortune, Salman worked for over 18 months at JSIL (then JS Abamco Ltd.), where he had started off his career. His primary responsibilities were to evaluate the Oil Refinery and Oil Marketing sectors.
Salman holds Bachelors in Computer Systems Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and is an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA). Salman is also a CFA Charter Holder.
Mr. Arslan Asif H. Soomro graduated from world-renowned Cass Business School, London in May 2008 with First Class Honours in B.Sc. (Honors) in Investment and Financial Risk Management. Mr. Soomro joined JS Investments Limited as a Research Analyst in Sep 2009 and was subsequently promoted as a Fund Manager in April 2010. Mr Soomro has previously managed JS KSE - 30 Fund, JS Principal Secure Fund II and JS Islamic Pension Savings Fund. Currently, he manages JS Large Cap Fund, JS Fund of Funds and the flagship JS Islamic Fund (one of the highest yielding Fund in Pakistan in recent years). Mr Soomro holds a diverse set of professional qualifications, such as, FSA UK approved Investment Management Certificate (IMC), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and is fulfilling the requirement of required work experience after successfully completing all levels of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.