Air Commodore (R) Munawar Alam Siddiqui

Mr. Najam Ali

Mr. Ali Raza Siddiqui

Mr.Sadeq Sayeed
Mr. Siraj Ahmed Dadabhoy

Mr. Nazar Mohammad Sheikh

Lt. General (Retd) Masood Parwaiz

Mr. Siddiqui retired as an Air Commodore from the Pakistan Air Force in 2003.  His last post was as the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Administration) at Pakistan Air Force Headquarters.  For his meritorious services to the PAF, he was awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) and Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military).

He was commissioned in the GD(P) Branch of the Pakistan Air Force in 1974.  He has served as a VVIP and Presidential pilot during his tenure of service and has held various key Command and Staff appointments in the PAF.  He served as Director of Air Transport at Air Headquarters from 1996 to 1998 and commanded an operational air force base with over 8,500 personnel from 2000 to 2002.

Mr. Siddiqui holds an M. Sc. in Defence and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, an M. Sc. in Strategic Studies from Karachi University, a B. Sc. (Honours) in War Studies from Karachi University and B. Sc. Avionics from Peshawar University.  He is also an alumna of the National Defence College.

He serves on the boards of Jahangir Siddiqui Investment Bank Limited, BSJS Balancd Fund Limited, Al Abbas Sugar Mills Limited, Siddiqui Foundation, JS Air and Hum Television Networks.

Mr. Najam Ali joined JS Investments Limited (formerly JS ABAMCO Limited) as Chief Executive Officer in 2004.  Prior to his appointment, he was the Executive Director and Head of the Non-Banking Finance Companies Department at the Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), where he was involved in regulation, monitoring and enforcement for mutual funds, leasing, housing finance, investment banking, venture capital and discounting companies.

Prior to his appointment to the SECP, he served for seven years as the founding CEO of the Central Depository Company (CDC) which is Pakistan’s only securities depositary established by Citigroup, IFC and Pakistan’s stock exchanges, While at CDC, he also led the development of the National Clearing and Settlement System, which is the centralized clearing system in Pakistan for all the stock exchanges. The success of these projects has laid the foundation of a world class capital market infrastructure that has made it possible to settle enormous trading volumes witnessed in the recent years. It was due to his leadership role in the development of Pakistan’s Capital Market that has earned him praise and recognition at the national level. The Money Magazine has included his name in the list of Top Ten Capital Market Builders in Pakistan.

He has worked in various positions at the Fidelity Investment Banking including Group Financial Controller and Head of Money and Capital Markets. He has also worked with Robson Rhodes, Chartered Accountants, a member firm of the RSM Group in the UK.

He serves on the Boards of Directors of Askari Commercial Bank Limited, Pakistan Oilfields Limited, Dadex Eternit Limited and has also previously been a director of the National Clearing Company of Pakistan Limited and the Karachi Stock Exchange (Guarantee) Limited. He is currently serving as the chairman of Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan.

Mr. Najam Ali holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA., He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds memberships of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada. He has also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in USA.

Mr. Siddiqui joined JS Investments Limited (formerly JS ABAMCO Limited) as an Executive Director in 2005.  Previously, he was Assistant Vice President at AIM Investments in Houston, a wholly-owned subsidiary of INVESCO plc.( formerly known as AMVESCAP Plc.). 

At AIM, Mr. Siddiqui was part of a 5-person team responsible for the management of USD 60 billion in fixed income assets.  These included the AMVESCAP Global Portfolios (USD 4+ billion), Brown Brothers Investment Trust (USD 1+ billion) and STIT Treasury Portfolio (USD 10+ billion). 

Mr. Siddiqui holds a Bachelors Degree from Cornell University, USA, with double majors in Economics and Government.

Mr. Sadeq Sayeed is a London based business executive associated with NOMURA INTERNATIONAL as special advisor. He is looking after International Business Strategy, Alternative Investment Management, Asset Management and Capital Structure and Risk Management. Additionally, he is also on board of various committees namely Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Capital Allocation Committee and Risk & Credit Management Committee.

Previously he was engaged with Credit Suisse First Boston, London, England as Managing Director & Head of Group Leveraged Funds Group, Member of Senior Management and Group Head, European Foreign Exchange, Money Market and Commodities Group and Global options group; Credit Suisse First Boston, New York  as Managing Director, Fixed Income Department; Credit Suisse, First Boston, London England as Managing Director, Arbitrage Group and as Director Financiere CSFB Treasury and Group Finance and WORLD BANK, Washington DC as Research Associate and Internal Consultant.

Mr. Sayeed holds S.M. with majors in Finance from MIT, Sloan School of Management and S.B also from MIT with majors in Economics and Electrical Engineering. He has also taught weekly financial seminars at MIT in 1993.

Siraj Dadabhoy is a Founding Partner and the Managing Director of DCD America, a subsidiary of the DCD Group. His primary responsibilities include running the U.S. operations and serving on investment and executive committees of the DCD Group. Mr. Dadabhoy is also credited with developing and managing several of the global institutional relationships for the DCD Group.

DCD America is a New York based real estate private equity company with a special emphasis on opportunistic real estate investments. Under Mr. Dadabhoy's leadership, DCD America is focused upon investing in all aspects of the real estate market, especially where pricing dislocations create value driven opportunities. This opportunistic approach to investing is consistent with DCD Group's global real estate investment philosophy, which has been consistently applied across all markets with proven results.

Prior to forming DCD America in 1995, Mr. Dadabhoy founded and ran The Vitesse Group (1990-1995), an international trading company specializing in textiles and commodities trading. Before starting The Vitesse Group, Mr. Dadabhoy worked as a staff accountant at Price Waterhouse (1988-1989) in New York City.

Mr. Dadabhoy is a 1988 graduate of Indiana University, with a B.S. in Accounting and Finance. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Dadabhoy serves on the Board of Directors of several companies in which DCD Group has significant investments. Mr. Dadabhoy is an active member of the "Young Presidents Organization", a supporter of the "Acumen Fund" (a New York based nonprofit venture fund) and a friend of "The Citizens Foundation" (a mass educational initiative in Pakistan).

Mr. Sheikh is a former senior civil servant and has held many senior positions in the Government of Pakistan.  He joined the Pakistan Audit Department in 1966 and served in various capacities.  He served the Provincial Governments at various levels and also served as the Secretary of Finance Department, Secretary of Education Department, Secretary of Housing & Town Planning Department and Secretary of Communication & Works Department.  He has also held the position of Additional Secretary of the Social Sector Wing, Prime Minister’s Secretariat.

He was the Vice Chairman of PNSC from January 1992 till August 1993 and was later the chairman of Port Qasim Trust from October 1998 till July 2000. Mr. Sheikh has also held the position of secretary of Communications Division, Ministry of Communications & Railways from July 2000 to March 2001.

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Mr. Masood Parwaiz joined the Pakistan Army in 1968 and retired as a Lieutenant General in 2001. He held the most coveted staff, instructional and command assignments in the Army. He was awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz in the military and was appointed the Managing Director of the Army Welfare Trust (AWT) in September 2001 which he continued till December 2005.

As the Managing Director of AWT, he successfully managed the affairs and served as Vice Chairman and Director on AWT Board of Directors, Chairman Executive Committee and Director on ACBL Board of Directors, Chairman BOD of Askari Leasing Company, Askari General Insurance Company, Askari Investment Management Company and all fully owned AWT Projects.

His major achievements include the Financial and Corporate restructuring of AWT, erection of Second line at Nizampir Cement Project.

Mr. Masood Parwaiz holds an M.Sc degree in Strategic Studies from the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad and a B.Sc (Hons) degree in War Studies from the University of Balochistan, Quetta.