S. Fahim Ahmad

Educated mostly in the UK, up to MBA level, S. Fahim Ahmad started his career with Citibank in Karachi as a lending officer, then moved to Citibank Bahrain where he covered most of the Middle East markets including Saudi Arabia at senior level. After returning to Karachi he worked with American Express Bank. His banking expertise covers Corporate & Investment Banking, Credit Risk, Treasury, Corporate Communications and Financial Institutions.

For career diversification, Fahim also worked as a Corporate Treasurer where he was involved in Pakistan’s first GDR offering, the Istisna deal, as well as complex project finance and local equity issue, acquiring both debt and equity skills and enabling him to branch out as an Independent Consultant to advise banks, Governments, sovereign funds , power utility at high levels besides serving on the boards of Financial Institutions. He is a Certified Islamic Banking and Finance Professional, with understanding of both conventional and Islamic banking.