Board Of Directors
The Directors of Makaseb have overall authority and responsibility for the operation of the funds. They exercise supervision and control of the funds, including deciding matters of general policy and the review of the actions of the Investment Manager, Custodian, Administrator, and the Registrar and Transfer Agent.
Nabeel Waheed, Chairman
Mr. Nabeel Waheed has over 23 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry in Pakistan, Sub-Continent, and the Middle East. Mr. Waheed joined Mashreq as Head of Treasury, Investments, and Capital Markets in 1996. Prior to joining Mashreq, he was with Bank of America for 15 years where he assumed various senior roles in Relationship Management, Investment Banking, Capital Markets, and Treasury. He has also featured as a speaker at Banking and Capital Markets Authority Conferences. Mr. Waheed obtained his B.Sc in Finance from Syracuse University, New York.
Omar Bouhadiba, Director
Mr. Omar Bouhadiba joined Mashreq in December 2000 as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Banking Group. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Bouhadiba worked for Bank of America since 1979 acting as Senior Relationship Manager, Country Credit Manager, and Head of Division Credit Administration of MENA, Senior Credit Officer for MENA and finally Head of MENA region by 1998. Mr. Bouhadiba obtained his BA in economics from University of Tunis in 1975. He earned his Diploma D'Estudes Approfondies from La Sorbonne University in Paris in 1976. In 1978, he completed his postgraduate education obtaining an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance.
Ali Raza Khan, Director
Mr. Ali Raza Khan joined Mashreq in 1980. During the past 25 years, Mr. Khan has served in different positions as Manager of Operations, Controller, Manager of Central Accounts Division and Division Head of Human Resources. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 1978. Mr. Ali obtained his B.Sc in Finance from Kanpur University in 1973.
Kantic Dasgupta, Director
Mr. Kantic Dasgupta is the Head of Risk Management at Mashreq. In his last assignment before joining Mashreq he was with Citibank and held several Senior Risk roles in various mark ets and finally was Cluster Risk Head for the Indian Subcontinent including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Prior to that he was Group Credit Officer for Central Europe, Middle East, Africa and India based in Brussels where the combined assets were in excess of $ 60 Billion. Mr. Dasgupta has held several senior Risk Management roles with Citibank in London, New York, Athens and Nairobi.
Mr. Dasgupta is a graduate in Economics from Calcutta University and an MBA from IIM, Calcutta.