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.
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.
Mr. Denis Sabourin, Director
is serving as an independent director on the board of the Fund Company. In his professional career spanning more than two decades he has been in various senior marketing positions at globally recognized banks and investment companies. He brings a wealth of experience which is suited to the international clientele of the Fund. His understanding of the region from a global perspective gives the Fund an edge in servicing clients based in different countries. Mr. Sabourin has obtained Masters Degrees in both Economics and Business Administration from the University of Montreal and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in 1982 and 1985 respectively.