About Us:

 

 

JAWWAD AHMED FARID
Chief Executive Officer

Jawwad is a Fellow Society of Actuaries (Schaumburg, IL), an MBA from Columbia Business School (NYC) and a Computer Science graduate. During the last 15 years, he has worked as a consultant in North America, the Middle East, Pakistan and United Kingdom with a number of blue chip clients. Jawwad is also the appointed Actuary for State Life Corporation of Pakistan and Dawood Family Takaful Limited. Jawwad’s core areas of expertise include Asset/Risk Management, Investments, Product development, Derivatives, the financial services Middle Office and the Basel II Regulatory Frame work.

IMRAN CHISHTI
Director

Imran has a Masters from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Pepperdine University in California. His roles have spanned banking, insurance, institutional sales, program and product management, as well as running the operations of a consumer goods company. He has over 16 years of experience with blue-chip companies including Morgan Stanley, MetLife, and Orascom Telecom in the USA, UK, and Pakistan.

MOHTASHIM AHMED
Director – Business & Product Development

Mohtashim has a Bachelors in Computer Science from University of Texas at Austin and over 7 years of experience working as a technology professional with emphasis on software development, IT consultancy and project implementation at organizations such as Clearcube Technology in the US and IBM and Inbox in Pakistan.

MUJTABA IQBAL
Director – Corporate Strategy

Mujtaba is a CFA level III candidate and Finance and Accounting major from Drexel University. Prior to Alchemy his last role was Director Consulting at Deloitte & Touche, Pakistan. At Alchemy Mujtaba’s focus has been on corporate affairs, feasibilities, due diligences, valuations, special investigations and financial advisory.

ARIF RASOOL
Director

Arif has a BA in Mathematics and Economics from University College of North Wales and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (England & Wales). He has over 14 years experience working for Prudential UK in several actuarial capacities, followed by 2 years with AIG group’s American Life Insurance Operations in Pakistan.


ARIF IRFANULLAH

Director

Arif has a Bachelors in Engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.  Arif worked seven years at Oracle Corporation and eight years at MindTree Ltd.  where he was responsible for the Middle East operation.  In June 2008 Arif joined Alchemy Technologies as a Director.
 

FAWZIA SALAHUDDIN
Director – Technology and Project Management

Fawzia holds a Masters and Bachelors in Computer Science from FAST-ICS and
is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute (PMI). Over her 15 year career she has worked as a
project manager and team leader with multinational firms and software houses in Pakistan and North America. At Alchemy, Fawzia runs the software development and technology team.

UZMA SALAHUDDIN
Director – Client Services & Deployment

Uzma has a Masters from London Guildhall University and has multiple years of project management experience. She has worked primarily in England with extensive project management experience relating within web based and Interactive Television projects. Uzma is responsible for client services and implementation of Alchemy Risk Manager Product line.

ERUM KHALID
Director – Technology

Erum has a Masters and Bachelors in Computer Science from FAST-ICS. Prior to joining Alchemy, Erum was on the faculty of FAST-ICS and also worked at Unisys as a business analyst. Erum has been with Alchemy since 2003 as a senior software developer and team lead.

REHANA MOIZ
Director – Product Development and Domain

Rehana is a Bachelors in Computer Science from FAST-ICS and a gold medalist MBA in Finance from Szabist, Pakistan. As the head research and development at Alchemy, Rehana’s strengths lie on financial management, derivative instruments, Basel II and State Bank of Pakistan’s Risk Management and compliance frameworks. She is currently a CFA level II and FRM candidate.