Mr. Syed Suleman Akhtar heads the Investment Management Department at UBL Fund Managers. He has done MBA with a major in Finance from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi and holds a CFA charter. Suleman has over 18 years of well-rounded experience in corporate treasury management, investment research and fund management. Prior to joining UBL Fund Managers, he was associated with NAFA Funds, a leading local asset management company. Before that, he was associated with Foundation Securities (Pvt.) Ltd, a leading Pakistani brokerage house affiliated with Macquarie Capital Securities, Australia, as head of research. At Foundation, Suleman authored a number of co-branded research pieces on Macquarie platform and conducted analyst road shows in USA and Far East. Suleman was runner-up in CFAAP (CFA Association of Pakistan) best equity analyst award 2010.