Afaq Asad

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Afaq Asad
+92 3121507065, afaqasad05@gmail.com,
House No. 18, street 52, F-7/4 -/Islamabad
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afaq-asad-a669831a1/

Education
FAST - National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad.
Bachelor of Science (Accounting and Finance)
Major: Accounting and Finance
Fazaia Inter College Minhas, Kamra
FSC (Pre-Engineering)
Fazaia Degree College, Risalpur
Matric (Sciences)

Projects
Final Project: Examining Market Efficiency with Day-Of-Week Anomaly for Liquid Stocks: Evidence from Pakistan.
The purpose of this study is to check Day-of-the-week anomaly for stocks currently listed on KSE 30 Index.
Semester Projects
Corporate Valuation – Build forecasted statement of financial position, statement of profit/loss, build capital structure and did corporate valuation of a firm in Financial Management.
Analysis of workplace communication for Jaffer Brothers Pvt. Ltd - Analysis of company's workplace, their culture, their language, their positive and negative messages, emails, and memos.
Suez Crisis Analysis - Researched the changes in macroeconomic trends, changes in stock markets and policies of different countries caused due to the Suez Crisis.
Revamping of Forhan's toothpaste Pvt. Ltd - Discussed the roles of psychological principles in branding.

Work Experience
Finance Intern at LMKT, Islamabad.
Audit Intern at Asad Ijaz & Co., Islamabad.
Freelancer at Fiverr, Islamabad.

Trainings / Certification
KPMG (Audit & Assurance Virtual Experience Program)
Nestle (Virtual Training on How to Build Your Personal Brand)
Fiverr (Social Media Marketing Essentials)
Fiverr (Online Freelancing Essentials: Be a Successful Fiverr Seller)

Skills & Tools
Professional Skills: Sound in people skills, good team spirit, able to work and collaborate well with colleagues, proficient in managing & organizing skills.
Technical Skills: MS-Office, Peachtree, Canva, Windows Movie Maker, SPSS, E-views, Social Media Management

Achievements
Finance Secretary of NaSCon'23 (National Solutions Convention)
Advisor & member of board of FAST Fin-Tech Society
Founding President of FAST Financial Technology Society
Deputy Secretary Finance of NaSCon'22 (National Solutions Convention)

Activities
Conducted a Seminar on Financial Technology by Mr. Talha Naveed (Application Development Lead on Banking Sector) at Microsoft.
Conducted a Seminar on Banking & Fin-Tech by Mr. Fahad (Country Head at HBL).
Organized three industrial trips for students to Pakistan Stock Exchange & ZLK Securities.
Organized an industrial trip for students to Easy Paisa (Leading Fin-Tech Company in Pakistan).
Conducted a Seminar on career growth with startups by Mr. Imran Jattala (CIO Pakistan National Investor Portal).
Conducted an exclusive session on Future Trading at PMEX by Mr. Irfan Kasana (Head of Product Development at PMEX.

Interests
Networking, Swimming, Gaming, Tennis, Cricket, Books, Netflix

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