Yusra Zainab Laghari

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Yusra Zainab Laghari
Finance
022-2671209, 0300-3036489
yusrzainablaghari@gmail.com
Date of Birth: Nov 17, 1991

Educational Qualifications:
BBA | 2013 | Institute of Business Administration, Karachi | 3.25* (83.14%)
Intermediate | 2009 | Superior College of Science, Hyderabad | 77.5%
Matriculation | 2007 | Beaconhouse School System, Hyderabad | 85.29%
*CGPA up to the 6th Semester

Elective Courses
Security Analysis, Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling and Treasury & Funds Management.

Major Term Papers I Reports I Projects
• Calculated intrinsic value of Ghani Glass Ltd through Gordon Growth model and financial projections
• Research Analysis on trends in Pakistan Stock Market indices (2011)
• Report on Foreign Direct Investment analysing factors that attract FDI and the problems faced in attracting FDI
• Report on the reasons and causes of global financial crisis
• An analysis of the Pakistan’s Leather Industry in view of the Porter’s diamond model
• Report on the Information Systems management at Engro Fertilizers
• Prepared a case study on an entrepreneur to analyze the risk and challenges faced in growing an enterprise

Work Experience
July 2012 - Sept 2012 : 5 week internship at Arif Habib Corporation Limited
• Provided an overview of the Fertilizer Industry through comparative financial analysis of major Fertilizer Companies (FFC, FFBL, Pakarab etc)
June 2012 - July 2012 : 6 week internship at Linde Pakistan Private Ltd - formerly British Oxygen Company
• Worked on the project of Cost Distribution Analysis to suggest ways of containing costs and maximizing capacity utilization.
• Forecasted overhead costs for the next 6 months and provided economic review and projections for the coming two years for the quarterly performance report
Sep 2011 - March 2012 : 6 week social internship at AIESEC in Karachi
• Worked as Management Accountant helped in gaining financial insights through responsibilities as forming budgets, maintaining books and receipts, training members on financial policies. One major achievement was being Organizing Committee Vice President Finance – National Youth Development Seminar 2011
June 2011 - Aug 2011 : Red Ribbons Project, Malaysia, AIESEC UM, and SCB
• Worked as a workshop presenter for the red ribbons project initiated by Standard Chartered Bank and AIESEC Malaysia. The responsibilities included conducting workshops, street booths, volunteering in NGOs like PT foundation and NSEP, Malaysia
April 2011 - May 2011 : National Talent Hunt Program IBA - English mentor and instructor
June 2010 - July 2010 : 6 week internship at MCB Bank Limited - Remittances and Forex department

Extra-Curricular Activities
• Member management team and MoC for a three day workshop by Timelenders at IBA
• Worked as member of the creative team for I-Marc 2011, (IBA Media Accession and Reinforcement Convention)
• Member creatives team ‘We mADe it’, an advertising making challenge by Reckitt Benckiser
• Worked for the Student Journalism Program by IBA Media & Publications Society
• Blogging about social issues, writing, and reading