Ali Akber

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Ali Akber
Finance
0332-3638468
a.akber@khi.iba.edu.pk
Date of Birth: March 20, 1991

Educational Qualifications:
BBA 2014 Institute of Business Administration, Karachi 3.24** (82.03%)
CFA Level -1 2014 CFA Institue Appeared
A-Levels 2010 Beaconhouse School System, Karachi 2A*s 2As
O-Levels 2008 Beaconhouse School System, Karachi 8As, 3Bs
**CGPA up to the 6th Semester

Elective Courses
Financial Engineering, Financial Modeling, Derivatives and Risk Management, Social Media and Business Communication, Securities Analysis and Capital Markets, Fixed Income Securities.

Major Term Papers I Reports I Projects
Financial Engineering and Risk Management
• An Equity Linked Savings Product
• Based on the Karachi stock exchange, the product idea is to empower equity growth view holders to attain stock ownership based on a pay as you go scheme with an adequate level of capital protection
• The product design resembled a significantly modified form of a plain vanilla call option
• The pricing of the product was based on Martingale Valuation and backed up by Monte Carlo simulations
Econometrics
• An Econometric Analysis of Pakistani economic progress as a factor of the Ruling Political Party
• A regression model analysis of GDP growth rate and Employment as a factor of whether the ruling political system was non-democratic or democratic.
Methods of Business Research
• Impact of different communication factors on choice of restaurants
• Analyzed impact of factors such as word of mouth, advertising and online consultation have on restaurant selection and trail of new restaurants

Work Experience
Feb 2014 - present :Business Analyst, Pythagoras Consulting Services
Mar 2013 - Sep 2013 :Founding partner at Dealmonster.pk
Jun 2013 - Aug 2013 :6 weeks Internship at Habib Bank Limited Pakistan - Corporate Banking Division
Jun 2012 - Aug 2012 :8 weeks Internship at Naya Jeevan - A social NGO
Sep 2012 - May 2013 :Student Ambassador for ACCA Pakistan

Extra-Curricular Activities
• Finalist in the CFA Research Challenge 2014 based on the valuation of Pakistan Petroleum Limitted (PPL) an oil & gas extraction and production company
• Participated in four Model United Nations Conferences and Debate competitions, while chairing the IBA Model United Nations (MUNIK) III.
• Finalist-Invent 2012 and Discover 2013 (Business Plan Competitions).
• Headboy at Beaconhouse School System A-Levels
• Have been a part of over 25 event management teams at IBA. In various capacities, worked with over 250 diverse individuals in cross functional teams to deliver targeted value to over 2000 participants.