Syed Bashir Ahmad

Syed Bashir Ahmad has been associated with the Banking and Financial industry for more than 2 decades and has held senior management positions in Wealth Management and Private Investment Banking with International Banks in London and Asia. Mr. Bashir was Head of Private Clients at ABN AMRO Bank, ING and Bank of Singapore in UK where he was leading a team of Senior Bankers covering the Global Markets. Subsequently, as Managing Director and Head of UK Private Banking for ING (later OCBC), he started the Private Bank from scratch in London and grew the business significantly.

In 2010, he set up Halkin Investments LLP, an Independent Asset Management firm involved in Investment Management, Investment Banking and Real Estate. He is currently running it as CEO. He is also the Chairman of the board of Halkin Middle East, a company founded two years back and is regulated by DFSA (Dubai). Mr. Bashir has a Master degree in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.