Mahmood Ahmed is a seasoned investment banker of 63 years of age with over 37 years of experience leading highly successful business development initiatives and ventures with emphasis with institutions engaged in project financing, deal structuring and mergers & acquisitions. In early part of his career he worked for National Development Finance Corporation in middle management category wherein he remained responsible for the Treasury and Investment Portfolio Management. As a special assignment he had also worked in the capacity of Executive reporting to Chairman of the Corporation.

He completely established the first investment bank of the country for the Group from feasibility stage to operations thereafter developed its system & procedure and operating software. The Bank later attained the top position in terms of size and profitability and later merged in a commercial bank. In 1995 was made Chief Executive of a failing Modaraba of the Group with than net worth of Rs. 40 million. Mr. Ahmed had implemented nonconventional growth strategy and converts the organization into a gigantic investment bank of the size of around Rs. 14.0 billion in 10 years. During the process 6 organization including 2 modarabas, 3 leasing companies and one investment bank was acquired and merged to achieve the position. Mr. Ahmed remained the key growth strategist for the Group during his entire tenure and achieved the following:

• Instrumental in the growth of their flagship Sugar Manufacturing Company from the Asset level of Rs. 2.0 billion to Rs. 10.0 billion
• Established three Investment Banks for the Group
• Listing of four Companies including three of the Group
• Acquired and made turnaround of two equity funds from the level of Rs. 8.0 million to around Rs. 1.6 billion
• Acquired for the Group a Fruit Juice Concentrate Unit and a Milk Processing Plant (Good Milk)
• Acquired two power projects of the total capacity of 440 mw.
  
  

Since 2006, Mr. Ahmed besides being the member of visiting faculty of Government College University, Lahore, is engaged in low key and selected Corporate Advisory activities and carried the following work in last two years:

• Merger of two textile Mills
• Reverse Merger of a Real Estate Development Company with a shell listed Company (Remains Incomplete)
• Loan restructuring negotiation on behalf of established Groups with Banks
• Acquisition of a Modaraba & three brokerage houses on behalf of clients
• Advising on proposed public issue of a large textile mill
• Advising on turnaround of a Capital Market brokerage house
• Advising on management of a Commodity Exchange Brokerage in Pakistan
• Financial and Corporate restructuring one of the major Food Brands of Pakistan
• Managing the recovery from difficult Loan Portfolio of an Investment Bank of Rs. 1.50 billion
• Achieving the listing in Stock Market of a large food chain of Pakistan through the process of reverse merger.
• Listing at Karachi Stock Exchange of a Bread Processing Company through the process of reverse merger.
• Arrangement of Long-Term Financing equivalent of USD 100 million for a newly established Oil Marketing Company.
• Implementing a turnaround strategy for the positioning of Eden Builders Group of Lahore on a longterm engagement basis
• Providing Advisory for creating market niche and long-term resource mobilization for Allied Oils (Pvt.) Limited.