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Nasir Ali Merchant – Acting CEO nasir.ali@iirating.com

Nasir Ali Merchant joined IIRA as Vice President in the last quarter of 2007 and is currently the Acting CEO. He has experience of more than 12 years, having worked for globally renowned financial institutions like ABN AMRO, Bank of America and HSBC in Karachi and regional financial powerhouse like United Bank Limited and Emirates Bank International in UAE. His experience involves work in areas like financial institutions, operations, SME banking and corporate banking. He has a good knowledge about the regional economies and their dynamics.

Nasir has a distinguished academic career having completed his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 2001. Before that he has done his MBA Finance from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan. He has completed many levels of his academic career with distinction and honors.

Redha Al Ansari – Financial Analyst redha.alansari@iirating.com

Mr. Redha Al Ansari joined IIRA as Financial Analyst in September of 2009. He is looking after rating for Financial Institutions and Sovereigns. Prior to his appointment in IIRA, he was working for Arab Bank PLC which is one of the largest banks in the Middle East as Credit Analyst for 3 years. His work experience involves work in areas such as credit review, administration and operations as well as NPL accounts. Redha has completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from New York Institute of Technology in May 2009. Before that he graduated from University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Finance. Currently, he is preparing for CFA exam. He has also attended several advance courses on Risk Management and Financial Statement Analysis.


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