Mr. Najam Ali has over 30 years of rich experience of working in different capacities in Pakistan’s capital markets. Prior to forming Next Capital Limited, he served as the Chief Executive Officer at JS Investments Limited. During his tenure at JS Investments, the company achieved the highest rating of AM2 Plus in the industry and remained the largest asset management company in the private sector. During this time, he also served twice as the Chairman of Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP).

Mr. Najam was also the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Central Depository Company (CDC), Pakistan’s first and only securities depository. Prominent shareholders included Citigroup, IFC and Pakistan’s stock exchanges. While at CDC, he also led the development and implementation of the National Clearing and Settlement System, which is the centralized clearing system in Pakistan for all the stock exchanges. The success of these projects has laid the foundation of a world class capital market infrastructure that has earned him praise and recognition at the national level.

He served as a member of the Corporate Leaders Advisory Board of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi for 7 years. Currently, he is serving as the Government Nominee at Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).