Karachi: BMA Capital Management Limited, Pakistan’s premier financial services group, today announced that Bilal Athar, a leading capital markets expert has joined its management team as an Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Equities to boost BMA’s equities business with institutional, international and retail clients.

Bilal has over 17 years of extensive experience in Pakistan’s equity capital markets. Prior to joining BMA, he has held senior positions heading Equities at JS Global (Head of Business Development), Elixir Securities (Director Equity Sales), Invisor Securities (Head of Brokering), and W.I. Carr (Head of Retail).

Commenting on the news, Moazzam M. Malik, Chairman & CEO of BMA Capital said “with his impressive track-record gained with major Pakistani institutions and his strong knowledge of the local & regional equity markets, Bilal is probably one of the most senior, experienced and respected professionals of the financial services industry in Pakistan. All our team is really excited to work with him as he brings unparalleled expertise and a wealth of business opportunities and products, especially with respect to foreign emerging & frontier market investors who have an interest in Pakistan and BMA Capital’s own regional growth plans.