Sajjad Ahmed
Senior Manager-Compliance
Sajjad holds the position of Senior Manager-Compliance and is based in the Karachi (Pakistan) office of j. awan & partners.
Sajjad brings his expertise gained over a successful 7-year career working in Pakistan’s intelligence/ supervisory, banking, and telecommunication sectors. After serving 3.5 years in NBP, he joined the Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU), a financial intelligence unit of Pakistan responsible for countering Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorism Financing (TF) through developing actionable financial intelligence for law enforcement agencies. While in FMU, his significant contribution was developing tactical analysis cases, identifying potential cases of ML/TF, and specialising in cases related to the offences of frauds, ponzi schemes, etc. He also developed strategic analysis reports on the misuse of prize bonds and financial frauds/ ponzi schemes, which were circulated to various stakeholders of AML/CFT in Pakistan.
Qualifications:
Sajjad is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – UK. He holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce from National University of Modern Languages and is also accredited for Specialization in Regulatory Compliance by University of Pennsylvania.