EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

M. Fraz Ahmed
fraz at muppies.org

M. Fraz Ahmed is an Associate of Equifin Capital Partners. Prior to joining Equifin, Mr. Ahmed was a Financial Analyst at Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, where he worked in the mergers and acquisitions group, and advised clients on various buyside, sellside and capital raising assignments. Prior to joining Lazard Frères & Co. LLC in 2006, Mr. Ahmed began his career as a member of the Financial Management Program with GE Commercial Finance in its Energy Financial Services and Real Estate businesses. 

Education: BS, Northwestern University

AbdulAziz Al-Sulaim
abdulaziz at muppies.org

AbdulAziz is a financial analyst covering at Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Previously he was a business analyst for Saudi Aramco's New Business Development Department.

Education: BS, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Mohammad
Abdul Aziz
mohammad at muppies.org

MMohammad is a Senior Associate at a specialty finance incubator, helping establish international financial services ventures. Previously, he worked in infrastructure private equity at Macquarie Capital in New York. Prior to that, he was in a strategy role at Citigroup.

Education: BS, Columbia University

Faisal Ghori
faisal at muppies.org

Faisal currently works for an alternative investment firm where he focuses on emerging markets investing. Previously, he was a Fulbright Fellow investigating investment opportunities in MENA. Prior he worked in the investment banking practice of a bulge-bracket bank. 

Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley

Muhamad Haydar
muhamad at muppies.org

Muhamad is a Finance Analyst at a Multionational Manufacturing Company. He has gone through a number of departments in a rotational program, supporting departments such as Supply Chain, Controllers, Internal Audit, etc. He was previously the Operations Leader at a client support center.

Education: BA, Michigan State University

Naiel Iqbal
naiel at muppies.org

Naiel works in Proprietary Trading at JPMorgan in New York. Previously, he worked in the Special Situations group at another bank. He also operates naiel.com, an internet design firm.

Education: BS, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Zaid Pardesi
zaid at muppies.org

Zaid is currently an Associate at AEA Investors in New York as part of the consumer group in AEA’s middle-market private equity fund. Previously, he worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company in their Chicago office.

Education: BS, Northwestern University

Omar Zakaria
omar at muppies.org

Omar is an Analyst at Boardwalk Pipeline Partners in Houston, Texas. Previously, he worked in business development roles at Outreach Strategists and Williams.

Education: BBA, University of Houston

REGIONAL LEADERSHIP

New York Region
 
Jainal
Bhuiyan
jainal at muppies.org

Jainal is currently a Vice President at Rodman & Renshaw in their healthcare and life sciences group in New York. Previously, he worked as a Senior Analyst at a Boston-based boutique M&A shop in healthcare services.

Education: BS, Cornell University

A.S.M
Hussain
hussain at muppies.org

Hussain is currently a senior associate at a leading investment fund, where he focuses on investments in the growth-equity segment. Previously, he was an economic policy associate in the United Nations Security Council's Economic & Political Affairs group, focusing on the United States and the Middle East. Prior to joining the U.N, Hussain began his career as an analyst in the Carnegie Council's foreign affairs and energy policy programs.

Education: B.Eng, Stony Brook University

Saad Siddiqui
saad at muppies.org

Saad Siddiqui is an Analyst at Merrill Lynch’s Global Wealth Management division, where he is part of a specialist team that develops pricing strategy focusing on Institutional clients.

Education: BBA, Rutgers University

Texas Region
 
Farhan Adhami
Farhan at muppies.org

farhan is Senior Staff at UHY Advisors, a middle market accounting & valuation firm focusing on Energy Industry. He previously held positions at Baker Hughes and Enterprise Product Partners.

Education: BBA, University of Houston

Madeeha Aziz
madeeha at muppies.org

Madeeha Aziz is currently an analyst in the airline industry. Prior to working in industry, Madeeha was a technology consultant with focus on governance and regulation

Education: BBA University of Houston

Sadia Khan
sadia at muppies.org

Sadia Khan is currently an Associate Brand Manager for Odwalla, a Coca-Cola Company. Prior to Odwalla, she worked at The Nielsen Company as a marketing analyst.

Education: BA, George Washington University
                  MBA, University of Maryland

Southern California Region
 
Salmaun Ahmad
salmaun at muppies.org

Salmaun is currently an Associate in the Strategy & Business Development group at the Walt Disney Company. Salmaun completed his Investment Banking analyst program with the Technology practice of a bulge-bracket investment bank where he focused primarily on Digital Media & Software engagements. Prior to that, Salmaun worked in the consulting group for a financial research software company.

Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley

Northern California Region
 
Muhammad Mian
muhammad at muppies.org

Muhammad is a manager in the marketing organization at Salesforce.com. Previously, Muhammad worked in financial and strategic planning at TiVo. Prior to TiVo, Muhammad was an analyst at Merrill Lynch Private Equity Partners.

Education: BBA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Adil Syed
adil at muppies.org

Adil is currently a financial analyst in the private wealth management division at a leading asset management firm. Previously, Adil spent a summer conducting high yield fixed income research at a quant asset manager in San Francisco, CA.

Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley



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