Mr. Arif Habib has remained the elected President/Chairman of Karachi Stock Exchange six times in the past. He is the Founding Member and Former Chairman of the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited. He has served as a Member of the Privatization Commission, Board of Investment, Tariff Reforms Commission and Securities & Exchange Ordinance Review Committee. Over the years he has been nominated on the Board of Directors of a number of companies by the Government of Pakistan. Presently he is a director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Company Limited (SNGPL).
He has participated in number of professional advancement courses including a course on Development of Securities Market organized by the SEC, USA at Washington, D.C. in 1992. He has visited over a dozen of stock exchanges in different countries for exchange of views.
On the social services front, Mr. Arif Habib is a significant participant in welfare activities of different organizations. To quote a few he is one of the trustees of Fatimid Foundation and Memon Health & Education Foundation and a director of Pakistan Center for Philanthropy and Karachi Education Initiative.
He began his career with Arif Habib Corporation Limited (the holding company of Arif Habib group) as an Investment Analyst, then served the company at various executive positions including Executive Sales and Business Promotions, Company Secretary, Head of Marketing, etc. Subsequently he was appointed as a Director of Arif Habib Corporation Limited.
On September 2004, he was appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive of Arif Habib Limited. As Chairman he was responsible for the strategic direction of the company and was actively involved in capital market operations and corporate finance activities such as serving corporate clients, institutional clients, high net worth individuals, and raising funds for clients through IPO’s, private placements etc. He resigned from that position in January 2011. Presently, he is leading Javedan Corporation Limited as Chief Executive of the company.
Presently Mr. Muhammad Ejaz is the Chief Executive of Arif Habib REIT Management Limited.