Ms. Iffat Zehra Mankani

Ms. Iffat Zehra Mankani(Chief Executive Officer)

Iffat Zehra Mankani is the Chief Executive Officer of JS Investments Limited, Pakistan's first private-sector asset management company. Since joining as CEO in April 2021, she has led a full institutional turnaround, reversing sustained operating losses into profitability within two years and tripling profitability over the following three, while growing assets under management more than tenfold, from PKR 16 billion to over PKR 160 billion. Under her leadership, JS Investments has diversified into new asset classes and strategic partnerships, launching Pakistan's first Smart Beta ETF, first Microfinance Sector Fund, and the country's first hospitality and co-working REITs, alongside collaborations with global institutions.

Before returning to Pakistan, Iffat spent six years in senior risk and valuation roles at PwC Canada, BMO Financial Group, and CIBC in Toronto, where she led Basel-aligned risk-data governance initiatives and was recognized as BMO's Top Annual Achiever and Rising Star in 2019. She currently serves on the Board of the Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (MUFAP) and previously chaired the Risk Management Committee of BankIslami Pakistan Limited. She holds a Master of Finance from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi.

Other Directorship:

1. Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan