Team

The people you'll actually work with.

Meezan Advisory is a partnership of senior advisors serving families, business owners, and investors across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region.

Balance in every decision — measured judgment, applied to what matters most.

Built inside the region's leading institutions.

Meezan Advisory is led by partners who built their careers inside the region's leading investment institutions and family offices. Between them they bring more than 40 years of experience across asset management, M&A, private equity, and family office — with credentials that include the CFA and CAIA charters and an Oxford private-equity education, and a record of closing transactions across the Gulf, the United States, Europe, and Asia. We work from Khobar and Jeddah, close to the clients we serve across the Kingdom.

40+ Years combined experience
CFA · CAIA Charters held, plus an Oxford PE education
4 Continents of transaction experience
2 Offices, based in the Kingdom
Khobar
Jeddah

Meet the partners.

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Zain Ashfaq
Founding Partner

Zain has 15+ years of experience across asset management, corporate finance, and advisory, in senior leadership roles in Saudi Arabia.

He founded and institutionalized a prominent Saudi single-family office from the ground up to consistently deliver alpha returns. Prior to that leadership role, Zain led the asset management department at Arbah Capital, where he was recognized by Thomson Reuters for three consecutive years (2015, 2016 & 2017) among KSA's top performing asset managers. He worked alongside the Capital Market Authority through the launch of a cross-border funds framework.

CFA Charter CAIA Charter CMT Designation ACCA Qualified
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Kashif Maqbool
Founding Partner

Kashif brings 18+ years of dynamic experience in investments and portfolio management across private and public equities and fund investments.

His investment management and transactional experience spans multiple continents — Asia (Saudi Arabia, the GCC, and Far East Asia), North America (the United States), and Europe. He has established and led investment teams at leading Saudi institutions, managing multi-billion dollar portfolios across private equity, fund investments, real estate, and public equities.

MBA CFA Level II

No junior teams standing between you and the decision. You work with the partners, every step of the way.

Ready to meet the team?

We work with a select number of partners each year. If our approach resonates, we'd welcome a conversation.

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