SANA TAUSEEF

Lecturer

Department of Economics and Finance

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

Email: sasghar@iba.edu.pk

WORK EXPERIENCE:

· Teaching at IBA since January 2005. Areas of teaching include Business Finance, Financial Management and Financial Derivatives.

· Nine-week internship at Century Insurance Company Limited (June 1-August 2, 2004). Analyzed the equity investment portfolio of the company and recommended the changes.

· Six-week internship at Muslim Commercial Bank Limited (June 16-July 31, 2003). Worked in Accounts, Foreign Exchange and Credit departments.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

· CFA Candidate. Cleared level-1 and appeared in the level-2 exam in June 2011.

· Master in Business Administration (2004) from Institute of Business Administration. Cumulative GPA: 3.90.

· Bachelor in Business Administration (2003) from Institute of Business Administration. Cumulative GPA: 3.93.

· Intermediate (2000) in Humanities group from St. Josephs’ government College for Women. Grade: A.

· Matriculation (1998) in Humanities group from Fatimiyah Girls’ School. Grade: A-1.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

· Awarded gold medal for MBA Best Student 2004 from IBA.

· Awarded gold medal for Finance 2004 from IBA.

· Secured top positions (first or second) in all semesters during BBA and MBA from IBA.

· Secured second position in intermediate from Karachi Board (2000).

· Secured twelfth position in matriculation from Karachi Board (1998).

WORKSHOPS:

1. Attended a two-weeks training program held by CEEMAN’s International Management Teachers Academy in Bled, Slovenia on June 6-17, 2011.

2. Attended the International Conference “Building Research Bridges: Networking Across Asia Pacific”, organized by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Manila, Philippines on May 27-28, 2010.

3. “Multivariate Statistical Tools”, Workshop held at IBA on January 20-21, 2010.

4. “Financial Modeling”, Workshop held at IBA on January 22-23, 2010.

5. “Case Study Methods”, Workshop organized by Learning Innovation Division, HEC, held at IBA on April 13-17, 2009.

6. “Writing Research Proposal”, Workshop organized by Learning Innovation Division, HEC, held at IBA on November 24-27, 2008.

7. “Research Methods and Skills”, Short course under the scheme “National Academy of Higher Education”, held at HEC from June 2 to July 1, 2005.

RESEARCH WORKS:

1. Presented the paper “The Ex-Dividend Day Stock Price Behavior: Evidence from Pakistan” in the International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives 2011 held in North Cyprus on 13-15 April 2011.

2. Presented the paper “Wealth Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions in an Emerging Market: A Case for Pakistan’s Banking Sector” in the Business and Social Science Research Conference held in Dubai on 3-4 January 2011.

3. “Effect of Financial Leverage on Profitability: A Case for Pakistan’s Textile Sector” (presented by co-author in the 4th International Colloquium on Business & Management in Bangkok on 24-27 January 2011).