Professional
One of the most important aspects of my role as a financial advisor is to build trusted, long-term partnerships with my clients.
Getting to know you and what your goals are personally and professionally is vital.
At the same time, earning your trust is critical. My practice is founded on the hallmarks of integrity, respect and placing your interests first.
I believe educated perspectives allow us to align your financial goals strategically. Drawing from my experience and expertise, my goal is to create confidence by simplifying complex financial concepts and explaining them in a way that is easy to understand. With straightforward, comprehensive and unbiased advice, together we design a plan to achieve your financial goals.
I earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley and a BSE from the University of Michigan. To better serve my clients, I continued my education and received the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) Series 6 and 63 securities licenses. I also hold Life, Health and Long-Term Care Insurance Licenses.
Continuing professional development is important to me. I was selected to participate and graduated from the Northwestern Mutual-Chicago 1872 Leadership Development program.
To expand my knowledge and stay up to date on emerging issues, I frequently attend industry and company conferences.
Northwestern Mutual has honored me with the Life Impact Award for three consecutive years.
I’m an active supporter and volunteer for Breakthrough and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation.
Whether you’ve already started or would like to start planning for the future, I’m always willing to listen.
Personal
I grew up in Chicago, a first-generation American raised by Pakistani parents that were business owners. They instilled the importance of hard work and education from a very young age. They also instilled the value of family. It was this value that brought me back to Chicago after 12 years in Silicon Valley.
Like many of my clients, I’m part of the sandwich generation. Planning for my kids' future while also caring for aging parents is challenging. It’s this personal experience that drives me each day to help my clients. Most families don't know where to start and wait too long to take the first step.
I firmly believe that family is everything. I’m married to my beautiful wife, Dolly, and we have two sons, Shahan and Amaar who are our heartbeat. I enjoy coaching their park district basketball and soccer teams.
If being a wonderful Mom shuttling our kids between after school activities, soccer, basketball and swimming aren’t enough, Dolly is also incredible administrative support to me in my practice. As a client, you may talk with her when scheduling appointments.
I’m a die-hard Michigan fan - Go Blue - and an avid Chicago sports fan.
Learn more about my experience and how I approach financial planning.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
