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“Transforming lives through low-cost housing finance.”

Trellis Housing Finance Limited is a Housing Finance Company, providing affordable home loans to low and middle income households.

Pakistan is at a crossroads – with a population of 220 million people, more than 60% of them under the age of 35, it is a growing economy. However, with the rapid growth in population and urbanization in recent years, a housing crisis has emerged.

House prices have risen at a much higher rate than incomes have grown, and thus, with much higher land prices and construction costs, it has become increasingly difficult for low and middle income families to buy and build their own homes.

Trellis is leveraging the latest in FinTech, Housing & informal economy research to address the needs of an under served market. Our team of experts has a combined 150+ years of industry experience across affordable housing, microfinance & finance background and has now come together to address the affordability crisis for the housing sector in Pakistan.

Board of Directors

Nadeem Hussain

Chairman of the Board
Globally recognized for his dedication and service to financial inclusion in Pakistan as the founder and ex-CEO of Tameer Bank and EasyPaisa that has impacted millions of Pakistanis by extending credit, insurance and mobile banking solutions to a large segment of unbanked population. He is an active member of the State Bank’s and SECP consultative groups on various initiatives including Microfinance and insurance.

Jamshed H. Meherhomji

Board Director
As the CEO of Trellis FI, Jamshed will bring first-hand perspective of the pulse of operations on the ground to help guide the board on key strategic decisions.

Mr. Jamil Akbar

Independent Board Director
20+ years in Private Equity, C-Level Operational Leadership, Real Estate Development, Private Equity and Strategy. COO TPL Properties. Previously led Infrastructure (incl. Energy) Strategy and diversification M&A for Fauji Foundation. Prior roles include leading Emaar Pakistan, unlocking value through strategic renegotiations, rescuing legacy projects and successfully incubating new multi-use developments.

Management Team

Jamshed H. Meherhomji

CEO/Co-founder

10 years experience at J.P. Morgan. Most recently head of Liquidity Product Management. Pioneered the banks IS Cash & Liquidity Data Analytics Program. Has experience running large Liquidity portfolios & strategic transformation agendas.

Sam Hjelmfelt

CTO/Co-founder

Broad technical experience from infrastructure to front-end design with an emphasis on open source, cloud-native, big data, AI & blockchain.

Zain Sharif, CFA,FRM

Chief Risk Officer 

Seasoned risk management professional in the alternative investment space with extensive product, risk and workflow life-cycle knowledge.

Sohail Ausaf

Chief Financial Officer
Sohail is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAEW,UK) and Associate. Member Corporate Treasurer (ACT,UK) with 20 years’ post qualification experience spent mostly in a strategic and decision making roles in the Industry. Exposure to C-level roles with Etisalat Telecom and Union Properties in UAE.

Zaid Naveed, CPA

Head of Product

A highly qualified and accomplished Finance and Accounting professional who is a former Investment Banker and Financial Strategist at HBL. He has almost 10 years of diversified experience working with organisations in Canada, Bahrain and Pakistan across multiple domains in the financial services, construction, audit and advisory sectors.

Alina Islam, MBA

Head of Investor Relations

6+ years of experience in Corporate Treasury, managing liquidity and focusing on debt financing transactions for companies in a wide variety of industries; from gold mining, to medicine. Most recently, has worked on customer strategy for one of the largest banks in Canada.

Usman Mahmud

Head of Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance
Usman Mahmud is a Certified Forensic Auditor (AFIA, Canada) and holds a Masters degree in Banking & Finance. Over 14 years of diversified experience in Internal audit and Compliance advisory roles, Usman has worked with top tier banks and MSBs both in Pakistan and UAE. With a blend of expertise in regulatory compliance, risk-based audits, AML-CFT controls and operational risk management, Usman leads the Internal Audit and Compliance functions at THFL.

Muhammad Shahid

Company Secretary
Muhammad Shahid has more than a decade of experience in dealing with Corporate governance, Policy Issues, Research and Development in the areas pertaining to Financials Services, Capital markets, investment banking, development economics and regulatory regimes. Shahid has been involved in different assignment with World Bank and Asian Development Bank pertaining to capacity building projects. Before joining Trellis Housing Finance limited, he worked with Bank Alfalah, in SME & Commercial department in retail banking.

External Advisor

Adil K. Tirmizey

External Legal Counsel

Partner at Riaa Barker Gillette. Extensive experience of structuring financial solutions & can drive legal execution.

Saad H. Latif

Energy Advisor

More than a decade in the power sector, Saad has worked with grid, mini-grid and off-grid companies in Pakistan & Tanzania.

Mufti Muhammad Ibrahim Essa

Shariah Advisor

Shariah Scholar, Member of Darul Ifta Jamiah Darul Uloom Karachi.

Chairman Shariah Board–Zarai Taraqiyati Bank Limited and Member Shariah Board at Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited and The Bank of Khyber. Shariah Advisor to a number of national and international Islamic Financial Institutions including Atrium Underwriting Syndicate-Lloyds of London, Craft 3 investment U.S.A., EFU Life Assurance Ltd, EFU General, Allianz EFU etc.