Mohd Fariz Helmi Husain

HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE &
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT​
​Founder of FASCAP, Fariz Helmi has more than 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate sector. Specializing in foreign investment, Fariz Helmi has a wide range of contacts across the industry including bank, institutions, property companies, auctioneers, consultants, agents and developers.

He commenced his career at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Malaysia, where he was responsible in diversifying investments by acquiring properties in the local market as well as the overseas market. At present, he holds one of the key position in a government-owned agency where he providing acquisition and disposal advisory services. Apart from that, he is responsible to prepare comprehensive report analysis for any potential investments in the property market within Malaysia, the Asia Pacific region and Europe.

Prior to setting up FASCAP, Fariz Helmi has been investing in a number of residential properties and building his own personal real estate portfolio. He bought his first property when he was 23 years old, right after he graduated from university, and as to date, has already acquired more than 30 properties.

He holds a Masters of Real Estate from Universiti Malaya (UM), Masters of Science, Finance from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Bachelor in Science Property Management from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Bachelor in Business Studies / Finance from MARA University of Technology (UiTM).
Badrul Hisyam Ab Lah Sani

HEAD OF RESEARCH
Badrul has 13 years of working experience in the field of investment, banking and market intelligence, real estate as well as corporate planning. He started out as an investment executive in an investment consultancy firm in Kuala Lumpur back in early 2000. He then moved on to become an analyst in an offshore bank based in Labuan IOFC, Bank Islam (L) Ltd, specializing in cross border financing deals in countries such as Indonesia, Canada, Bosnia Herzegovina, South Africa as well as in Middle Eastern countries.

He also spent a short stint with an international consumer market research firm, Euromonitor Asia Pacific as an independent research analyst, where he conducted market research and market intelligence on FMCG industries in Malaysia. Badrul gained much of his property experience when he was with Henry Butcher Malaysia’s retail consultancy arm, Henry Butcher Retail as their Research Manager, specializing in commercial and retail development projects such as mixed commercial development, commercial centers and shopping malls. He was responsible in advising clients in terms of development concept, development size, potential trade mix and tenant mix, retail planning as well as feasibility studies.

Badrul holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honors majoring in Finance from Universiti Tenaga Nasional. He earned a Master of Science in Finance from Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Nurul Ashikin Ismail

HEAD OF PRIVATE FUND INVESTMENT
She joined one of the largest pension funds in Malaysia back in 2006. Her main responsibility in Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Malaysia is to cover and analyze private equity fund investments. With 8 years of experience, her skills grow and she is able to perform quantitative and qualitative due diligence and analysis on potential investments. Besides that, she also performs various tasks related to producing reports and proposal papers on investment opportunities across geographies and sectors, particularly in Asia.
 
Prior to that, Nurul Ashikin was attached under the Corporate Restructuring department in one of the big four audit firms in Kuala Lumpur. A graduate of Manchester University, Nurul Ashikin earned a first class degree in Business Administrations (Economics) Finance.
Ayub Ewan

HEAD OF INVESTMENT MONITORING
Ayub has extensive experience investing in real estate especially in Puchong market. Excellent negotiating skill has brought Ayub to start his property investment portfolio concentrating on below market value units which the first purchase made was a 20% lower than market value with a gross ROI at 10%, and currently the property’s value has increased by more than 100%. Ayub has also managed to increase his property investment transactions by acquiring an average of nearly 50% below market value and an average of above 13% of gross ROI. His current best record is at 67% below market value, with 23% of gross ROI.

His experience in the industry has developed him strong skills in conducting research and feasibility studies of each particular property investment to achieve the best ROI, as well as excellent exit strategy for every property acquired.

He earned his Master in Real Estate from Universiti Malaya and a Degree Majoring Banking and Finance from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Besides being decent with macroeconomic analysis, Ayub is also well versed with the current law and regulation of the local property market which helps him to  maximize every investment decision for the benefits of clients.