Aamir Chalisa is a General Manager at the Oak Brook, IL branch of Futurity First Insurance Group (FFIG). He leads this branch with 50 agents; it was a leading Branch at Futurity in 2022. Aamir currently serves as the International Advisory Council Chairman for GAMA Global.
With a successful record of accomplishment in growing diversity in corporate America, Aamir has 31 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry.
Before joining Nationwide, Aamir was in sales and management positions with Met Life, Prudential, and Mony/AXA. With each company, he was responsible for developing and managing an experienced diverse field force while increasing the business presence in the local Chicago Land communities.
Active in his community, Aamir is the Chairman of OPEN Chicago, a Pakistani non-profit Entrepreneurial Business Organization and is active in many other community-based organizations.
With a successful record of accomplishment in growing diversity in corporate America, Aamir has 32 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry.
Aamir is active in many diverse communities and spends many hours promoting diversity. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on marketing and diversity. He spoke at the GNP Manager’s conference in Mexico City on Recruiting & Retention and attended GAMA day in Manila in 2015. He was a main-platform speaker at GAMA International’s LAMP Asia meeting 2016 in Bangkok on the topic of agent recruiting & development. He also spoke at NAIFA National convention in 2016 and 2018. He spoke at GDM/GAMA conference in Pakistan in 2019. He also spoke at BLIS Conference in Beirut in 2022 and speaking again this year. This year he also spoke at LAMP USA and in Singapore and Malaysia at GAMA Global inaugural conferences.
Aamir is volunteering with GAMA Global to enhance its footprint across the world and helping GAMA reach out to train managers across our globe.
Aamir also authored a book named “Leadership Beyond Borders” available on Amazon, where he wrote about discovering diversity and volunteerism across two continents.
He earned his undergraduate degree and an MBA in Finance/Marketing from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Aamir lives in Naperville, IL with his wife, Nuzhat who is an Endocrinologist. They have 2 children, Farah who is lawyer and Amaan who is in medical school. His hobby is travelling; he has travelled the world.
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