Mohammad Aftab Manzoor
ChairmanMr. Mohammad Aftab Manzoor is President & Chief Executive Officer of Soneri Bank Limited since April 2011. He is a career banker having 28 years of experience in banking and proven track record of excellence in banking industry. He remained with Citibank N.A for 15 years. During this time he worked as Business Head for Corporate Banking and Business Head for Product Group-Cash Management, Financial Institutions and Custody. He was also a guest reviewer on Credit Review teams across the world for Citibank N.A.
He joined MCB Bank Limited Pakistan as SEVP- Group Head Credit & Risk Management in 1998. During this two years period he revamped the bank’s credit manuals and automated the processes, upgraded the Monitoring & Credit Administration with a perspective of bringing down NPLs to the lowest level amongst the peer group.
He was President and Chief Executive Officer of MCB for 7 years. MCB, the fourth largest bank in Pakistan had employee force of over 9000 people having branch network of over 1000 branches offering full service of banking across the country and overseas. He contributed by successfully restructuring the Bank with a strongest financial ratios, during his tenor the bank secured highest Moody’s rating in the Country.
Under his dynamic leadership the Bank received the prestigious Euro Money Award six times and MCB was declared the best domestic bank for 3 years by Asia Money. He also had the distinction of launching complete range of Consumer Banking Products as well as Islamic Banking Products, making MCB the first largest network bank in this segment.
Thereafter he was President of Allied Bank Ltd. from August 2007 to May 2010 and President & CEO of KASB Bank Ltd. from August 2010 till March 2011.
He has held the following board positions:
Chairman PBA
Vice Chairman PBA
Member Executive Council IBP
Director PICG
Director MCB Bank Limited
Director Khushali Bank Limited
Director First Women Bank Limited
Director SME Bank Limited
Hasan Aziz Bilgrami
MemberMr. Hasan A Bilgrami's association with the BankIslami started as a consultant to the sponsoring shareholders right at the inception of the project where he was responsible for developing the business plan, arranging permissions, staffing and capital raising. Earlier he worked as the Head of Asset Management with the National Investment Trust (NIT), as Country Manager Consumer Banking & Corporate Business with Gulf Commercial Bank, as General Manager Corporate Finance with ORIX Investment Bank, and as Director and Head of Corporate Finance with Khalid Majid Husain Rahman, which was then a member firm of Deloitte & Touche.
Mr. Bilgrami has hands on experience in structuring Islamic modes of financing from his work as a Secretary of the Financial Instruments Committee of the Islamic Finance Commission. His specific task was development of model financial instruments that could be used by the financial services industry in Pakistan. The scope of work not only included both asset and liability side products, but also included areas such as risk management and capital adequacy. Model agreements were also part of the mandate. His work of model agreements has been approved by the Shariah Board of the State Bank of Pakistan and have become the industry standard.
Imran Maqbool
MemberMr. Imran Maqbool serves as President & Chief Executive Officer of MCB Bank Limited. He is a seasoned professional with over three decades of diverse banking experience. Before taking on the CEO position, he was Head of Commercial Branch Banking Group, where he successfully managed the largest group of the Bank in terms of market diversity, size of workforce, number of branches on countrywide basis and diversified spectrum of products. In earlier roles, he worked as Head Wholesale Banking Group–North, remained Country Head of MCB Bank’s Sri Lanka Operations, spearheaded Islamic Banking and Special Asset Management Groups. Prior to joining MCB Bank in 2002, Mr. Maqbool was associated with local banking operations of Bank of America and CitiBank for more than seventeen years. He worked at various senior management level positions in respective banks. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Adamjee Insurance Company Ltd., and MCB Financial Services Ltd., and is also serving as the Vice Chairman of Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA). He holds MBA degree from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi and MS in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts USA.
Nadeem Lodhi
Vice Chairman
Naeemuddin Khan
MemberMr. Naeemuddin Khan is serving the Bank of Punjab as President & CEO since September 2008. He has over 36 years diversified International Banking experience. He has the honor of delivering presentations at Asian Development Bank, Manila regarding setting up of Restructuring Bodies in Asian Countries. He also represented Pakistan in Egypt‘s International Economic Forum Cairo and delivered presentations on the Pakistan’s Financial reforms and resolutions of the non-performing loans in Pakistan. He started his banking career in ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1978. He served as Branch Managers of Grindlays Bank in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi and at other senior positions. In 1991 he joined Emirates International Bank as its Chief Manager. Later he joined United Bank Ltd. as SEVP Special Assets Management and Legal Division, at a time when the bank had a default portfolio of over Rs. 30 Billion in Pakistan and abroad, which he successfully resolved. In 2001 he was seconded by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the then Governor State Bank of Pakistan to Corporate & Industrial Restructuring Corporation (CIRC) as Member Banking. He developed the functional layout of the Corporation and successfully handled all its operations for 6 years and was pioneer in setting up the CIRC from the start to the end till 2006. In CIRC, he managed recoveries of the NPL defaulted amounts of six Nationalized banks’ portfolio of over Rs. 142 Billion and in 2004 he was awarded Muzaffar Memorial Gold Medal by SBP Governor in recognition of meritorious services to the Banking Industry in Pakistan. He also served Pak Libya Holding Co. (Pvt) Ltd as the Managing Director / CEO from June 2006 to August 2008
Saeed Ahmad
Member
Shafqaat Ahmed
MemberAl Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited, CEO, Mr. Shafqaat Ahmed possesses over 46 years of rich banking experience both within Pakistan and in the International Markets.
Mr. Shafqaat Ahmed was instrumental in overseeing the merger of Al Baraka Islamic Bank and Emirates Global Islamic Bank Operations in Pakistan to form Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited and recently in November 2016 another milestone was achieved under his leadership with, the merger of Burj Bank limited into Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited. Mr. Ahmed is a graduate of Foreman Christian College, Lahore with Majors in Economics. He has served as the Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Banks Association and is a fellow of the Institute of Bankers in Pakistan. His expertise in Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Portfolio Management has taken the bank to the next level.
“Islamic Banking” in Pakistan is a recent Phenomenon, but with Al Baraka under the leadership of Mr. Shafqaat Ahmed, Islamic banking has been its forte since the inception of the name of Al Baraka in Pakistan,26 years back. Mr. Ahmed has addressed a number of Islamic seminars and conferences globally.
Sima Kamil
MemberMs. Sima Kamil is the President & CEO of UBL. She started her career with American Express Bank and went on to work at ANZ Grindlays and Standard Chartered. Ms. Kamil has over 30 years of experience in Risk Management, Retail, Corporate & Investment Banking. She is also the Chair of the Board of Governors of Karachi Grammar School and is on the Board of the NotreDame Institute of Education. She has a degree in business from Kingston University, UK, and an MBA from City University, London.
Siraj Uddin Aziz
MemberMr. Sirajuddin Aziz is a professionally qualified and experienced banker who has worked for different organizations in Pakistan, China, Hong Kong, U.K, Nigeria and U.A.E.
He is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer at HabibMetro Bank. Prior to this, he has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank Alfalah from 2007 -2011. By virtue of being a senior member of banks’ Management Teams/Committees, he has been actively involved in overseeing the entire spectrum of banking operations of various banks for over 15 years.
Mr. Aziz is a Fellow of Institute of Bankers Pakistan and a Member of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs. He is a regular speaker at the Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) and other prestigious education institutes and universities, where he speaks on a diverse range of subjects comprising Credit, Trade & Foreign Exchange, Code of Governance, Economy, professional etiquettes and personal development sessions. He also participates in televised discussions on finance & economy and speaks at professional forums on banking related subjects.
Mr. Aziz is a regular contributor to national and international dailies, journals and magazines. He is a an author, with published works comprising ‘The Quest of Mirage’, ‘Saurab Ki Talaash Main’, ‘Bitter & Sweet’ and ‘The Essence of Islam’.