Mr. 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.