Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Muhammad Ismail Usuf - Executive Vice President/Group Head (Treasury & Capital Markets) - at National Bank of Pakistan (Non-Executive)

Mr. Muhammad Ismail  Usuf holds a Master's Degree in the field of Business Administration from IBA, Karachi. He heads the Treasury & Capital Markets Group of  the National Bank of Pakistan as EVP. Mr. Usuf was previously employed at Faysal Bank where he was Assistant Vice President of the Treasury Department.

Directors

Mr. Abdul Rahim, Executive Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan (Non-Executive)

Mr.Abdul Rahim is EVP/Divisional Head-Financial Control Group at National, Bank of Pakistan.  He is an FCA & ACMA and holds experience of over Fifteen years of Financial Reporting , Taxation, Audit and has exposure of largest accountancy firm PWC A.F Ferguson & Co. Chartered Accountants.

Ms. Murium Hadi(Non-Executive - Independent)

Ms. Murium Hadi holds Master's degree in the field of Business administration from University of Peshawar and also holds a Master's degree in the field of International Finance from Leeds University Business School, UK. She is Certified Expert Financial Inclusion Policy from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Ms. Murium Hadi is a senior professional with over 18 years of experience in financial, telecom and development sector. She has diverse experience of designing solutions for digitaland financial inclusion for the underserved and unbanked segments of populations, especially women. Key areas include innovation, experimentation, & research in digital financial inclusion, G2P social safety nets, strategy design based on market-based research and policy recommendations.

Dr. Mushtaq Ali Khan (Non-Executive – Independent)

Dr. Mushtaq is an economist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has focused on Pakistan’s economy since 1996, working as a consultant for the IFIs (the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the International Finance Corporation) and as a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington DC. Dr. Mushtaq has also worked for Citigroup, ABN-Amro Bank, and Bank Alfalah as the Chief Economist. He was the Chief Economic Adviser for SBP for eight years and currently runs his own advisory.

Mr. Saeed Iqbal(Non-Executive - Independent)

Mr. Saeed Iqbal has extensive experience in Project & Structured finance, Debt Capital Markets, Private and Listed equity as well as General Management and Strategy. From 2006-2020 Mr. Iqbal led the Investment Banking business at United Bank Limited, where he transformed it into one of the most successful Investment Banking platforms in the Market. Previously, Mr. Iqbal worked as the Head of Structured Finance at ANZ Investment Bank and as an Economist with the National Development Finance Corporation. Mr. Iqbal holds a B.Sc. (Econ) Honours degree from the London School of Economics and an MA in Development Economics from the University of Sussex. He has also served on the Boards of NIT and UBL Funds as a Nominee Director.

Mr. Irfan Saleem Awan, Chief Financial Officer at the Bank of Khyber ( Non-Executive)

Mr. Irfan Saleem Awan is a highly experienced professional in the banking and finance sectors. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and a Certified Director, having received his certification from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG). Additionally, he holds an Advanced Certificate in AAOIFI Shariah Standards from IBA, Karachi. Currently, Mr. Awan serves as the “Chief Financial Officer” at the Bank of Khyber, where he plays a key role in managing the bank's financial strategies and operations. Prior to this, he held significant leadership positions, including serving as the CFO at Summit Bank Ltd. and Askari Investment Management Ltd.

Mr. Soofi Saifullah Akber, Head of Treasury & capital Markets at SAPICO ( Non-Executive)

Mr. Soofi Saifullah Akber is an accomplished finance professional with over 15 years of experience in various areas of treasury management, including the management of FX and PKR liquidity, asset-liability management (ALM), and both local and foreign currency bond and equity investments. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from IBA Karachi and is a candidate for CFA Level-3. Mr. Akber is serving as the “Head of Treasury & Capital Markets” at Saudi Pak Industrial & Agricultural Investment Company Limited. His expertise spans a wide range of financial functions, such as primary dealership of government securities, proprietary trading, and customer sales of fixed-income instruments and foreign exchange products.