Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board

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

Mr. Ismail  Usuf holds a Masters in Business Administration Degree from IBA, Pakistan.  He is  Executive Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan working in the Treasury and Capital Market Group. Mr. Usuf was previously employed at Faysal Bank where he was Assistant Vice President of Treasury.

Directors

Muhammed Farhan Malik, (Non-Executive - Independent)

Mr. Malik is an Entrepreneur & Investor with over 20 years of experience in the Financial Sector. He has a Bachelors with Honors in Finance from Florida Institute of Technology, USA and was previously employed as an Advisor to Bank Alfalah Limited; where he was responsible for independent oversight of the Bank’s Financial Services (Brokerage) Subsidiary. He has served as the Head of Capital Markets at Pak Kuwait Investment Company  for over 6 years, & was also appointed as a Senior Member of the Privatization Commission for over 3 years, in addition to being nominated by SECP as a  Director at PSX.

Ali Abbas Sikander ( Non-Executive - Independent)

Mr. Abbas holds a  Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, USA and a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA. He is a Senior Consultant with International Finance Corporation (IFC) and has over 20 years of professional experience. He was previously employed as a Vice President with Citi Bank for over 10 years, and was also one of the key founding Members of Tameer Bank. He has also served as  Group Executive Director for Operations and Technology, and headed Mobile Banking in addition to being CEO of Monet Pvt Limited along with 2 years at Standard Chartered Bank for Business Development.

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

Mr.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 sixteen years of Financial Reporting , Taxation, Audit and has exposure of largest accountancy   firm PWC A.F Ferguson & Co Chartered Accountants.

Faisal Khan ( Non-Executive - Independent)

Mr. Faisal Khan is an independent Banking & Payments Consultant providing Advisory Services for Banks and Financial Services Companies. Mr. Khan provides his advisory services to multiple Companies based across the globe, with his primary specialization in cross-border money transmission. Mr Khan was also CEO for Net Access Communication Systems for 15 years. He has over 20 years of professional experience  and holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineer (Major: Electromagnetics), both from the Florida Institute of Technology. 

Muhammad Atif Hanif, EVP/Group Head-Islamic Banking - Bank of Khyber (Non-Executive)

Mr. Muhammad Atif Hanif, EVP/GH – IBG, holds a 4 years Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from National University, Los Angeles, California, USA and Bachelors degree in Mathematics & Statistics from Edwards College, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. The professional career of Mr. Muhammad Atif Hanif  is  spread over 20 years. Prior to joining the Banking sector, he worked for a leading Corporate Brokerage House providing a wide range of services, including Corporate Structured Finance, Money & Equity Markets Trading and Economic & Corporate Research.