Mr Imam is Group Head Of Consumer Banking Group.He oversees all aspects of the Bank's Consumer Business including industry leading sales production team and 11 digit consumer servicing portfolio.
Mr Imam joined Consumer Banking in 2002 where he led the organic growth of the Division and the successful integration of Retail Banking. He also engineered numerous successful growth and operational efficiency initiatives that resulted in notable improvement in loan processing time, deeper mortgage product penetration among Retail Bank and commercial customers and a significant increase in market share.
Prior to joining Askari bank in 1992, Mr Imam served as executive in-charge for BCCI, an Abu Dhabi based financial institution. He joined BCCI in 1981 and served on different executive positions in France, Egypt and Turkey till 1992. He left BCCI and joined Askari Bank in 1992. He has overseen the commercial banking in Askari bank as RGM Lahore and was later assigned to head up a retail banking unit as Group Head. He was particularly brought into the group to streamline this souring unit in business. He is now spearheading the group with the additional responsibilities of newly added portfolio of credit cards.
Mr Imam is a member of steering committee, Management Committee and Head Office Credit Committee of the bank and also one of the director of Askari Leasing, a project of AWT.
Mr Imam uniquely holds numerous national and international awards and recognitions for his outstanding lifetime contributions to Banking Industry. He has attended seminars and special courses in globally recognized universities.
He has strong academics, possess MBA, LLB, DAIBP and DCIB stage II from UK. He has also attended Wharton Business School, University Of Pennsylvania - USA.
Throughout his career, Mr Imam has been a thought leader due to his rare combination of technical a management experience and wide-ranging knowledge and skills.
Mr. Ejaz Ahmed Khan is one of the pioneer members
of ASKARI BANK who joined the Bank in 1993 as Assistant
Vice President/Branch Manager Faisalabad Branch. After
working in the capacity of Area Manager Lahore as
well as East, he rose to the rank of SEVP and is currently
holding the post of Regional General Manager-Central.
Mr. Ejaz started his career almost 33 years back
with UBL as Management Trainee Officer and remained
associated with UBL prior to joining Askari Bank.
His area of specialization is Credit Operations.
He holds a graduate degree and has attended a number
of local and foreign courses in technical and soft
skills including but not limited to Bank Operations,
International Trade & Banking and Change Management.
Mr. Haseeb Saulat joined Askari Bank in February 1992 and is currently holding the position of EVP / Regional General Manager – North.
Mr. Haseeb Saulat possesses a rich Banking experience of more than 22 years starting from 1985 in BCCI as Incharge, General Banking. He joined Askari Bank in 1992 as Incharge Foreign Currency at our Blue Area Branch. In 1995, he was promoted as AVP - Incharge Chinese Cell / Marketing, Incharge Foreign Trade / Credits. He rose to the position of VP / Branch Manager in 1998 becoming chief Manager in 2001.
Consequent upon Restructuring & Change Management Program of the Bank, he was designated as Area Manager-Islamabad in 2007.
He is a business graduate from Greenwich University, Lahore, and has attended a number of foreign and local training courses including Comprehensive Banking Training Programme, Finance of Foreign Trade, Budgeting, Effective Customer Services in competitive environment, Issues relating to Foreign Trade Business, Dinner talk on current Financial & Economic Issues of Pakistan, Investment Conference.
Mr. Hashim Khan Hoti joined Askari Bank Limited in August 2006 and is holding the positions of Country Head - Islamic Banking Division.
Mr. Hashim Hoti possesses a diversified Banking and Non Banking experience of 29 years. He started his career as Management Trainee Officer in BCCI (Overseas) Limited, Training Center Karachi in 1979. After completion of two years training, he served in BCCI at UK and Hong Kong at officer and Manager position handling various assignments in Credits, Foreign Trade & marketing. He was appointed as director Finance in Printworks Limited, Hong Kong in 1989 where he re-arranged company's corporate structure and financing methodology. He landed back to Pakistan as MD- International Financial Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd, Pehswar in 1993. He joined Prime Commercial Bank in 1995 and handled various assignments culminating to Head of Consumer Banking Division, Lahore. He moved to SME Bank Limited as EVP/Head of Commercial Banking Division & Treasury. His last assignment prior to joining Askari Bank was as Chief Executive, Agribusiness Support Fund.
Mr. Hashim Khan Hoti completed his senior Cambridge from Aitchison College Lahore. He holds Master degree in Economics from Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, UK. He has attended number of courses & seminars from LUMS, International Islamic University etc including Risk Management in Banking (Insead, Fontainebleau, France). He completed his Islamic Banking Certificate course conducted by SBP in December 2006 with distinction. He has also served as resource person for IBP.
Mr. Israr Ahmed is amongst pioneer team members at
Askari Bank as he joined the Bank in April 1992 as
Assistant Vice President at Corporate Planning Division.
Currently he is the Country Head – Establishment
Division.
Mr. Israr started his professional career in April
1975 with UBL as Officer Grade II. Prior to joining
Askari Bank, he remained associated with UBL serving
as Branch manager at several places. At Askari Bank
he has served at various capacities including Branch
Management, Corporate Planning and HO Operations.
Prior to his current position he was serving as Regional
General Manager North (Previously North comprised
of all branches excluding Rwp / Isb).
He holds a graduate degree and has attended a number
of training courses including but not limited to Bank
Operations, Foreign Trade, Customer Service, Human
Excellence and Leadership / Change Management.
Mr. Moghis Rafiuddin Bokhari is Executive Vice President
and Country Head- HR of Askari Bank Limited. He joined
the Bank as of August 10,2007.
Mr. Bokhari has about 39 years of diversified experience
in sales, procurement, operations, administration
and HR in various local and foreign organizations,
including about 12 years experience in banking as
Head of HR and Administration. He holds a Bachelor's
Degree in Arts. He has attended various local and
international training programs on different topics.
Mr. Mian joined Askari Bank
in July 2006 as SEVP, Group Head - Risk Management Group
and is currently Chief Risk Officer of the Bank.
Mr. Arif Mian has over twenty five years experience
of working with Banking Institutions & Regulatory
Bodies. He began his professional career in 1977 with
Turquands Barton Mayhew/ Ernst & Whinney as Audit
Supervisor. He joined Kong Metropolitan Bank in 1980
where he worked for seven years and held senior managerial
position in Financial Control, Credit Division and
Equity Trading. He spend 4 years in BCCI Treasury
Division as Manager US Equities and Derivatives Trading.
He moved to Saudi Arabia in 1991. to assume the position
of Head of Overseas branches and subsequently Financial
Controller and Head of Middle Office in the Treasury
Division at National Commercial Bank.
He worked with Sotto Mayor Bank Canada as Financial
Controller and as Executive Director Treasury Balance
Sheet Management of CIBC Toronto. He has also worked
in Market Regulation as Director Risk management at
Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corp / Montreal Derivatives
Exchange Toronto and Specialist Regulatory Policy
Investment Dealers Association (IDA) Toronto.
He returned to Pakistan in 2005 to join Securities
and Exchange Commission of Pakistan where he was the
Executive Director, Securities Market Division before
joinuing Askari bank.
He holds masters degree in economics, FCA designation
from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales and CFA from CFA Institute USA.. During
his career, he has participated as a speaker in several
training courses and seminars on Risk Management.
Mr. Saleem Anwar is Executive Vice President and presently holding the position of Country Head – Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs Division at Head Office. He joined the Bank on June 26, 2008 and given additional responsibility of the Company Secretary and Secretary to the Executive Committee and all other committees of the Board.
Mr. Anwar is a Chartered Accountant by profession and brings with him a diversified banking experience spanning over 20 years in the field of Finance & Corporate Affairs in Pakistan & abroad.
He started his professional career with Price Waterhouse Coopers, Chartered Accountants as a Audit Supervisor and later on he also served Al Faysal Investment Bank Limited and Faysal Bank Limited as a Financial Controller.
Mr. Anwar also served Askari Bank from July 2002 to April 2007 as Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary.
Mr. Suhail Ahmad Rizvi joined Askari Bank in January
1992, prior to commencement of business. He is one
of the founding members of the Bank. Presently, he
works as Group Head (Operations) at the Head Office.
Mr. Rizvi started his banking career with BCCI as
Trainee Officer at Abu Dhabi, UAE in January 1976
and rose to the position of Area Manager, International
Division, Central Office at the time of leaving the
bank in December 1991.
Mr. Rizvi is a graduate of F. C. College, Lahore
and did his masters in Business Administration (MBA)
from University of Sterling Scotland, U.K. He has
attended a number of courses in Credits, Foreign Trade
and Correspondent Banking locally and abroad.
Mr. Tahir Aziz joined Askari Bank in 2005 and is
currently holds overall responsibility for the Bank's
Corporate & Investment Banking Group - that provides
all requisite products and services to the Bank's
corporate & institutional clients.
Prior to joining Askari Bank, Mr. Aziz was working
at Union Bank, as Head of Investment Banking, where
he was responsible for successfully setting up investment
banking as a new business for the bank. Prior to that
Mr. Aziz was with ANZ Banking Group, where he worked
on a number of large ticket-transactions spanning
the power, telecom, infrastructure, textiles, refining
sector etc. Mr. Aziz was also a member of the Risk
Integration team that consisted of 5-memebrs selected
from the ANZ Banking Group worldwide, to develop proprietary
risk models to be used in the bank globally for its
Project Finance and other large-ticket corporate loans.
Mr. Aziz holds an MBA from the Lahore University
of Management Sciences and a Bachelors' in Computer
Science and Physics from Grinnell College, USA.
He has attended a number of foreign and local training
courses including but not limited to Bank Operations,
Credit Management, Corporate Finance and Risk Integration
Model.
