Mr. Riaz Nazarali Chunara
Chief Executive
Mr. Riaz Nazarali Chunara (FCA, FCMA, CGMA) joined State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in May 2007 as Director Accounts in SBP BSC. Since then, he has worked in various SBP Departments including Currency Management, Finance, Government Banking, Internal Audit and Compliance. Since January 2019, he is serving as the Managing Director of the National Institute of Banking and Finance, a training subsidiary of SBP. Mr. Chunara has also been associated with different committees entrusted with different tasks and has represented at various national and international fora relating to these functions of SBP.
Mr. Chunara is a fellow member of “The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan” and “The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK”.
He started his career with Unilever Pakistan. Leaving Unilever as Controller Ice cream, he moved to work for several multinational organizations in Kenya and Tanzania before leaving East Africa as Regional Manager Finance for Aga Khan University campuses in East Africa.
He has been serving in various committees of ICMAP, ICAP and CIMA UK and is currently part of the Education and Training Committee, Public Sector Committee and Digital Accounting and Assurance Board of ICAP.
Mr. Arsalan Aftab
Director Academics & Examinations
Mr. Arsalan Aftab is a Fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), with articleship completed from KPMG Taseer Hadi & Company, Chartered Accountants. He carries extensive experience of Examinations with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, where he worked for 6 years in the Examinations department. Apart from this, his expertise also includes Audit, Corporate and Secretarial practices, Compliance and Finance. He is responsible for the Academics, Training and Examination functions of the Institute. In his 20 years of diversified experience he was associated with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), Sindh Government (World Bank funded project) and Pakistan Stock Exchange in various capacities.
Ms. Khawlah Usman
Director Marketing & Sales
Ms. Khawlah Usman is a passionate marketeer and zealous brand strategist with over 19 years of profound experience in Integrated Marketing & Sales. A Marketing and Communication strategist with demonstrated history of transforming and building brands, she has an enriched experience spanning all communication disciplines – corporate narrative, brand advocacy to marketing strategy, research and activation. She is recognized for utilizing innovative strategic approaches to drive brand and business results. Ms. Khawlah has turned around businesses and brands in stagnant markets and challenging environments. Her proven leadership skills have helped consistently build brands, businesses and people. She brings with her 4 years of advertising experience having worked at Publicis Pakistan & Manhattan Leo Burnett. She also had the privilege to work in leading Pakistan’s local and international banks for over 11 years including MCB Bank, ABN Amro, The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited, and Silkbank Limited. Her current designation enables her to contribute to the Financial sector — Banking in particular — by translating the mandate of State Bank of Pakistan in helping the Bankers and Banking industry come ahead of the curve through pertinent and need based Recruitment, Trainings, Certifications etc. based on minimum job standards. She is also a Certified Trainer from International Finance Corporation (IFC), Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA), Malaysia & IMS Knowledge, Pakistan.
Mr. Kamran Ahmed Hashmi
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Company Secretary
Mr. Hashmi has over 14 years of experience in leading positions in the areas of Strategic Planning, Financial and Management Reporting, Investments, Taxation and Audit. He has worked in different capacities as CFO, Company Secretary, General Manager and Head of Finance in well-known organizations of Financial Sector and Healthcare businesses. To his credit goes launching of the online trading platform at Vector Capital (Pvt.) Limited and IGI Finex Securities Limited in the capacity of CFO & Head of Finance respectively. He is Member of the Joint Evolution Committee of ICAP and ICMA Pakistan for Best Corporate and Sustainability Report (BCSR) Awards and Member of the Technical Committee of ICMA Pakistan. He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (FCMA) and Associate Member of Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan (CMFD). He has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Karachi.
Dr. Rozina Muzammil
Chief Human Resource Officer
Dr. Rozina Muzammil possesses more than two decades of diverse executive-level experience across Human Resource Management, Corporate Governance, Teaching & Training, Auditing, Finance, Costing, and Budgeting. Her career highlights include roles such as General Manager Finance in FMCG Industry, Executive Director at the Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA), and currently, Chief Human Resource Officer at the Institute of Bankers Pakistan since December 2015.
She holds a Ph.D.in Business Administration from Asia e University, Malaysia, and is the author of the book “Fundamentals of Accounting”, published by an HEC recognized University in 2014. Dr. Rozina has contributed number of articles in National and International Journals. She is a Certified Labour Laws Practitioner & Industrial Relations Analyst, as well as a Certified Director under the Code of Corporate Governance 2012 of the Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan.
Dr. Rozina is a Fellow Member of two prestigious accounting bodies in Pakistan: The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) and Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA). She is also a Professional Member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) USA. Additionally, she holds an MBA and has completed several HR leadership programs. She is certified as a CQI | IRCA | Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor from TUV Austria Romania.
She was the Founder Member and Convener of the CMA Women’s Forum and served on the ICMA International Karachi Branch Council from 2015 to February 2019. Dr. Rozina has been an HR Expert for the recruitment of Management Training Officers (MTO) Batches at House Building Finance Company Limited (HBFCL) since March 2018. Currently, she serves as an Independent Director at Loads Limited and chairs its Human Resource and Remuneration Committee while also being a member of its Audit Committee.
Ms. Mahjabeen Farooqui
Head of Administration
After doing her Master’s in Mathematics from Karachi University, Ms. Mahjabeen Farooqui completed MBA from SZABIST, majoring in Human Resource Management. She started her career with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan (ICAP) and served that Institution for seven years before joining The Institute of Bankers Pakistan. In IBP, she held important portfolios in Examination and Finance, before being appointed as the Head of Administration in 2017. Besides, she is also overseeing Graphic Designers Unit and Library.
Mr. Meraj Naveed Shaikh
Head of Information Technology
Mr. Meraj Naveed Shaikh has an extensive experience of 24+ years in the fields of IT Infrastructure, Program/ Project Management & ERPs. He has proven skills by means of spearheading large scale ICT projects with the delivery of end-to-end Enterprise Level Turnkey projects for public & private sector valuing over Rs 4.0 billion. Mr. Shaikh has a diversified exposure of serving Manufacturing & Technology Services Industry being head of Program Management, Business Development, Operations and Corporate Affairs both in Pakistan and abroad.
To his credit goes more than 17 enterprise level projects mainly of provision of IT Infrastructure, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Contract Management. With a bachelor degree in Computer Science he also secured certification in Oracle Technology and Project Management. Currently, Mr. Meraj is part of the core team at The Institute of Bankers Pakistan as Head of Information Technology and also a member of the Management Committee.