MANAGEMENT

Mr. Husain Lawai is the Chief Executive of The Institute of Bankers Pakistan. The IBP is the only recognized institute in Pakistan dedicated to developing and providing competent human resources and improving professional capability in the banking sector.

He is Vice Chairman, Board of Directors of Summit Bank Ltd. In Addition, he is Chairman of the Boards of Central Depository Committee, and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Pakistan Ltd. He further offers his expertise to GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan, Wyeth Pakistan Ltd. and The Searle Company Limited as a member of their respective Boards.

Mr. Husain is credited with being a key enabler of the local Islamic banking system through the formation of Faysal Islamic Bank, the first Islamic Shariah Compliant Bank of Pakistan. He is a seasoned banker with vast experience in the banking and financial services industry of this region. His significant career has seen him serve, most recently, as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Bank, a position he retired from in February 2016, and as the President and CEO of MCB Bank, Regional General Manager, Faysal Islamic Bank, and Regional General Manager for Emirates NBD.

In terms of international work experiences, Mr. Husain has notably served as the Director of Security Investment and Finance Limited – United Kingdom, External Advisor to several UK & European Banks. Apart from this, Mr. Husain is also well-known as a staunch promoter of education across the country. He is a member of Board of Governors of Karachi Grammar School and served as Member of Board of Governors of Virtual University, Lahore.

The MCB Talent Hunt program under Mr. Husain’s supervision was also responsible for scouting many test and one day cricketers of Pakistan Cricket Team.

He holds a MBA degree from Institute of Business Administration, Karachi.

Mr. Kamran Hashmi is serving at The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.

Mr. Hashmi has over twelve years of experience at leading positions, having role in 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 CFO & Head of Finance respectively.

He is a Fellow Member of Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (FCMA), Associate Member of Institute of Financial Markets of Pakistan (CMFD) and has Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Karachi.

Ms. Khawlah is a passionate Marketeer & zealous Brand Strategist with over 16 years of profound experience in Advertising and Integrated Marketing. She has turned around businesses and brands in stagnant markets and challenging environments. She has been successful in creating a strong culture of innovation in products and communications in businesses. Her proven leadership skills have helped consistently build brands, businesses and people. She has taken brands ranging from FMCG’s to Financial institutions to new heights.

She has been associated with institutions like Publicist Pakistan, Manhattan Leo Burnett, MCB Bank, ABN Amro, The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited and Silkbank Limited.

She is a Certified trainer from International Finance Corporation (IFC) & IMS knowledge. She has been successfully conducting trainings on Marketing, Strategy formulation, Product development and Business Process Re-engineering-BPR. She carries an experience of over 12 years in imparting trainings.

Ms. Khawlah has received various awards like ‘Outstanding performer’ for three consecutive years in MCB bank. She was awarded Rebranding Champion in three banks- ABN Amro, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Silkbank. She was also awarded ‘Best Train the Trainer Award’ and ‘Best BPR Award’ for the launch of Instant Account Opening Form at Silkbank.

At IBP, she is responsible for strategy formulation & business generation in keeping with the vision of IBP. During her stay at IBP she has already successfully devised and implemented the ‘Rebirth of IBP strategy’; relaunched ISQ, launched IBP school, launched Certified General Banker program, conducted HR forum, relaunch of Omega, simulcasted Lead 2016 and Gender and Diversity Conference to name a few. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of IBP.

Mr. Nizami carries an experience of 26 years in Pakistan Army. He has served in various Operational, Administrative, Logistics and Security roles.

Prior to joining The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) Team in 2013, Mr. Nizami has worked at Al-Munaf Group, Gerry’s International, DHA, Askari Guards, Security and Management Services (Pvt.) Ltd. and Intelligence Bureau.

He currently manages the Finance, Examination, Security and Administration department of IBP.

He is an MBA (HRM).

Mr. Faisal Hussain is currently serving in The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) as Director Academic Operations.

He has over sixteen years of experience in various strategic areas including Academia, Banking, Operations, Human Resource and Information Technology roles.

Mr. Hussain has been actively working with educational institutions, financial sector and FMCG namely as PAF-KIET, Karachi University, Bank Alfalah, Saudi Pak Commercial Bank, NIB Bank and Cupola (Pvt.) Ltd.

Apart from other technical certifications Mr. Hussain is also a certified Trainer from International Finance Corporation (IFC) which is a World Bank Group and trained from CAMI & IFC for designing of structured training content.