Dr. Inayat Hussain
Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Discussion on certain important themes impacting the country and the banking industry including future outlook of Pakistan’s economy, scaling priority sector financing, promoting digital payments and key expectations from digital banks.
Dr. Inayat Hussain
Mr. Saleem Ullah
Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Conversation on augmenting financial inclusion, collaborative interventions to boost SME and agri financing, incentivization and awareness for uptake of digital payments, and cyber resilience.
Mr. Saleem Ullah
Dr. Ishrat Husain
Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Discussion on host of economic, fiscal and monetary challenges facing the country, critical reforms needed for sustainable path to stability and growth, importance of SME and agriculture, as well as timely transition towards cash flow financing.
Dr. Ishrat Husain
Mr. Salim Raza
Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Conversation on economic challenges, priority sector financing, cash in circulation, funding capacity of banking sector and value chain financing along with enormous opportunities in digital supply chains and untapped potential of invoice discounting/factoring/purchasing.
Mr. Salim Raza
Mr. Nassir Salim
President & CEO, Habib Bank Limited
Discussion on certain diverse themes including path to Pakistan’s economic recovery, transition from import driven to value adding export-led model, unlocking true potential of industries and agriculture, building necessary skills for gainful in-country employment and export of human capital.
Mr. Nassir Salim
Mr. Rehmat Ali Hasnie
President & CEO, National Bank of Pakistan
Conversation on economic policy considerations along with structural reforms for stability, short-medium potential for export diversification and import substitution, challenges in scaling priority sector financing, improving female inclusion and digital incentivization.
Mr. Rehmat Ali Hasnie
Mr. Irfan Siddiqui
President & CEO, Meezan Bank Limited
Discussion on economic growth, priority reforms in fiscal and external account management including broadening tax base through inclusion of agriculture, retail and real estate, expediting privatization of state-owned enterprises and Islamic transformation across the industry.
Mr. Irfan Siddiqui
Mr. Zafar Masud
President & CEO, Bank of Punjab
Conversation on wide ranging economic and fiscal challenges/reforms, need for augmented tax base and a targeted subsidy model, public private partnership potential, state of overall financial and female inclusion as well as Islamic banking opportunity and transformation challenges.
Mr. Zafar Masud
Mr. Khurram Shahzad Khan
President & CEO, Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited
Discussion on economic indicators and policy rate impacts, export penetration and diversification, digitalization and financial inclusion, and evolution of national payment gateway to scale digital payments.
Mr. Khurram Shahzad Khan
Mr. Yousaf Hussain
President & CEO, Faysal Bank Limited
Conversation on economic reforms and sustainability, need for a Corporate Pakistan Plan, as well as Islamic banking transformation including how to make the journey successful and how to embed vision at different organizational levels to achieve mindset conversion.
Mr. Yousaf Hussain
Mr. Syed Amir Ali
Deputy CEO, Meezan Bank Limited
Discussion on certain key themes including financial and credit inclusion, role of specialized institutions in extending priority sector financing, female empowerment, workplace diversity and digital transformation.
Mr. Syed Amir Ali
Mr. Nadeem Hussain
Coach, Planet N Group of Companies
Conversation on emerging digital bank landscape in Pakistan, associated opportunities and challenges including digital banks' differentiated propositions vis-à-vis traditional banks, nuances of digital finance, possible solutions for payments and embedded finance, risks of social engineering frauds and cyber-security breaches.
Mr. Nadeem Hussain
Mr. Abrar Mir
Chief Information & Transformation Officer, Habib Bank Limited
Discussion on opportunities and challenges presented by emerging technologies, need for sustainable ecosystems to offer lifestyle banking, small ticket retail payments digitization and future of branches.
Mr. Abrar Mir
Mr. Muhammad Hamayun Sajjad
Chief Executive Officer, Mashreq Bank Pakistan Limited
Conversation on digital banks’ impacts in emerging economies, target customer segments, and certain critical challenges for emerging digital banks in the country.
Mr. Muhammad Hamayun Sajjad
Mr. Najeeb Agrawalla
Chief Executive Officer, 1LINK (Pvt) Limited
Discussion on domestic payment scheme, QR adoption, untapped digital payments potential in B2B space, role of merchant aggregators in expanding digital payment acceptance points, and the need to incentivize digital transactions.
Mr. Najeeb Agrawalla
Mr. Sharjeel Shahid
Group Executive, Digital Banking, United Bank Limited
Conversation on invisible banking, integration of small merchants on RAAST, relevance of branches, collaborative efforts and global learnings needed to fast track Pakistan’s digital journey.
Mr. Sharjeel Shahid
Ms. Mehreen Ahmed
Group Head – Retail Banking, Bank Alfalah Limited
Discussion on critical themes including emerging retail banking trends, digital as an enabler for branch transformation and omni-channel experience, rise of low-cost frictionless payment methods, banking on equality, branch model of the future, and the need to upskill retail bankers for the digital age.
Ms. Mehreen Ahmed
Ms. Saadya Riaz
Head - Wealth & Retail Banking, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited
Conversation on certain topical considerations including emerging retail banking trends, financing of SMEs, branches as advisory centers, future of work, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ms. Saadya Riaz
Mr. Atyab Tahir
Chief Executive Officer, HugoBank Limited
Discussion on far-reaching implications of cash digitization, need for robust regulatory framework for open banking, collaborative ecosystems and impacts of digital banks on the local banking landscape.
Mr. Atyab Tahir
Mr. Umair Aijaz
Chief Executive Officer, Raqami Islamic Digital Bank Limited
Conversation on key challenges for digital banks, consumer receptiveness for digital solutions, simplified and seamless customer journeys, key success factors for digital banks and measures to retain the right talent.
Mr. Umair Aijaz
Mr. Kashif Ahmed
Chief Compliance Officer, Telenor Microfinance Bank Limited
Discussion on financial inclusion, priority sector penetration, rising cash-in-circulation, business and operational challenges encountered by digital banks and potential customer segments including MSME value chain, offline retailers and distributors.
Mr. Kashif Ahmed
Mr. Tariq Masaud
Chief Risk Officer, Habib Bank Limited
Conversation on changing risk dynamics, big data utilisation, regular validation of risk rating models, evolving risk management skill sets, increasing digital frauds and heightened credit risks.
Mr. Tariq Masaud
Mr. Haroon Khalid
Group Head – Compliance & Business Solutions, Bank Alfalah Limited
Discussion on key financial crime risks, emerging digital fraud trends, shifting capacity and skill set requirements, validation of anti-financial crime and compliance functions/technologies and areas for investment in compliance.
Mr. Haroon Khalid
