Corporate Corner: Meezan Bank signs MoU with IoBM

The MoU highlights a collaborative framework for launching a specialised MBA Programme

Meezan received central bank approval to buy the local banking business of PHOTO: HSBC

KARACHI:
Meezan Bank and the Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate capacity building in the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector. The MoU highlights a collaborative framework for launching a specialised MBA Programme in ‘SME Banking and Entrepreneurship’. On hand to officiate the signing ceremony were IoBM President Talib S Karim, as well as Meezan Bank Founding President and CEO Irfan Siddiqui, who were also accompanied by State Bank of Pakistan Additional Director Imran Ahmad. Meezan Bank’s recent association with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the provision of advisory and technical services for SME business vertical has been further extended to engage the country’s academia. The specialised MBA Programmes are being designed to meet requirements of both young entrepreneurs and SME bankers in the country.  


Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2018.

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