Jamali appointed acting president/CEO of NBP

KARACHI: The Ministry of Finance appointed Tariq Jamali the acting president and chief executive officer of the National Bank of Pakistan, after the federal cabinet suspended Saeed Ahmad on the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request.

Jamali, who has 30 years of banking experience, joined NBP in 1987 and has held various senior positions at the regional and head office levels.

During his career, Jamali has served as group chief of the Logistics Support Group, Commercial and Retail Banking Group and Compliance Group. He is also director of the National Assets Insurance Ltd, Atlas Power Ltd, Fatima Fertilizer Company Ltd, Galadari Cement Gulf Ltd, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations and National Construction Ltd.

Jamali replaces Ahmad who is co-accused in a supplementary money-laundering case with two other persons. The case has been filed in an accountability court. 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2018.

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