HBL wins Best Bank Award 2022
HBL President Muhammad Aurangzeb (4th from left) receives the award from SBP Governor Jameel Ahmad (3rd from left) at the Pakistan Banking Awards 2022. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The HBL won the Pakistan’s Best Bank Award 2022 at the Pakistan Banking Awards held here on December 9.
The Best Bank Award recognises the bank that has demonstrated the most significant contribution to national development and the most effective management of its resources including their employees, clients, franchise, community, and financials.
The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP) in partnership with The DAWN Media and AF Ferguson & Co annually come together to conduct the Pakistan Banking Awards.
This year the awards were adjudged by a five-member jury of experts comprising Syed Salim Raza, former State Bank of Pakistan governor, Naved A Khan, former president/CEO of Faysal Bank Limited, Dr Zeelaf Munir, MD & CEO of English Biscuit Manufacturers (Pvt) Ltd, Javed Kureishi, former MD of Citibank and Shehzad Naqvi, former regional head of Citibank Middle East and Pakistan.
Jameel Ahmad, the governor of SBP was the chief guest at the ceremony.
Key stakeholders of Pakistan’s banking and financial fraternities were also present on the occasion.
On the occasion, Muhammad Aurangzeb, the president and CEO of HBL, said: “The Best Bank Award 2022 is a testament to the trust and confidence that our clients repose in us. For HBL, client centricity is the bedrock of both our business and culture; together, we succeed.
“The bank continues to invest in its people, digital infrastructure, and business expansion, aligned with the key pillars of the bank’s strategic vision – playing its due role in the economic development of Pakistan.”