Change Of Guard: Allied Bank appoints new chief

KARACHI: The Board of Directors of Allied Bank has appointed Tariq Mahmood as the Chief Executive Officer of the bank, effective June 17, 2013, subject to all the statutory approvals from the State Bank of Pakistan.

Mahmood is amongst the most senior bankers in the country with over 40 years of rich banking experience.

He completed his postgraduate degree in commerce in the year 1970 and obtained a certification in Islamic Banking in the year 2006.

He started his career in 1971 with Habib Bank and served for around nine years in various managerial roles, before joining the Middle East Bank (MEB), as Branch Manager.

He served MEB for over twelve years and then joined Askari Bank Limited, where he excelled to the level of Senior Executive Vice President in the year 2003.

In 2007 Mahmood joined Allied Bank as Senior Executive Vice President and Group Chief (Operations).

He took over as the Group Chief, Banking Systems Implementation Group, in 2012.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 29^th, 2013.