Organisation

Management Profiles

Khalilullah Sediq

Chief Executive Officer,

Chairman of the Management Board

Mr Sediq has 30 years’ experience as a central banker and a commercial banker in Afghanistan and America. He joined Da Afghanistan Bank, the Central Bank of Afghanistan, in 1971 and held senior management positions in most departments, serving as Governor from 1990 to 1991. Mr Sediq was with Sun Trust Bank in the USA before returning to Afghanistan in 2006 to become Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan International Bank, turning a loss-making bank into the most profitable and most respected in Afghanistan. He is also Chairman of Afghanistan Banks Association, a director of Harakat (Afghanistan Investment Climate Facility Organisation), and a director of the Afghanistan Institute of Banking and Finance. Mr Sediq holds a BA degree in macroeconomics from Kabul University.

Guy Mallett

Deputy Chief Executive Officer,

Member of Management Board

Mr Mallett joined AIB in 2014, having previously worked with the Bank in an advisory capacity. He brings with him 38 years of international commercial banking experience, gained with the Barclays and Fortis groups, predominantly in frontier and emerging markets. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

Lalit Kumar Jha

Chief Finance Officer,

Member of Management Board

Mr Jha holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce and is a qualified chartered accountant with more than 20 years’ experience, mainly in the banking sector. He has been CFO at AIB since 2010, having previously been senior vice-president at Dresdner Bank, New Delhi, and head of accounts and taxation at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, New Delhi.

Asadullah Fayzi

Chief Operating Officer,

Member of Management Board

Mr Fayzi holds the dual positions of CIO and COO, having joined AIB at its inception in 2004 as head of IT, and having previously been IT manager for Afghanistan Reconstruction Company. He was appointed to his current position during 2012. He holds an MSc in telecommunications from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

Khurram Sikander

Head of Internal Audit

Mr Sikander joined AIB in 2011 as Head of Internal Audit. He was previously with Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), where he worked in internal audit, internal controls, and risk and compliance. He has also served on the Board of Directors of an AKDN institution. Mr Sikander is a member of the UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Omer Omery

Head of Retail Banking

Mr Omery has nine years’ experience with AIB, from managing a regional branch to electronic banking, marketing, small business loans, and general branch management. He also spent three years in a managerial position with the United Nations Organisation. He is a candidate for an MBA in International Business from the University of Liverpool, England.

Tamsil Rashid

Head of Commercial Banking,

Member of Management Board

Mr Rashid has close to 30 years’ experience in commercial, development, and Islamic banking, having begun his career with Habib Bank and later joining the Bank of Khyber in Pakistan, where he rose to senior vice-president and divisional head of credit management. Mr Rashid holds an MPA degree, majoring in economics, and a diploma from the Institute of Bankers in Pakistan.

Mohammad Taofiq Mir

Head of Strategic Projects

Mr Mir began his banking career in 2006 with AIB. He managed electronic banking channels and was Head of Retail Banking before becoming Head of Special Projects in 2014. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.