MANAGEMENT PROFILES

Guy Mallett

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Management Board

Mr Mallett joined AIB in 2014, having previously worked with the Bank in an advisory capacity. He brings with him 40 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 The First MicroFinanceBank, Pakistan, an institution of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), for eight years, where he worked in senior positions in internal audit, finance, risk management and compliance. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Aga Khan Grants and Review Board of Pakistan, an AKDN institution. Mr Sikander is a member of the UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is pursuing membership of the Chartered Professional Accountants, Ontario, Canada.

Omer Omery

Head of Retail Banking

Mr Omery has ten years of banking 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 has completed an MBA 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; a Diploma Associate from the Institute of Bankers Pakistan; and more recently obtained a Post-graduate Diploma in Islamic Banking & Finance from the Alhuda Institute in Lahore, Pakistan.

Mohammad Taofiq Mir

Head of Strategic Planning

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 Strategic Planning in 2014. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.