He is a seasoned banker with over 40 years of experience. He earlier served Allied Bank as CEO for two successive terms from 2000 to 2007 before reappointment in June 2010 and played a key role in the turnaround of the bank since its restructuring in 2004.
Before joining Allied Bank he was associated with United Bank Limited as CEO and House Building Finance Corporation as a Managing Director.

He joined Allied Bank's Board in 2004 and has more than 35 years of diverse experience in the fields of Finance and Industry. Allied Bank benefits from his professional expertise particularly in the areas of strategic and financial planning, systems and controls and HR management.                 

He is heading the Operations Group at Allied Bank since January 2007. He has a vast banking experience of 39 years in senior positions covering areas of Retail Banking, Foreign Trade, Operations and Credit while associated with major commercial banks. He has served with Askari Bank Ltd., as a member of pioneer team, prior to joining Allied Bank, with demonstrated record of developing business, processes and branch network.

He has over 20 years of diversified experience in the areas of accountancy, financial management and Commercial & Retail Banking in domestic & international markets. He has also served as CFO of Allied Bank for 5 years. Before joining ABL, he has worked in Riyadh Bank, Saudi Arabia and Askari Bank in Pakistan at senior positions. Prior to the banking profession, he was associated with Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder, Chartered Accountants. Mr. Zia Ijaz is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and CPA from AICPA, USA.

Mr. Iqbal is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Masters in Business Administration degree with extensive experience in the field of Corporate & Investment Banking. Allied Bank is one of the leading corporate and investment banks in the country. The Corporate & Investment Banking Group has been the recipient of numerous awards conferred by locally and internationally recognized institutions.

He is a seasoned banker having more than 26 years of extensive experience in the areas of trade finance,corporate banking and risk management with distinguished international and domestic banking institutions. He joined Allied Bank in March 2005 as Chief Risk Officer and successfully revamped the critical function of Risk Management in line with modern best practices. As part of Allied Bank’s human capital development strategy,Group Chiefs are rotated on an on-going basis across various groups to broaden their exposure and in August 2011 Mr. Fareed Vardag was therefore transferred as Group Chief of Audit & Risk Review. This change augmented the Bank’s audit function inducing a new perspective and vigor.

He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He has diversified experience of more than 21 years including over 17 years of experience in the banking industry where he has held senior management positions in Finance, Taxation and Corporate Affairs in HBL, MCB and BOP. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan on Banking Committee and Pakistan Banking Association’s subcommittee on Accounting and Taxation. He took up the assignment of the Chief Financial Officer at Allied Bank in October 2008.

He possesses diversified experience of 25 years in the local and international banking industry. During last 12 years he successfully headed Remedial Asset Groups of two large Banks of the country and settled numerous old and chronic defaulters' accounts. He has been heading Special Assets Management Group at Allied Bank since restructuring and recapitalization in 2004.

He joined Allied Bank in 2008 as Group Chief Information Technology and possesses over 20 years experience in the area of IT Planning & Development, Project Management & Systems Implementation. Prior to joining Allied Bank, Mr. Mujahid was heading the IT Department at Ibrahim Group. He has to his credit the successful implementation of various IT projects during his extensive career. Currently he has been mandated with the task of implementing T-24 at Allied Bank, the state of the art core banking application and host of other IT initiatives aimed at enhancing customers' experience and bank’s operational efficiency.

He joined the bank in year 2006. He is a seasoned HR specialist having multi-faceted national and international professional work experience in a wide variety of HR functions for over 26 years in different business sectors, including commercial banking, non banking financial institutions, pharmaceuticals industry and retail/consumer businesses. He has a bachelors degree in engineering, a masters degree in computer science and business administration with specialization in human resource management.

He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. He possesses vast & diversified experience of having worked for more than 20 years in multinational and local banks as well as in leading industrial organizations of Pakistan. While working with various institutions he held the key positions like Chief Financial Officer, Head of Planning & Corporate Affairs, Head of Credit & Marketing besides representing his institution on the Board of Directors of various companies as nominee director.

He commenced his professional career with Allied Bank in 1983 and has 27 years of banking experience to his credit in key slots in Business as well as Supporting Groups. He completed MBA from IBA, Punjab University in 1982 and professional qualification (DAIBP) in the year 1986.

He has participated in numerous domestic and International conferences and represented Allied Bank as trainer on different forums within Pakistan and internationally. His current assignment of implementing Core Banking Software is of great significance for the Bank.

He has a long association with Allied Bank spread over 30 years and has remained posted in various banking areas during his career. His qualification includes DAIBP, M.A. and LL.B. He has been appointed as Company Secretary of the Bank in April 2010 and looks after Corporate Affairs Group.