H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan

-- Chairman His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan is a prominent member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Currently, His Highness is UAE Cabinet Member and Minister of State for Tolerance and Coexistence. Prior to his current responsibility, he served as Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development; Culture, Youth, and Social Development and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Besides his ministerial responsibilities, he has been playing a leading and distinguished role in the educational advancements, focusing on the role of education in achieving development and progress. His Highness also holds various offices as Chairman and Director at Board and Trusts along with Patronship of various local and foreign organizations and affiliates. His direct and indirect business interest spread throughout various industry sectors such as banking, telecom, insurance, hospitality, healthcare, construction, and investment management in Pakistan, UAE, Middle East, Europe, and the US. Moreover, he supports many charitable institutions and devotes special attention to the disabled children as the Honorary President of Abu Dhabi Future Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as Future Center for Special Needs. His Highness is also recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, the “Hilal-e-Pakistan”, which was conferred upon him in 2005 for his contribution to the economic growth of Pakistan. His Highness received his education from the British Millfield School until the high secondary level before joining Magdalen College at Oxford University-UK.

Mr. Abdulla Nasser Hawaileel Al Mansoori

-- Director Mr. Abdulla Nasser Hawaileel Al Mansoori is a prominent businessman of Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is presently the Chairman of the Board, Al Nasser Holdings and Group Companies which have diversified activities ranging from Oilfield services, Retailing, Investments, Manufacturing Industries, Real estate and Food & Beverage. Mr. Al Mansoori served as a member of UAE Federal National Council, Member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Member of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development. In addition, he also held Board positions as Director of Mashreq Bank, Director of United Arab Bank and Director of Dubai Islamic Bank. Mr. Abdulla Nasser Hawaileel holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Electrical Engineering from Swansea University, UK.

Mr. Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa

-- Director Mr. Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa is the General Manager of H.E. Sheikh Suroor Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan; and Chairman of the Board of Makhazen Investment PJSC - (Private Joint – Stock) in Abu Dhabi; Mr. Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa is also a non-Executive Member of the Board of EFG Hermes in Egypt; Mr. Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, USA.

Mr. Khalid Mana Saeed Al Otaiba

-- Director Mr. Khalid Mana Saeed Al Otaiba is the Office Manager of His Excellency Dr. Mana Saeed Al Otaiba (Personal Advisor to His Highness, the President of UAE). He is also the Deputy Chairman of Al Otaiba Group of Companies. Mr. Khalid is a Director of Alfalah Insurance Company Limited, Pakistan and EFG Hermes Holding, S.A.E. He is also Chairman of Liwa International Investment Tourism and Royal Mirage Hotel & Resort Ltd, Morocco. He is also a Director of Ghantout International. Mr. Khalid Mana Saeed Al Otaiba holds a Bachelor of Arts & Science degree in International Economics from Suffolk University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA.

Dr. Ayesha Khan

-- Director Dr. Ayesha K. Khan, is an expert in the field of corporate strategy and institutional growth in emerging markets. She is currently the CEO and Regional Managing Director for Pakistan at Acumen – a global impact investment fund, where she focuses on climate finance and investments across the Agriculture value chain. Dr. Khan is an Independent Director on the Board of Fauji Fertilizer Company limited and has previously been the head of strategy and corporate planning at HBL where she was the first person to hold this position at the bank. She has also worked in New York as a management consultant with McKinsey and Company, where she focused on the financial sector, taught economics at Harvard University and consulted with the UNDP on the Millennium Development Project. Dr. Khan holds a doctorate from Harvard Business School (HBS), where she focused on corporate strategy, institutional development and emerging markets. Her doctoral research concentrated on consumer financial choices in the banking sector. In addition, Dr. Khan has authored HBS case studies and published several articles focused on various aspects of building a successful business for various publications - including the Harvard Business Review and Harvard Law School ILSP. Dr. Khan also holds a graduate degree in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School, as well as an undergraduate degree in Economics from Princeton University.

Dr. Gyorgy Tamas Ladics

-- Director Dr. Gyorgy Tamas Ladics is a seasoned financial services professional with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, formulating digital strategies and businesses transformation globally. He brings extensive experience in Digital Banking, Digital Transformation, FinTech collaboration, Innovation, Business strategy formulation. Skilled in the strategic planning and use of information technology, business processes and providing practical solutions to business issues. Wide geographical field experience including UAE, Egypt, Africa, India, Pakistan, Central Europe, Russia, Singapore, and Brunei. At present he is Chief Executive Officer of Silverlake Symmetri. In the past, he has worked as Chief Operating Officer at Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam and International Director at Fajr Capital, Chief Technology Officer with Barclays Bank, Emerging Market, Regional Technology Office, Dubai, Chief Operating Officer, Prague, Citibank Central Europe Cluster, Head of Operations Citibank Hungary, Budapest etc. Dr. Gyorgy holds Doctorate Degree in Economics and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Informatics from Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Mr. Khalid Qurashi

-- Director, Bank Alfalah Limited Mr. Khalid Qurashi is a retired banker with considerable international banking experience. He has worked for 38 years with a major US international bank, where his area of expertise was in corporate risk management and profit center/franchise management. He was responsible for risk management for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey operations. He contributed materially to overall institutional policy debate and strategy formulation. Before he took over responsibilities as a risk senior, he managed some large country franchises in the Middle East and Africa, where the portfolio encompassed a wide spectrum ranging from large corporates, to governments, to financial institutions as well as SMEs and PE companies. Mr. Qurashi has previously served on the Board of Directors of Bank Alfalah from May 2015 to February 2018. He has also served as Board member at TMB Pakistan, NMB Bank Zimbabwe, Citibank Nigeria, Vice Chairman, Citi International Islamic Bank Bahrain and as a consultant at HBL Pakistan. Presently, he is a member of investment committee at SIDRA Capital, Saudi Arabia. He holds Master’s Degree in Business Administration from IBA/Karachi University.

Mr. Atif Aslam Bajwa

-- Director/ President & CEO Mr. Atif Bajwa has an extensive international career spanning more than 40 years of executive leadership roles in banking, and of multiple boards and public interest positions. Having started his professional journey with Citibank in 1982, and has since held numerous senior positions in large local and multinational banks, including President/CEO of Bank Alfalah, President/CEO of MCB Bank and Soneri Bank, Regional Head for Citigroup for Central and Eastern Europe, Head of Consumer Banking for ABN AMRO’s Asia Pacific region, and Country Manager for ABN AMRO Pakistan. Mr. Bajwa has been active in business, social and public interest areas, and has led key advocacy institutions to impact economic and social sectors. In this regard, he has served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and the President of the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI). He has also served as the director on the boards of various private and public sector companies. Mr. Bajwa received his education at Columbia University, New York.