KARACHI: Aizid Razzaq Gill has been appointed as President & CEO of Allied Bank Limited (ABL) with effect from next year. According to ABL announcement, the Board of Directors of ABL in its meeting held on August 20, 2020 has decided to appoint Aizid Razzaq Gill as President & CEO of ABL with effect from January 01, 2021 subject to the approval of State Bank of Pakistan and compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in this regard. Currently, he is serving as Chief Risk Management of ABL.

Existing CEO of ABL Tahir Hassan Qureshi will continue to serve till completion of his existing term i.e. December 31, 2020. The Board of Directors has also acknowledged invaluable contribution of the outgoing President & CEO Tahir Hassan Qureshi for progress of the Bank during his tenure.

Aizid Razzaq Gill is a seasoned professional with over twenty years' experience in Financial Management, Risk Analysis & Research and expertise in Portfolio Management of Corporate and Commercial Banking obligors.

Working with various financial institutions, he joined Allied Bank in 2005 as Regional Corporate Head and has also held the positions of Head Commercial Assets and Group Head Liabilities. He has vast exposure in Risk Management, and before becoming Chief Risk Management Group at ABL, he also served as Head of Commercial & Retail Risk, Head of Operational Risk, Group Head Credit Administration, Group Head Corporate & Financial Institutions Risk, and Chief General Services & Security Group.

Gill is a graduate of University of Engineering & Technology Lahore (UET) and has a Masters degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), USA. He is also a Chevenning Scholar, with a Masters Degree in Business Economics from University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology (UMIST), UK.

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