Najam Siddiqi has been appointed Acting CEO for Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited, subject to regulatory approval. This appointment follows the departure of Khalid Elgibaly who has decided to leave the bank to pursue other opportunities. Najam Siddiqi is the current Chief Financial Officer of the Bank in Pakistan. Najam joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2008 from Samba Bank Limited where he was the CFO and has over 14 years of rich experience spreading senior level finance and risk management positions in various financial institutions.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (US), a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, Certified Internal Auditor (US), has a degree in law and diploma in Islamic Banking and Insurance (UK). Najam Siddiqi's effective appointment date is April 12, 2014. As CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in Pakistan and previously as Regional Head of Consumer Banking for the Middle East, Khalid Elgibaly played an important key role in developing the Bank's Consumer Banking business.-PR