Syed Irtiza Kazmi honored with KEC membership
The 14th meeting of Karachi Editors Club (KEC) was held at Beach Luxury Hotel. Syed HasanIrtizaKazmi who is a senior banker and legend of Pakistan in the financial sector also attended the meeting as the guest of honour. On this occasion,Kazmi addressed the KEC members on banking in Pakistan at length and replied all questions raised by KEC members. Syed Ibne Hassan who is senior Vice President, Public Relations Department of NBP and already an Associate Member of KEC accompanied Kazmi.
After the meeting, IrtizaKazmiwas awarded KEC honorary membership by its President Mubasher Mir on behalf of the Executive Committee of KEC.Currently,IrtizaKazmi is serving as Executive Vice President/Divisional Head, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), is a seasoned banker with over 23 years of rich and diversified experience in financial sector. He was previously heading Strategic Marketing Division and prior to that Global Home Remittance Management Group at NBP. He has also served as Divisional Head, Consumer Banking, Cash Management & Product Development, Commercial and Retail Banking Group, NBP. Initially, he was heading NBP’s Corporate Banking (South) portfolio, which at the time, was the single largest corporate banking book in Pakistan.
During his career, he has worked in various senior level positions at Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company (Pvt.) Limited, Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited and Bank Alfalah Limited. He also served at ORIX Investment Bank Limited and MCB Bank Limited.
Kazmi also serves as an independent Director on the board of Sindh Board of Investment. He has also previously served as a Nominee Director on the Boards of various listed and non-listed companies. Irtiza has done his Masters in Business Administration after his graduation in Commerce from University of Karachi. He has also completed Part-I of DAIBP from Institute of Bankers, Pakistan.