Mubashar Ahmed Mirza, Regional Head  -  Consumer Business Compliance & Governance

Mubashar Ahmed Mirza

Regional Head - Consumer Business Compliance & Governance

BARCLAYS BANK

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Master's degree, Corporate & Mercantile Law
Experience
10 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 9 Months

Regional Head - Consumer Business Compliance & Governance at BARCLAYS BANK
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2009 to September 2010

Responsibilities:

• Established overall Consumer Banking ( Branch Banking, Wealth & Asset ) BCG infrastructure in the central region, as per the Group guidelines.

Major Achievements
• Spearhead risk - based control activities and developed compliance
framework across Branches, Wealth & Asset sales teams, involving
230 permanent / direct sales staff
• Supervised RCA testing for Retail Liability & Asset business in Pakistan
• Oversee overall AML process and managed internal control / risk
protocols in the region
• Initiated Retail business conformance procedures and successfully implemented Regulatory & Group BCG policies.

Regional Head - Premier Banking & Wealth Management at BARCLAYS BANK
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2008 to September 2009

Responsibilities:

Defined, developed and launched Premier Banking & Wealth Management business in the central region.

• Spearhead business development from scratch for all Main & Premier ‘ Flagship’ Branch in the region
• Hired and trained Premier Head / BM, Wealth RM, Direct Sales teams for 5 branches & service centers
• Managed P & L for Premier Banking & drive business solicitation for each product across branches.

Major Achievements

• Premier Central - Top Sales team across Premier channel in Pakistan in Year 2008 and 2009, both in terms of resource productivity and minimum deliverables
• Top Regional Head - Year 2008 and 2009 across Retail Business in Pakistan
• Successfully accomplished and augmented business targets - Year 2008 by (153%) and above (121%) in year 2009

• Developed standard Sales Management process for Branch Manager, PCM and Retail Sales teams across Pakistan
• Established a distinct ‘ Brand ‘ in the market as per Barclays Premier & Wealth Global standards.
• Implemented Group compliance, control and risk policies for Premier & Wealth business
• Initiated various micro- marketing and other client engagement activities for HNW & Mass client - base.
• Break - even of branches in 6 months from business initiation - leading region in growth / revenue & cost control
• Topped in central region for each category in Year 2009 - Wealth products, Premier liability & Banc assurance

PFS/ Premier Manager - Premier & Wealth Management at HSBC BANK
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2007 to May 2008

Responsibilities:

• Established Retail business, especially Premier banking in Lahore
• Prospected Premier RM, Core RM & Service team for Main branch, Lahore
• Involved in Global re-launch of Premier preposition and introduced
Premier banking model in Lahore
• Developed International banking Channel (IBC) process in Lahore, and
later in central region.

Major Achievements
• Fastest growing branch in HSBC, Pakistan - In almost 13 months
branch liability portfolio was over Rs. 2 B.
• Topped globally through entire HSBC Network in Wave 9 - included 60
branches in 5 different regions
• Supervised Retail asset and service teams & were ranked No.1 across
country
• Successfully launched Global Premier proposition in Lahore.
• Implemented Group compliance, control and risk policies for PFS
segment
• Conducted stage 1 tests, on behalf of Global premier academy for
Premier Central & North teams
• Spearhead Wealth, Investments & Banc assurance business across
Lahore region.
• Set up entire IBC process & implemented Global procedures across
Lahore and central branches.

Manager at ABN AMRO BANK
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2006 to January 2007

Responsibilities & Achievement :
• Managed & developed Branch portfolio of over 350 core and Van Gogh
clients
• Lead customer centric initiatives & proactively engage existing clients.
• Formulated strategies for Liability, Banc assurance & Wealth products
solicitation.
• Implemented business control processes & KYC procedures.

Premier Banking & Wealth Management at ABN AMRO BANK
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2003 to October 2006

Managed a portfolio of over 300 HNWI clients, comprising companies and HNW individuals as Senior RM.

Major Achievements
• Bancassurance - Set ABN Amro Pakistan & Insurance Industry record
for the largest insurance policy sold
• Build- up largest insurance and Liability portfolio of over Rs. 800 MM -
Main branch, Lahore
• Managed and solicited over 200 new HNW clients within 6 month of Van
Gogh Banking launch.
• Institutional sales - Highest Institutional exposure & Term placement
for Main Branch, Lahore.

Product / Credit Risk Management at ABN AMRO BANK
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2002 to October 2003

Responsibilities & Achievements :

• Analyze existing structure & new opportunities for Retail products ( Liability, Mortgage & personal Loan )
• Involved on product development & suggested remedial measures for better profitability & visibility
• Identified gaps & streamlined delivery process as well procedures
• Developed MIS / monitoring tools for effective control & improve performance
• Monitored Branch credit portfolio & evaluated key risk areas
• Facilitated / trained staff across business & manage effective liaison with third parties

Corporate Associate / BS at ABN AMRO BANK
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2001 to December 2002

Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Prepared credit applications for Oil companies and assisted in Public sector relationships.
• Structured credit call reports & credit application reviews.
• Ensured completion, validity and compliance of credit proposals as per
required policies and procedures of the bank
• Managed & presented periodical reports for assigned portfolio.

Risk Management & Credit Development at ABN AMRO BANK
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2000 to August 2001

Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Proactively managed branch credit portfolio and highlighted observations
before final risk approval.
• Monitoring, system handling and legal documentation of all credit facilities -
corporate / consumer.
• Handled third party as well as liaison with lawyers.
• Performed as a back - up for Branch Risk Head for managing and
disbursement of credit lines.

Education

Master's degree, Corporate & Mercantile Law
  • at University of LAW
  • December 1999

Distinction - 3rd position in University & province.

Master's degree, Marketing & Management
  • at Quaid - e - Azam University
  • January 1997
Bachelor's degree, Economics & Statistics
  • at University of Punjab
  • September 1994

Merit Scholarship

High school or equivalent, Economics & Mathematics
  • at Govt. College , lahore
  • July 1992

Merit Scholarship

Specialties & Skills

Liability
Wealth Management
Insurance
Research and Analysis, Product Development , Financial Report
Strategic Financial Planning, Client Relationship Management, Business Development
Target oriented , Sales management , Strong Analytical & leadership skills
Retail Banking, Premier & Wealth Management, Risk & compliance, Process Planning & Analysis

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate