.Mr. Ekhlaq Ahmed, EVP is the Company Secretary of the Bank and also the Secretary of Credit & Operations Committees. He is M.A. (Economics) from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh (former East Pakistan). He is a Diplomaed Associate Institute of Bankers, Pakistan (DAIBP) and secured overall 1st position in order of merit and won Muslim Commercial Bank Prize in the subject of “Foreign Trade & Foreign Exchange”. He is an Associate of Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan (ACIS). He is also a “Certified Director” on the panel of Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG) since November, 2007. Mr. Ekhlaq Ahmed is the first senior executive of the Bank who has achieved the status of “Certified Director”.

He participated in Company Secretaries Conferences – 2006 & 2007 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has attended various other training programs / seminars on management and Internal Audit at domestic and international locations.

He started his career as a SBP Trainee and possesses 38 years domestic and International banking experience including 14 years as internal auditor. He has conducted audit of Bank’s 20 overseas branches / Regional Offices. He has 3 years experience as Company Secretary.