Syed Ali Raza is the President and Chairman of the National Bank of Pakistan.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics. He has a M.Sc. in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School. He holds a graduate degree from Government College, Lahore, Pakistan.

Prior to joining the National Bank of Pakistan, Raza worked for Bank of America for 26 years. His last position at Bank of America was Senior Vice President and Regional Head of Bank of America Operations for the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan region. He has been responsible for the incredible financial turnaround of NBP and was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (one of Pakistan's highest civilian awards) and included in "Asia's Top 25 Leaders" and top 4 financiers by Businessweek Magazine in 2006, as well as receiving a host of additional international banking awards and accolades.

Raza is a cricket enthusiast (and is a member of the Pakistan Cricket Board).

[edit] Family

Younger son of an outstanding bureaucrat Syed Hashim Raza and brother of Syed Salim Raza, the Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Ali Raza is married to Nilofer and has two children, Mir Raza and Alizeh Raza. Alizeh recently graduated from a leading Canadian University, while Mir finished his education in 2002 from the United States and is currently the CEO of MNA Energy with interests in the gas and power sector.

[edit] External links

• National Bank of Pakistan

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