Mr. Yaseen Anwar

Advisory Board, International Monetary Institute, Renmin University, Beijing, China
Senior Advisor, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, (ICBC) Singapore

Former Governor, Central Bank of Pakistan Mr. Yaseen Anwar's international banking and regulatory experience spans 40 years and in 2014, he retired as the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (Central Bank) where he spent seven years. At the Central Bank he negotiated and signed the country's first Currency Swap Agreements with China and Turkey and in 2012 became only the 7th Central Bank to sign an Agency Agreement with the Peoples Bank of China to invest in local Government Bonds. As Governor, he had oversight of over 40 banks, impacted Monetary Policy, and elevated the Branch-less Banking model/ strategy for Financial Inclusion. 

As Governor, he also served on the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Financial Stability Board (FSB) for Asia. 

Prior to the Central Bank, he worked in New York, London, Paris, and Egypt with JPMorganChase, Bank of America, and Merrill Lynch in various senior capacities.

While currently serving on the Advisory Board of the prestigious International Monetary Institute of Renmin University, his various past Board appointments include Chairman of Eco Trade Development Bank, Turkey, the American Turkish Society New York, American Middle East Association, U.S. Pakistan Economic Council, United National Bank Ltd. U.K., and member of the Council of Foreign Relations. 

He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

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