Yameen Kerai

Member, Investment Committee

After graduating from the London School of Economics and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Mr Yameen Kerai continued his career in public accounting in London and in Saudi Arabia before moving to Toronto to perform senior Finance roles at Canada Life Assurance Company. Subsequently he moved to Pakistan as CFO of ABN AMRO NV overseeing the transition of the franchise into a leading consumer, corporate and investment bank. He was then appointed Regional CFO-Asia Pacific based in Singapore overseeing Finance functions of ABN AMRO in 11 countries. Mr Yameen Kerai moved back to Pakistan as CFO of the then newly established NIB Bank majority funded by Temasek, a Singapore sovereign fund. During his tenure, NIB executed a transformational business strategy for SME and Consumer segments in Pakistan, acquired PICIC a bank 6 times its size, and arranged funding through equity and capital market actions. As nominee Board Director representing NIB, Mr Yameen was involved in driving strategy for ex PICIC Asset Management Company, National Investment Trust Limited and ex PICIC Insurance. Yameen retired as President and CEO of NIB Bank in 2017 after its merger with MCB Bank.