Yaseen Anwar

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. As Governor, he had oversight of over 40 banks, impacted Monetary Policy, and elevated the Branch-less Banking model/ strategy for Financial Inclusion, the success of which was recognized globally. From 2014 – 2020, he was Senior Advisor to the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China in Singapore and is currently the founding Chairman of management consultants, ‘Yaseen Anwar & Associates’. In December 2020, the World Bank/IFC also appointed him Senior Banking Policy Advisor for Pakistan Sustainable Banking. 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. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Since 2021, he has been the Chairman of the Central Asian regional chapter of the Green Investment Principles under the Belt and Road Initiative.