Annual Report 2017
Your Partner for Growth
Management Profiles
Anthony Barned
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Management Board
Mr. Barned assumed the position in April 2016, having worked with the Bank in an advisory role and chairing the Audit Committee for the previous seven years. He brings more than 40 years of international commercial banking experience, with the Barclays group and Bank of Ceylon and as a consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London.
Lalit Kumar Jha
Chief Finance Officer, Member of Management Board
Mr. Jha holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and is a qualified chartered accountant with more than 20 years’ experience, mainly in the banking sector. He has been CFO at AIB since 2010, having previously been senior vice-president at Dresdner Bank, New Delhi, and head of accounts and taxation at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, New Delhi.
Asadullah Fayzi
Chief Operating Officer, Member of Management Board
Mr. Fayzi holds the dual positions of CIO and COO, having joined AIB at its inception in 2004 as head of IT, and having previously been IT manager for Afghanistan Reconstruction Company. He was appointed to his current position during 2012. He holds an MSc in telecommunications from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
Omer Omery
Head of Retail Banking, Member of Management Board
Mr. Omery has more than a decade of banking experience with AIB, from managing a regional branch to electronic banking, marketing, and retail banking. He also spent three years in a managerial position with the United Nations. He holds an MBA from the University of Liverpool, England.
Wissam Jarkassi
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Jarkassi joined AIB in July, 2017. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s in banking and capital markets, and is a certified financial risk manager. He has more than 16 years’ banking experience in different areas, mainly credit. He was previously a senior consultant at Solution & More, the financial services specialist, and before that headed risk management at Banque Misr Liban in Lebanon.
Mohammad Taofiq Mir
Head of Strategic Planning
Mr. Mir began his banking career in 2006 with AIB. He managed electronic banking channels and was head of retail banking before becoming head of strategic planning in 2014. He also leads the Bank’s programme to enhance anti-money laundering processes. Mr Mir holds a BSc in electrical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
Bishwajit Mazumder
Head of Internal Audit
Mr. Mazumder is a qualified chartered accountant, certified internal auditor, and certified information systems auditor. He also holds a law degree from India and is a USA-certified fraud examiner. He has more than 30 years’ experience in banking in various institutions in different geographies and cultures, including more than a decade of heading internal audit.