Qamar Hussain
President , NBP 

Mr. Qamar Hussain is the President of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), the largest Commercial Bank of the country. He holds an MBA degree in International Business & Finance from Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada and has undergone extensive training in business leadership abroad.

Mr. Hussain started his banking career from Bank of America N.T. & S.A., Pakistan in the year 1981. Prior to joining NBP in 2009, he has worked with American Express Bank Limited as Senior Director Global Credit, New York and earlier as Senior Director Country Manager, Bangladesh. He had also been associated with the CHASE MANHATTAN BANK in Pakistan and USA.Mr. Hussain is a distinguished Banker and brings with him rich experience in various aspects of banking particularly in Corporate Finance, Credit/Risk Management, and has excelled in strategic planning and business management.During his tenure with NBP as Chief Operating Officer, he has made significant contribution in recognizing the field structure throughout the country, strengthened credit and risk function, reorganized Corporate and Investment Banking Group, streamlined performance management processes and as a member of Bank’s strategic planning team has initiated business and other changes for further strengthening the organization.Mr. Hussain has the expertise in the following fields:Leadership and Management Expertise

Strategic Planning and Profit/Loss Management.People and business management in a matrix organization.
Corporate Governance and Compliance.
Credit and Corporate Banking Expertise

Credit and risk assessment/approval of corporate, financial institutions and country risk exposures.
Developed and implemented successful strategies for corporate banking business in both private and public sector including transactions involving multilateral financial institutions.