Syed Ali Raza Explained

Syed Ali Raza
Children:Mir Hussain Raza[1]

Syed Ali Raza is a Pakistani businessman and author. He became the president of the National Bank of Pakistan, being the longest-serving president of the bank up to that point, and has also worked at the North African branch of Bank of America.[2]

Biography

Raza was born to Syed Hashim Raza. He graduated from London School of Economics with Bachelor of Science in economics. He also holds a Master of Science in administrative sciences from Cass Business School and a graduate degree from Karachi Institute of Business Administration.

While serving as the president of the National Bank of Pakistan, Raza eliminated over 3,000 jobs and closed 250 branches, raising the bank's profits and lowering its bad loans.[3]

In 2006, BusinessWeek included Raza in their list of the "25 Stars of Asia", ranking him among the top 4 financiers in Asia.[4]

Awards

Raza has also been given a Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award in 2006 by the President of Pakistan.[5]

Raza resigned from his post in 2012 for unstated reasons.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: PAC seeks report on gas price raise. https://archive.today/20130416092733/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/07-Jan-2010/PAC-seeks-report-on-gas-price-raise. live. 16 April 2013. The Nation newspaper. 26 December 2023.
  2. News: May 15, 2011. Syed Ali Raza - a sublime banker. The Nation newspaper. live. 26 December 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20121213232137/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/15-May-2011/Syed-Ali-Raza--a-sublime-banker. 13 December 2012.
  3. News: Mangi. Naween A.. "Aggressive Evolution" In Pakistan. https://archive.today/20130118141023/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-07-10/aggressive-evolution-in-pakistan. dead. January 18, 2013. 27 December 2023. Business Week. 10 July 2005.
  4. Web site: STARS OF ASIA: FINANCIERS. https://web.archive.org/web/20051029224810/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/06/0528asiastars/source/17.htm. dead. October 29, 2005. BusinessWeek. 27 December 2023.
  5. News: President confers 192 civilian awards. Dawn newspaper. 26 December 2023.

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