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CEO & Co-Founder
Tariq is associated with the banking industry since 1997. In 2005, he joined Tameer Microfinance Bank (later Telenor Bank) as founder member and head of business. He was directly responsible for raising and managing the core business at the national level and articulated an operating model that was self-contained for extended reach and economies of scale with innovative integration of Easypaisa and the “bank on wheels”. Tameer created new benchmarks for the microfinance and won the prestigious awards for the years 2016 and 2017 as the “Best Microfinance Bank-” and the “Best Bank for the Unbanked”.
Before joining Tameer, he was the group head at United Bank Limited where he reorganized the government sector establishment into an agile and dynamic business support function that matched the long-term vision of the Bank and reinforced the brand image. He also served with Citibank Pakistan as Country Collections Head and turned around the business issue of collections and recovery into “the best practice of the business”. Later he took over as the Branch Banking Head and converted the loss-making liability business into a revenue engine that contributed the major share in EBIT, during the same period Citibank won the Euromoney award for being the best Bank in Pakistan.
Before joining the financial industry, Tariq had a successful army career, retired as a brigadier with extensive experience in command of troops and instructions in all the combat schools of the army. He has masters in political science, is a graduate of the Pak Army Command and Staff College and the US Army Finance School. He holds diploma of Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA. Tariq is a frequent speaker on microfinance and was invited as guest speaker to Indonesia and Nigeria. He has been a senior trainer in microfinance at the National Institute of Banking & Finance under the State Bank of Pakistan.
COO & Co-Founder
Tariq Anwar is a seasoned banker, who brings extensive experience in consumer and microfinance business covering all its critical functions. He started his career with Citibank Pakistan, later moved to Union Bank. In 2005, he joined Tameer Microfinance Bank (now Telenor Bank) as the founder member and was instrumental in raising the North business that helped to consolidate the branchless banking under the brand name of Easypaisa. Later, he assumed the position of National Business Head and rose to become the Chief Risk Officer, he left Telenor Bank in 2019 to join the founding Team of GoldFin Limited and played pivotal role in its conceptual design, raising and consolidation as the Head of Business.
He had the opportunity to refine his microfinance experience at the international level and attended “Boulder Microfinance Training”, in Italy and the “Program for Strategic Leadership in Microfinance”, at Harvard Business School, USA. In 2012, he joined the training session under World Bank and AgiFin; “Financing Agriculture Forum” at Kampala, Uganda. He is well recognized as the “Microfinance Specialist” and is a senior trainer in microfinance at the National Institute of Banking and Finance (NIBAF) under the State Bank of Pakistan.
