He is a law graduate and has over five decades of banking experience in both local and international markets. His extensive international banking experience includes key assignments in Turkey, Qatar and UK. He was a Financial Consultant of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and remained actively involved in various assignments of ADB especially on capital markets development and reforms of NBFIs in Pakistan.He is also fellow member of Institute of Bankers in Pakistan (1989), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Managers (1993) and Institute of Marketing Management (1999). He was on the Board of Directors of Allied Bank Limited from August 2006 to August 2018 and is a “Certified Director” from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.