Mr. Abdullah currently looks after the Treasury, Correspondent Banking, Financial Institutions, and Home Remittance functions of the Bank. He has over 20 years of banking and treasury dealing experience. He has also previously worked at Bank of America NA, National Bank of Pakistan and KASB Bank before joining Meezan Bank in 2005.
Mr. Abdullah has a Bachelors and Masters in business administration from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi. He is a fellow of the Association Cambiste Internationale (ACI) – The Financial Markets Association, Paris in financial markets trading and a fellow of the Institute of Bankers Pakistan. He is also a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), USA.
Mr. Abdullah is an active member of the local Financial Markets Association of Pakistan (FMAP) and was elected to the executive committee as office bearer in 2000, 2008 and 2009, his last office being the General Secretary of the FMAP for the years 2009-2012. He is currently a member of the Pakistan Banks Association (PBA) sub-committee on Treasury and Capital Markets since 2010 and of the technical committee of the Financial Markets Association of Pakistan since 2012.