Meheriar M. Hasan

Mr. Meheriar M. Hasan is a global thought leader, innovator and a voice of authority in the realm of digital banking, bringing with him 35+ years of rich experience in breakthrough innovation and pathbreaking disruption, building direct/digital distribution channels to generate new profit sources at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. He possesses an unparalleled track record in enabling businesses to accelerate profitable growth through design thinking and building multi-channel sales/service processes and platforms.Notably, Mr. Hasan founded Terafina Inc, a leading digital omnichannel sales solution provider in the financial services space. He also served as Senior Advisor to McKinsey from 2012-14 and was also a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, from 2006-08. Mr. Hasan holds a Master of Science in Finance, Master of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona.Some of Mr. Hasan’s most distinguished engagements include the following:Defined the vision and led the building of Terafina, which was ranked amongst the top-two fintech disruptors by Celent. Terafina was acquired by NCR Corporation in February 2021.As head of digital banking at US Bank, he led the build-out of one of the largest digital banking channels in the country in record time, which now delivers millions of dollars of bottom-line. The digital channel ranked first in overall customer experience by Keynote, a third-party benchmark.As Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo, he designed and developed one of the largest direct-to-consumer/digital lending channels in the financial services industry, resulting in 100% growth in revenue, 118% growth in net income and 104% growth in portfolio balance over a three-year period.He designed and delivered the largest digital sales channel in the financial services industry at Wells Fargo, integrating call center and branch, which resulted in 190% growth in core bank product and investment product sales over a two-year period.He was responsible for the design, engineering and management of B2B and B2C products for Digital Insight, the largest online banking application service provider in the US to serve credit unions and small/mid-sized banks.At Transamerica, he pioneered the first private-labeled direct-to-consumer channel in the insurance industry, fully integrated with independent agencies and business back-office operations. Over his long and resplendent career, Mr. Hasan, in addition to his current membership on the Board of BRAC Bank, also holds Board membership across such other prominent companies as Toyota Financial Savings Bank (since 2015) and Mechanics Bank (since 2013).