Sima Kamil

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Sima Kamil is a Pakistani banker, and since August 2020 the deputy governor of State Bank of Pakistan. In May 2017 she became the president and chief executive of United Bank Limited,[1] the first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank.[1][2]

Early life

Kamil grew up in Karachi; her father was also from Karachi, and her mother's family moved from East Punjab to Lahore during the Partition of India.[3] Her parents met at a poetry reading in Lahore.[3]

Kamil attended

Oxford University, but as her family could not afford to pay, she returned to Karachi to work.[3]

Early career

Her first career role was working as a corporate relationship manager for

ANZ Grindlays Bank, first in Karachi and then Lahore.[3][5] During 11 years at ANZ Grindlays, Kamil gradually rose up through the company ranks, spending two years working in Melbourne in the mid-1990s,[3] before returning to Pakistan to become the head of credit for the bank, and subsequently corporate regional executive.[3][5]

When ANZ sold its regional Grindlays operations to

Global Banking Alliance for Women.[6]

In March 2017, Kamil was included in Pakistan Today's list of "Pakistan's Only Powerful Women in Business", one of 18 women on the list.[6][7]

United Bank Limited

In March 2017, Kamil was appointed Deputy CEO of United Bank Limited (UBL),[2][5] and it was announced that she would be taking over as president and CEO of the bank on 1 June 2017, replacing Wajahat Hussain.[1] She is the first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank.[1][2] In 2018, she was recognised as an "Influential Leader" by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), for her impact on diversity and inclusion.[6][4]

Kamil has been a board member of the bank since February 2019.[5]

State Bank of Pakistan

On 25 August 2020, Kamil was appointed deputy governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, for a period of three years.[8] She is the first woman to hold this position.[9][10]

Other activities

Kamil was also the director of

First MicroFinance Bank, a microfinance provider.[1]

Kamil is the chair of the board of governors of Karachi Grammar School,[1][11] and is a board member of the Notre Dame Institute of Education,[1][5] and the governing body of Holy Family Hospital in Karachi.[5]

Personal life

Kamil's husband is a lawyer in Karachi.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Sima Kamil becomes first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank". Dawn. March 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "First woman named to head major Pakistani bank". The Express Tribune. March 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Kay, Chris; Mangi, Faseeh (19 April 2018). "The extraordinary rise of Pakistan's only female banking CEO". The Economic Times. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Pioneering Kingston Business School graduate Sima Kamil recognised as influential leader by global business education network AACSB". Kingston University London. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sima Kamil, United Bank Ltd: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^
    AACSB
    . Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Pakistan's Only Powerful Women In Business". Pakistan Today. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Sima Kamil appointed SBP deputy governor". Dawn. 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  9. ^ "Ms Sima Kamil - Deputy Governor, State Bank of Pakistan". State Bank of Pakistan. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  10. ^ Ellis, Eric (2021-09-13). "The gamekeeper: Sima Kamil". Asiamoney. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  11. ^ "Sima Kamil, MBA - Biography". marketscreener.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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