Zia Akhter Abbas
President and CEO @ The Citizens Foundation
About
Zia Akhter Abbas is the President and CEO of TCF. Joining TCF in 2014, Zia led TCF’s global resource mobilization efforts for 10 years, serving a movement of thousands of committed volunteers across 14 countries. During this period, he led the development and implementation of TCF’s global governance framework, stewarded TCF’s Government Partnership Schools network through a transformation in learning outcomes and facilitated the development of TCF’s Strategy 2030. He also served as a board member for the Global Schools Forum. Prior to joining TCF, Zia spent 17 years in senior business and risk management roles at Citi and Standard Chartered and served as a director for 1-Link - Pakistan’s leading payments switch. He holds an MBA degree from LUMS. TCF is a nonprofit set up in 1995 by a group of citizens who wanted to drive positive social change through education. Today, TCF is one of the world’s leading organizations in the field of formal education for the less privileged, educating 300,000+ children through 2,000+ formal school units located across Pakistan.
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Pakistan
Non-profit Organization Management
Social Innovation, Non-profit Management, Leading Positive Change, Non-profit Leadership, Strategy, Marketing, Fundraising, Public Speaking, Management, Product Management, Non-profit Program Development, Organizational Reengineering, Microfinance, Team Management, Business Model Development, Banking, Retail Banking, Credit Cards, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
Experience
President and CEO
The Citizens Foundation
Executive Vice President - Development & Partnerships
The Citizens Foundation
Karachi, Pakistan
Managed TCF’s global marketing and fundraising effort across 14 countries, delivering $55 million in grants and donations annually | Led the launch and expansion of TCF’s public-private partnerships program | Led the process of developing and implementing TCF’s global governance framework | Facilitated the development of TCF’s Strategy 2030
Board Trustee
Global Schools Forum
London, England, United Kingdom
Head of Retail Banking Products & Segments
Standard Chartered
Pakistan
Responsible for setting the strategic agenda and driving execution to maximize balance sheet growth and profitability for retail products (encompassing all retail lending and deposits)
Head of Learning & CB Academy
Standard Chartered
Pakistan
Responsible for revitalizing SCB Pakistan's Consumer Banking Academy.
Head of Consumer Finance & Product Management
RBS
Pakistan
Responsible for all aspects of the Consumer Finance Business (Cards, Unsecured and Secured Loans), Strategy and Product Management for all retail products in addition to Business Analytics, Business Planning and managing the bank's telemarketing efforts.
Mass Markets Business Head
NIB Bank
Pakistan
Complete operating and P&L responsibility for the Mass Market business consisting of 97 branches and 2,300 employees in 46 cities. The business offered loans, deposits and insurance products for a market of more than 3 million small businesses. Additional responsibility for managing Marketing, Alternative Distribution Channels, and Card Products for the bank.
Senior Credit Officer
Citi
Pakistan
Responsible for managing Credit Policy, Online Authorizations and Fraud Management for Citi's retail portfolio in Pakistan as well as Regional Collections for 60% of the portfolio.
Credit Policy Head
Citi
United Arab Emirates
Led the Credit Policy unit during a period of record growth for Citi UAE's retail asset products.
Product Manager - Credit Cards
Citi
United Arab Emirates
Led product development, co-brand management and acquisition efforts for the UAE Cards business.
Product Manager - Cards
Citi
Pakistan
Managed issuing as well as acquiring aspects of the bank’s most profitable consumer product with responsibility for overall financial results.
Product Manager - Mortgages
Citi
Pakistan
Responsible for managing all aspects of the bank's largest consumer asset product in terms of portfolio size.
Credit Policy Manager - Mortgages
Citi
Pakistan
Planned and implemented a remedial management program that achieved dramatic results in terms of restricting credit losses and reducing overall risk exposure.
Education
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Dean’s Honor List
Pearson College UWC
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