Amana Bank announces Imtiaz Iqbal as COO

Amana Bank has appointed Imtiaz Iqbal as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from 1 January 2022. 
Having joined Amana Bank in 2018, Imtiaz Iqbal served as its VP Operations taking over the responsibilities of Operations, Branches, SME Banking and Administration. 
With his appointment as COO, Imtiaz Iqbal will also oversee the HR, Legal and IT functions of the Bank.  

Imtiaz possesses a strong career track record in banking which commenced in HSBC Sri Lanka where he gathered valuable experience in both business and risk aspects by overseeing many areas such as Credit Risk Management, Operational Risk, Financial Crime Risk Management, Collection & Recoveries and Card Operations, while being exposed to overseas assignments and training. He culminated his illustrious career at HSBC as the Chief Operating Officer – Retail Banking and Wealth Management while also being a member of the bank’s Management Committee from 2013 to 2016. Imtiaz holds an MBA from the University of Wales, UK as well as a professional qualification from the Institute of Bankers Sri Lanka.
The bank also announced the promotion of its Chief Compliance Officer Ajmal Naleer to the position of Senior Vice President.