Syed Tariq Husain is a veteran banker with 30 years of diversified experience of local and international markets.
He trained and worked during the early part of his career with Chartered Accountancy firms PWC, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte and Touche. He began his career in banking with ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1987 as Senior Auditor and thereafter worked his way up to the level of Country Treasurer and Strategic Planning Manager. In 1997, he was commissioned as Head of Global Islamic Finance and Director of Global Structured Finance by ANZ Investment Bank, London, to create an entire suite of Islamic financial products. He has acted as CEO of Emirates Global Islamic Bank from 2005 to 2010. Previously, he worked with Dubai Investment Group, Dubai, with a mandate of building Islamic finance capabilities, such as starting a listed Takaful company and creating an Islamic European Property fund.
Mr. Husain is a Chartered Accountant of Pakistan, Canada, England & Wales, and an MBA from New York University, Canada.