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Aamir Arshad is the Group Head of Business Planning & New Initiatives at Allied Bank Limited, one of Pakistan's leading commercial banks. A chartered accountant by background, he specialises in strategic planning, business transformation, and driving innovation-led banking initiatives, shaping the bank's growth strategies and new business directions.
Aamir Arshad is the Group Head of Business Planning & New Initiatives at Allied Bank Limited, one of Pakistan's leading commercial banking institutions, with a strong national footprint and a growing digital financial services ecosystem. A chartered accountant by training, he specialises in strategic planning, business transformation, and driving innovation-led banking initiatives, playing a key role in shaping the bank's growth strategies and new business directions.
In his role, Aamir is responsible for designing and executing strategic business plans that align with Allied Bank's long-term vision. His work focuses on identifying new growth opportunities, developing innovative financial products, and ensuring that business initiatives stay aligned with market trends and customer needs. His expertise spans business model development, innovation strategy, operational planning, and cross-functional execution, bringing structure and rigour to the bank's forward-looking agenda.
Aamir has built his career over more than a decade at Allied Bank, progressing through senior finance and planning roles before taking on his current group-level mandate in 2024. His earlier positions included leadership of financial control across the bank's commercial and retail banking group and responsibility for budgeting and planning, giving him deep institutional knowledge and a strong foundation in financial management. A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), he combines accounting discipline with strategic insight.
Throughout his career in the banking sector, Aamir has contributed to shaping initiatives that strengthen institutional performance and improve service delivery. His leadership approach emphasises structured planning, data-driven decision-making, and sustainable growth, qualities well-suited to leading transformation and new-initiative work within a major commercial bank. Through this blend of financial expertise and strategic foresight, he continues to help position Allied Bank for long-term, innovation-led growth.
Aamir Arshad is the Group Head of Business Planning & New Initiatives at Allied Bank Limited, one of Pakistan's leading commercial banks. A chartered accountant (ICAP) with over a decade at the bank, progressing from budgeting and planning to divisional head of financial control before his current group-level role, he specialises in strategic planning, business transformation, and innovation-led initiatives. He designs and executes strategic business plans, identifies growth opportunities, and develops innovative financial products, with a leadership approach built on structured planning, data-driven decision-making, and sustainable growth.
Aamir Arshad is the Group Head of Business Planning & New Initiatives at Allied Bank Limited, a chartered accountant and senior banking executive specialising in strategic planning, business transformation, and innovation.
He designs and executes strategic business plans aligned with the bank's long-term vision, identifying growth opportunities, developing innovative financial products, and leading new business initiatives.
He has spent over a decade at Allied Bank, progressing through roles including Divisional Head of Financial Control and Budgeting & Planning Manager, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).
His expertise spans strategic planning, business transformation, business model development, innovation strategy, operational planning, and cross-functional execution.
Allied Bank Limited is one of Pakistan's largest commercial banks, founded in 1942 and part of the Ibrahim Group, offering retail, corporate, Islamic, and digital banking services.
His approach emphasises structured planning, data-driven decision-making, and sustainable growth.
