Ahmed Baqar Rehman has over 30 years of experience with multinational banks in senior management roles including the role of a Chief Executive. He was also entrusted with the responsibility of managing the wholesale business and risks. These experiences covered different geographies in the Asian region, the Middle East and Africa.
In his last role as CEO of Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia (subsidiary of one of the largest Islamic Banking Groups in the world), he set up a Greenfield project in Malaysia with complete embedded Wholesale, Retail and Investment Banking strategies. Within five (5) years in operations, the bank established 24 branches spread across the country, an enviable customer base of 200,000 and an approximate balance sheet size of $ 2 billion. The bank was profitable for the last three (3) consecutive years of his tenure. The bank also won several awards in this short period since inception.
