Yaseen Anwar

Yaseen Anwar had a long international banking career at Chase Manhattan Bank, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch before joining the State Bank of Pakistan, where he served as Deputy Governor from 2007 and as Governor from October 2011 to January 2014. He later advised the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China in Singapore and Pakistan (2014-2020), founded the consultancy Yaseen Anwar & Associates, and became a Senior Banking Policy Advisor to the World Bank/IFC on sustainable banking in Pakistan. He holds a BSc in Economics and a BA in Political Science from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Anwar was a panellist at Mare Forum Singapore in 2015 and 2016, and at the 5th Maritime Singapore forum in 2019.