AbidHussain
A304, Sonia Apartment, Plot No. 166 Block 3, P.E.C.H.S. Karachi.
E-mail: abid_pirani@hotmail.com
Tanzania Cell: +255-688102178 +255-712727386
Key Skills (21 years of banking experience)
Operations
Internal Control
Trade Finance
System Support/Integration
Centralization/Process re-engineering
Project Management
Working Experience
Mar 2013
Till now
Jan 2011
Jan 2012
Nov 2008
Jan 2011
Mar 2007
Nov 2008
UBL Bank (Tanzania) Ltd
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Faysal Bank Ltd – Pakistan
(RBS – Pakistan acquired by
Faysal Bank Ltd.)
Karachi, Pakistan
RBS – Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan
SAMBA Bank Ltd.
Karachi, Pakistan
Dec 2003
Mar 2007
Dec 2002
Dec 2003
Jan 1993
Dec 2002
Bank AL-Habib Ltd.
Karachi, Pakistan
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Singapore
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Karachi, Pakistan
Jan 1989
Dec 1993
Citibank N.A.
Karachi, Pakistan
Country Head of Operations
Senior Vice President II
Integration Project Manager
Vice President II
Integration & Separation Head – Business Services
Executive Vice President – Operations
 Head of Process & Fraud Control
 Operations Team Leader for Business Continuity
Plan & System Integration.
Assistant General Manager
Head of Business Process Re-engineering
Business Analyst / Consultant
Assistant Vice President
 Head of Cash & Transfers
 Head of Trade Finance
Cash Management Unit
Retail Banking Operations
Working Areas
General Banking Operations
UBL Bank (Tanzania) Ltd
Country Head of Operations
Started new operations in Tanzania was responsible for;
 Completion of branch to start operations.
 Procurement of systems and equipments.
 Contracts with vendors.
 Necessary approvals from Bank of Tanzania.
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Hiring staff.
Writing policies and procedures.
Target achieved and operations started in May 2013.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Cash & Transfer Department
 Dec 1993 – Joined as Head of Cash & Transfer. Responsible for
managing Cash, Remittances, Clearing, Collections etc.
 Project assigned to convert all manual processes into automated /
computerised environment. Appointed System Co-ordinator for
Operations – automated all functions i.e. cash handling, clearing &
collection, remittances & transfers, account opening & closing and
miscellaneous accounting entries. Goal Achieved in May 1994.
 Next task given – to write / update all operational procedures.
Main objective was to compile and standardise all processes while
incorporating Bank Policies, Head Office requirements and local
Central Bank regulations. Goal Achieved in Aug 1994.
 Completely involved in opening of new branch in Lahore and did
review of procedures after opening.
Trade Finance
Citibank N.A. Karachi – Pakistan
Cash Management Unit
 Started as an Assistant. Worked in Cash Management Unit: Major
functions being processing of Retail Banking products.
 In 1992 was promoted to Supervisor and made responsible for all
inward / outward remittances, local clearing & collection, local and
foreign currency term deposits, complete customer desk
maintenance.
 In addition, was responsible for Shares Subscription Desk – this
included receiving, scrutinizing and processing of all shares
subscription applications.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Assistant Vice President
Trade Finance Department
 Jan 2000 – (Unit Head Imports, Guarantees & Forward Cover)
Promoted as Assistant Vice President. Responsible for smooth
processing of transactions of all Pakistan Branches, update process
flows by applying re-engineering concepts, improve service quality,
enhance system capabilities, improve staff productivity, automate
manual process in Microsoft Excel/Access environment, closely
monitor the issues between all branches and provide solutions,
understand customer’s needs and provide solutions, prepare
various reporting for Region Office and Central Bank etc.
 Jan 1999 – Completely involved for Trade Centralisation in Karachi
Centralization/Process reengineering
Internal Control
for all Pakistan Branches. Major responsibilities were to suggest
modifications required in T.A.S.K. systems and to design process
flow in centralised environment. Target achieved in Mar 99.
 Jan 1997 – Promoted as Manager and transferred to Import
Department as Unit Head. Made major enhancement into the inhouse developed system “T.A.S.K.”
 Jan 1996 – Transferred to Trade Finance. Here I was given the
responsibility of updating the in-house system for Trade Finance
(related to Exports) and co-ordinate with Islamabad and Lahore
Branches to implement “T.A.S.K.” changes. In addition, headed the
Exports Department. Goal achieved in Dec 1996.
Bank AL-Habib Ltd.
Assistant General Manager
Head of Business Process Re-engineering.
 Assigned responsibility to centralized Account Opening, Cheque
Book Issuance, Remittances, and Trade Finance for all Pakistan
Branches. Target achieved successfully.
 Simultaneously is responsible to apply re-engineering
methodology on different banking products. The process includes
review of product, suggest changes and implement.
SAMBA Bank Ltd.
Executive Vice President
Head of Process & Fraud Control
Operations Team Leader for Business Continuity Plan & System
Integration.
 Process Control Unit
 Fraud Control Unit
 Business Process Re-engineering Unit
 Reconciliation Unit
Responsible for the overview of the operations and technology areas.
Also responsible for the design and implementation of new
procedures and the review of existing ones to ensure compliance with
Bank’s Policy including AML/SBP/Prudential regulations as stipulated
by Central Bank. Responsible for identification of issues with business
processes and/or coordinating and monitoring corrective action.
Coordinating responses and tracking relevant Audit points. Defining
Operations control policies and ensuring policy adherence.
Management of relationship with other control departments such as
Finance and Audit. Perform role of Business Representative for
Operations within Business Continuity Programme. Assist with
analysis of operations procedures, processes, and problems and
thereby identify areas for automation or improved workflow. Review
workflow to evaluate effectiveness and propose system changes to
improve productivity, and interact with staff in analysing existing
operational procedures and interpreting how client needs can be
better met.
RBS Pakistan
 Transition Risk – Business Services. Responsible for identifying
potential risks during transition phase for entire Business Services
(i.e. Operations & Technology), suggest mitigations/actions,
monitor and track closures.
 Branch Spot Review – Special Branch review project for all 79
branches during transition, lead the review team, prepared smart
review checklist, identifying high risk areas, suggest resolution and
track for closure.
System Support/Enhancement
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Business Analyst / Consultant
 Working for ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Singapore & Chennai for
implementation of BankTrad (Global Trade Finance System)
throughout
Asia
region.
Responsible
to
review
Products/Procedures
and
identify
gaps.
Suggest
workaround/changes as per country’s specific requirement;
prepare Business Document and Business Test Cases.
 Compile issues/gaps raised during testing. Suggest solutions and
escalate changes/enhancements if required.
 Additionally responsible to review Business Test Cases for Middle
East and Far East region. Identify unique scenarios needs to be
tested other then the standard test cases.
Other System Projects
 Shares Floatation, Citibank N.A., Karachi – Involved to develop a
system based on FoxPro & DBASE to assist the floatation of shares
and its subsequent processing and administration work.
 Staff Loan, Citibank N.A., Karachi – Involved in developing a system
for loans granted by multinational companies to their employees.
This system was also based on FoxPro.
 T.C.S.S. (Teller Client Services System), ABN AMRO Karachi –
Operations co-ordinator for designing, testing and training to staff.
 T.A.S.K. (Trade Application System Kernel), ABN AMRO Karachi –
Operations co-ordinator for enhancing existing applications and
testing.
 T.C.S.S., ABN AMRO Nairobi, Kenya – Visited Nairobi office to carry
out an analysis for customising the existing system to meet their
requirements.
 T.A.S.K.,
ABN AMRO Bahrain – Visited Bahrain office for
demonstration of system and to workout the changes /
enhancement according to their requirements.
 SMOOTH PC, ABN AMRO HongKong – Visited HongKong office to
analyse and prepare report to adopt SMOOTH PC System (Trade
Project Management
Finance Package in electronic environment).
 S.W.I.F.T. Interface – Completely involved in creating interface
between T.C.S.S. and S.W.I.F.T.
 S.W.I.F.T. Interface – Completely involved in designing forms to
create interface between T.A.S.K. and S.W.I.F.T.
 Bank Contract Module (For processing Import transactions without
opening of Letter of Credit) in T.A.S.K. – Prepared (BRD) Business
Requirements Document, completely involved in testing, training
and implementation.
Faysal Bank Ltd
Symbols upgrade and TCSS migration project.
RBS Pakistan
SCORE Replacement Project –The project is to migrate from CORE
Banking Application (SCORE) and develop the same functionality in inhouse developed system (TCSS). Responsible for managing the entire
project i.e. development, UAT, Parallel Run and GO LIVE.
Branch Spot Review – Special Branch review project for all 79
branches during transition, lead the review team, prepared smart
review checklist, identifying high risk areas, suggest resolution and
track for closure.
SAMBA Bank Ltd
Core Banking system replacement Project.
Bank Al-Habib Ltd.
Archiving Data and Electronic File Management Project.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
S.W.I.F.T. Implementation Project
Course/Workshop attended
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Fundamentals of Life and Health Insurance, August 1989 – Life Office Management Association
(LOMA).
CitiSelling by Phone, June 1993 – Citibank N.A., Karachi.
Basic Service Skills, Sept 1995 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
Presentation Skills, Aug 1997 – Training 2000, Karachi.
Payments, Collection & Documentary Credits, June 1997 – S.W.I.F.T. Bahrain.
Documentary Credits, Nov 1997 – ABN AMRO Academy, Amsterdam, Holland.
Service ServiceService, Sep 98 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
Individual Recognition Workshop, July 99 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
Workshop on Re-engineering, Nov 99 – Pakistan Institute of Management.
Introduction to Computer Programming, Dec 99 – FCCS, Karachi.
Trade Finance Structuring & Solutions, August 2000 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
Leadership Excellence, September 2000 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
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Executive Training on Microsoft Access, November 2000 – APIIT (Asia Pacific Institute of Information
Technology), Karachi.
Time Management Workshop, December 2000 – ABN AMRO Bank, Karachi.
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Workshop on Professional Empowerment – March 2001 – KZR, Karachi.
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Workshop on Motivation, Coaching and Delegation – August 2001 – KZR, Karachi.
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Date of Birth
13-Aug-1963
Education
Commerce Graduate from University of Karachi.