Mr. Laiq Shah “Laiq” has done Master in Economics from International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan. And Bachelors in Economics and Statistics from Peshawar University, Pakistan. He has More than 10 Years of Banking experience mainly in Risk Management, Operational Risk, Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Active Management of Investments, Passive Management of Investments, Performance Measurement and Reporting, Indexation, Enhanced Indexation, Risk Modeling such as PVO1, Duration, Convexity, Altman Z-Score, Fixed Market Investment. He has completed CFA Level 1 from Chartered Financial Institute US. He Obtained certificates from The World Bank and IMF in the fields of Risk Management, Portfolio Investment, Performance and Measurement, Indexation and Risk Modeling. He has worked with The Central Bank of Afghanistan (DAB) as a Senior Risk Manager for 9 Years, and currently working as Chief Risk Officer at Ghazanfar Bank. Moreover, he is a Visiting Faculty and Visiting Trainer at University and Professional Banking Institute respectively.

Mr. Latifi is an experienced compliance and anti-financial crime professional with over nine years of experience focusing on financial crime, AML/CFT, Sanctions, regulatory compliance, business risk advisory, and commercial banking. Previously, he served in several compliance positions with national and foreign banks in Afghanistan.

He holds a bachelor`s degree in financial management and currently pursuing MBA from Kardan University. Mr. Latifi is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist from ACAMS-US, AML/KYC with distinction & Certified in Financial Crime Compliance.

He is a member of the Afghanistan Bankers Association and Toronto Compliance & AML Enterprise, Canada.

Additionally; he obtained various certificates in financial crime, international compliance, enterprise-wide risk assessment, fraud prevention, internal investigations, and many more from international institutions. Moreover, he is a visiting trainer at different financial institutes respectively.