Head of Internal Audit
Mr. Waseem Ahmed Hashmi is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and also holds degrees in Islamic Banking and Law. He is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Mr. Waseem brings with him 25 years of experience in the field of Internal and external audit including 8 years as a Group Internal Auditor of ABN AMRO /Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), where he was instrumental in conducting various audits within and outside Pakistan. He has also served EY Pakistan, Faysal Bank and HBL. During his professional career, Mr. Hashmi played a pivotal role in developing and implementing the risk-based audits. While heading the Shari’ah audit function at Faysal Bank, he had conducted various sensitive investigations and recommended various mitigating controls to strengthen the control environment. In his last assignment at HBL as a Head Islamic Audit, he had set up an Internal Islamic Audit & Shari’ah Audit Department within the internal audit function and worked closely with the Islamic Banking Management and Shari’ah Board.
Mr. Hashmi has attended various local and international trainings, courses and seminars on COSO Framework, International Standards on Islamic Banking, Accounting & Auditing standards, Tax Laws and Audit Methodology.
