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_: PROFILE OF RIZWAN ALI HAMDANI, COUNTRY MANAGER-PAKISTAN, XPRESS MONEY
Mr. Rizwan Ali Hamdani, Country Manager-Pakistan, has been a part of the Xpress Money family for almost a decade, successfully undertaking assignments both in the UAE and Pakistan. Rizwan is a home grown talent whose work is fuelled with passion to drive Xpress Money to the No. 1 position in Pakistan. Through the years, Rizwan, who believes in building sustainable relationships, has been responsible for progressively expanding Xpress Money's operations in Pakistan through partnerships with various financial institutions such as NBP, UBL, MCB, BOP, 3S Bank, BOK, DIB, Tameer Microfinance Bank, PPCBL, Summit Bank, KASB, Telenor and Ufone amongst others over the past few years.
Previously, Rizwan Ali Hamdani was based in the UAE and was responsible for monitoring and controlling the remittance operations of Pakistan as part of the Xpress Money Support Department.
He always believes in confronting challenges and converting them into opportunities by proving innovative solutions to tackle them. One of his remarkable achievements would include a 25 percent increase in the growth of inward remittance business to Pakistan in 2012 as compared to 2006. He also drove a number of partnerships in Pakistan associating with 11 banks and two mobile service providers catapulting the brand to the number one position among all the money transfer companies present in the country.
Rizwan Ali Hamdani holds a Masters in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Al-Khair University and a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Patrick's Government College, Karachi, when not passionately pursuing his Xpress Money dream, Rizwan likes to take time out to spend with his family.
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