Deutsche Bank appoints Syed Ali Haider Zaidi as Chief Country Officer for Pakistan
Deutsche Bank today announces the appointment of Syed Ali Haider Zaidi as Chief Country Officer (CCO) for Pakistan, effective today.
Ali brings over 25 years of banking experience across Corporate, Commercial, Investment, and Institutional Banking. He joins from Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited, where he most recently served as Executive Director and Country Head of Global Subsidiaries business. Over the course of his career, Ali has held senior leadership roles within Pakistan’s financial sector, managing strategic client relationships, leading diverse coverage teams across key regions, and delivering complex financing solutions for sovereign, corporate, and institutional clients.
Based in Karachi, Ali will act as Deutsche Bank’s senior representative in Pakistan, overseeing the franchise across both Karachi and Lahore branches. He will be responsible for managing key regulatory and stakeholder relationships, ensuring strong governance and strategic alignment, and guiding the bank’s client coverage teams. In addition, he will lead the Front Office Relationship Management, Advisory, and Servicing teams, driving a coordinated and client-focused approach across the franchise.
Commenting on the appointment, Jamal Al Kishi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Middle East & Africa (MEA), said: “Ali’s strong leadership credentials, depth of experience, and proven track record of building trusted partnerships make him exceptionally well placed to lead Deutsche Bank’s franchise in Pakistan. His appointment underscores our continued commitment to supporting our clients in Pakistan with world-class solutions and strengthening our presence in this important market.”
Deutsche Bank established its first presence in Pakistan 63 years ago, in 1962. Today, the bank employs nearly 100 staff across its Karachi and Lahore branches. With a strong local presence, Deutsche Bank offers Pakistan-based clients a comprehensive suite of Corporate and Investment Bank products and services, including trade finance, corporate cash management, custody, foreign exchange, fixed income sales and trading, and treasury solutions. In addition, the franchise provides corporate finance solutions, M&A advisory, debt and equity capital markets products, and structured trade finance solutions.
This release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they include statements about our beliefs and expectations and the assumptions underlying them. These statements are based on plans, estimates and projections as they are currently available to the management of Deutsche Bank. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could therefore cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
Such factors include the conditions in the financial markets in Germany, in Europe, in the United States and elsewhere from which we derive a substantial portion of our revenues and in which we hold a substantial portion of our assets, the development of asset prices and market volatility, potential defaults of borrowers or trading counterparties, the implementation of our strategic initiatives, the reliability of our risk management policies, procedures and methods, and other risks referenced in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Such factors are described in detail in our SEC Form 20-F of 13 March 2025 under the heading “Risk Factors”. Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from www.db.com/ir.
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Deutsche Bank today announces the appointment of Syed Ali Haider Zaidi as Chief Country Officer (CCO) for Pakistan, effective today.
Ali brings over 25 years of banking experience across Corporate, Commercial, Investment, and Institutional Banking. He joins from Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited, where he most recently served as Executive Director and Country Head of Global Subsidiaries business. Over the course of his career, Ali has held senior leadership roles within Pakistan’s financial sector, managing strategic client relationships, leading diverse coverage teams across key regions, and delivering complex financing solutions for sovereign, corporate, and institutional clients.
Based in Karachi, Ali will act as Deutsche Bank’s senior representative in Pakistan, overseeing the franchise across both Karachi and Lahore branches. He will be responsible for managing key regulatory and stakeholder relationships, ensuring strong governance and strategic alignment, and guiding the bank’s client coverage teams. In addition, he will lead the Front Office Relationship Management, Advisory, and Servicing teams, driving a coordinated and client-focused approach across the franchise.
Commenting on the appointment, Jamal Al Kishi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Middle East & Africa (MEA), said: “Ali’s strong leadership credentials, depth of experience, and proven track record of building trusted partnerships make him exceptionally well placed to lead Deutsche Bank’s franchise in Pakistan. His appointment underscores our continued commitment to supporting our clients in Pakistan with world-class solutions and strengthening our presence in this important market.”
Deutsche Bank established its first presence in Pakistan 63 years ago, in 1962. Today, the bank employs nearly 100 staff across its Karachi and Lahore branches. With a strong local presence, Deutsche Bank offers Pakistan-based clients a comprehensive suite of Corporate and Investment Bank products and services, including trade finance, corporate cash management, custody, foreign exchange, fixed income sales and trading, and treasury solutions. In addition, the franchise provides corporate finance solutions, M&A advisory, debt and equity capital markets products, and structured trade finance solutions.
For further information, please contact:
Deutsche Bank AG
Press & Media Relations
Mohanad Nahas
E-Mail: mohanad.nahas@db.com
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Disclaimers and disclosures
This release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts; they include statements about our beliefs and expectations and the assumptions underlying them. These statements are based on plans, estimates and projections as they are currently available to the management of Deutsche Bank. Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.
By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could therefore cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
Such factors include the conditions in the financial markets in Germany, in Europe, in the United States and elsewhere from which we derive a substantial portion of our revenues and in which we hold a substantial portion of our assets, the development of asset prices and market volatility, potential defaults of borrowers or trading counterparties, the implementation of our strategic initiatives, the reliability of our risk management policies, procedures and methods, and other risks referenced in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Such factors are described in detail in our SEC Form 20-F of 13 March 2025 under the heading “Risk Factors”. Copies of this document are readily available upon request or can be downloaded from www.db.com/ir.