ARSALAAN AHMED
TITLE : CEO INDUSTRY : FINANCE LOCATION : MALAYSIA
EXECUTIVE BIO
My name is Arsalaan Ahmed , people call me Oz . I ’ m the CEO of Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia and my role is to work with the great team that we have in order to forward the bank strategy , keep really strong governance and to keep our culture strong and growing .
For our business , what we do is that we provide a place that customers can keep their money safe and they can transact with their money . At the same time , we offer financial services back to customers as well in terms of financing and other financial services to really help them in their journey . The important part of what we do as an Islamic bank is that we only do things that are good for individuals and society .
Our business strategy in the past has been focused on corporate and retail business in traditional banking methods . We will continue to do that and services our customers . But as we go into the future , we ’ re also launching a digital bank that will give the best-in-class digital experience and a broad range of products and services .
The current projects that the bank is working on : firstly , it ’ s on ensuring our existing corporate and retail business are doing incrementally better at servicing our customers . Secondly , we ’ re focused on sustainability , where we ’ re trying to align our business activities more closely with the concept of triple bottom line , which is not just about economic prospects of profits of prosperity , but also in terms of impact on people or society and impact on the planet or environment . And our third major project is around developing and delivering a best-in-class digital bank that will be best-in-class for Malaysia , and potentially also in Asia , servicing retail customers who are mass and mass affluent , as well as SME customers .
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