2006
Year founded
500 +
Number of employees
beyond the fray of East London ’ s stifling environment , and still with the ideal of ethical banking practices in mind , he began to formulate his purpose , saying : “ I paused to think about what it was that I really wanted to do , and one of those things was to not allow for another child to worry about the problems that I worried about , which meant helping to make access to financing more inclusive . Obviously , social impact is very important to me . More thematically , I felt that financial services were not really providing what they could or should do to society .” He then left Accenture so he could dedicate his career to inclusive banking , particularly Islamic banking .
By his mid-thirties and disillusioned with the direction of banking , Islamic banking and his ability to influence change , Oz openly looked to leave the industry . When he was 36 years old , Oz received a phone call to apply for the CEO role at HSBC Amanah ( the Islamic banking subsidiary of HSBC , based in Malaysia ), in which his subsequent application was successful . He says , “ the gentleman
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