Ms. Zeeba Ansar joined the Board as an independent non-executive director in April 2020. She is also the Chairperson of the Human Resource & Remuneration Committee of the Company. She has over 28 years of private and corporate banking experience. She earned her Bachelor’s in economics and statistics from the University of Punjab and then completed her MBA in marketing and finance at the Institute of Business Administration. In her career as a banker, she has worked with Deutsche Bank AG as Manager Corporate Banking Department and Faysal Bank as Senior Vice President and Corporate Head-South. She then joined UBL as Executive Vice President and Regional Corporate Head-South and retained the position for 10 years. Her most recent professional engagement was with NIB Bank as Group Head-Corporate and Investment Banking where she worked till 2017. She is an independent director on the Board of Directors of Cherat Cement Company Limited and SAMBA Bank Limited respectively. Additionally, she is a member of Board Risk Committee of SAMBA Bank Limited and she is also the Chairperson of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee of SAMBA Bank Limited. Ms. Zeeba Ansar is a certified director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.