Muhammad Nassir Salim, President & CEO – HBL, (standing 3rd from left), and Irfan Bukhari, CEO & President – EXIM Bank, (Standing 5th from left), exchange MoUs. at EXIM Bank’s Head Office in Islamabad, in the presence of senior officials from both organizations.
The C.E.O. & President – EXIM Bank, Mr. Irfan Bukhari, participated as a panelist in the “Ramping Up Exports” seminar organised by Humanex, in Karachi. The C.E.O. provided an overview of the creation of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), their mandate and how EXIM Banks support local exporters in their aspirations to grow their exports.
By Katharine Morton
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C.E.O. & President – EXIM Bank, Mr. Irfan Bukhari’s interview by TXF News. Hear it from the man himself about the road leading up to the successful launch of the institute, its current engagements and what’s next in the near future, in his first official interview after the agency’s inauguration.
ISLAMABAD, Thursday, 21st of December, 2023: Export-Import Bank of Pakistan (EXIM Bank), established by the Government of Pakistan (G.o.P.) through the Export-Import Bank of Pakistan Act, 2022 (XXII of 2022), after being granted Permission for Commencement of Business by the State Bank of Pakistan.
Export-Import Bank of Pakistan (EXIM), JS Bank Limited (JSBL) and Climate Resource Coordination Cell (CRCC) signed a Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on October 25, 2022. The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate in developing a programme for greening Pakistan’s exports across multiple sectors and tap into international climate finance opportunities to fund the programme.
EXIM Bank of Pakistan (EXIM Bank), upholding its vision to strengthen Pakistan’s export base, has inked a tripartite MOU with The Bank of Punjab (BOP) and Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) under the Software Export Expansion Program (SWEEP), to provide Export Credit Insurance among other Financing and Banking facilities to software exporters.
EXIM Bank CEO Irfan Bukhari told the committee that the bill will play a key role in boosting the country’s exports and will also provide a level playing field to the exporters. The major aim of the bill is to provide material support to exporters in delivering their products to the international markets.
It’s an interesting time to be setting up a new export-oriented development financial institution, but Irfan Bukhari, President, and CEO of EXIM Bank of Pakistan is brim full of enthusiasm about the opportunity and his journey. Bukhari, a former stalwart of the IsDB Group, tells us about his aspirations for the development bank with a mission ‘supporting export growth through diversification’.