Mr. Hasan A Bilgrami, 45, has been elected as the President of the Institute for a period of three years i.e. 2009 to 2011. He is President & CEO of BankIslami Pakistan Limited. He is the first member from the financial sector to head a professional institute of accountants. Mr.Bilgrami brings to the Council almost 20 years of professional experience which includes nine years at Board level.

Mr. Bilgrami graduated in Commerce from Karachi University and is a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan and a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.

Mr. Hasan A. Bilgrami is the Founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of BankIslami. His association with BankIslami started as a consultant to the sponsoring shareholders right at the inception of the project where he was responsible for developing the business plan, arranging permissions, staffing and capital raising. Previously he worked as the Head of Asset Management with the National Investment Trust (NIT), as Country Manager Consumer Banking & Corporate Business with Gulf Commercial Bank (now PICIC Commercial Bank Limited) as General Manager Corporate Finance with ORIX Investment Bank and as Director and Head of Corporate Finance with Khalid Majid Husain Rahman, then a member firm of Deloitte & Touche.

He is a Director on the Board BankIslami's subsidiary, BankIslami Modaraba Investment Limited, KSB Pumps Limited as well as a Chairman of its Audit Committee, Haleeb Foods Limited, Institute of Capital Markets and Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance. He has also been a Director on boards of PICIC, Soneri Bank Limited, Crescent Commercial Bank Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited and National Refinery Limited.