Shaukat Aziz

Born at Karachi, 6th March 1949.

Early education at Saint Patrick's School, Karachi and Abbottabad Public School, Abbottabad.

Graduated (B.Sc) in 1967 from Gordon College, Rawalpindi

Obtained MBA Degree in 1969 from Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi.

Started his career in 1969 when he joined Citibank, Karachi. Moved overseas in 1975 and has since served in serval countries inculding the Philippines, Jordan, Greece, USA, UK, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. His assignments including Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for the Asia Pacific Region; Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; Corporate Planning Officer, Citicorp; Managing Director, Saudi American Bank; and Global Head, Private Banking for Citigroup. He was appointed Executive Vice President of Citibank in 1992 and has had 30 years of experience in global finance and international banking.

Mr. Aziz is a frequent speaker on international finance and has attended numerous forums, seminars and conferences on international finance as well as attended management courses at several universities. He has been a member of the Board of several Citibank owned entities including Saudi American Bank, Citi Islamic Bank as well as several non-profit organizations.

In November, 1999 Mr. Aziz was appointed as Pakistan's Minister of Finance with responsibility for Finance, Economic Affairs, Statistics, Planning and Development and Revenue Divisions. As Minister of Finance, Mr. Aziz is also Chairman of Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet, Chairman, Executive Committe of National Economic Council and Chairman, Cabinet Committee on Privatization. "Euromoney" and "Bankers Magazine" has declared him as the Finance Minister of the year 2001. The democratically elected Government of Prime Minister Jamali has also retained him as Finance Minster which indicates continuation of Financial and Economic Reforms Agenda. Mr. Aziz was elected Senator in 2002.

Mr. Aziz enjoys golf, music and art. He is married with three children.