Yasir holds a Bachelor’s degree in IT from NUST (Pakistan) and a Masters in Finance from University of Bedfordshire, UK, and has extensive experience managing Islamic microfinance programmes, including development and deployment of innovative and award winning Islamic financial products.
Yasir was previously appointed by the Ministry of Finance of Pakistan to the Committee for the development of the Prime Minister’s Interest Free Loan scheme, which aimed to provide over £300m in social finance over a period of five years. He has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Wasil Foundation, where he developed innovative products including a Master Salam product, for which the Wasil Foundation won the CGAP ‘Islamic Microfinance Challenge’ in 2014. Yasir has also worked with microfinance in west, east and southern Africa.