Meheriar M Hasan
Chairperson
Meheriar M. Hasan was appointed as a Director to the Board of BRAC Saajan Exchange Limited in August 2024. He was appointed as Nominated Director to the Board of BRAC Bank PLC. in October 2020. Afterward, he was elected as Chairperson of BRAC Bank PLC. on May 30, 2023. Mr. Hasan is a global thought leader, an innovator, and a voice of authority in the realm of financial services industry. He brings with him over 36 years of rich experience in breakthrough innovation and pathbreaking disruption, building direct/digital distribution channels to generate new profit sources at some of the world’s largest financial institutions.
He possesses an unparalleled track record in enabling businesses to accelerate profitable growth through design thinking and building multi-channel sales/ service processes and platforms. Mr. Hasan founded Terafina Inc, a leading digital omnichannel sales solution provider in financial services. He also served as Senior Advisor to McKinsey from 2012 to 2014 and was a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Hasan holds a Master of Science in Finance, Master of Arts in Economics, and Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona.
Some of Meheriar M. Hasan’s distinguished engagements include: As the Founder he defined the vision and led the building of Terafina, which was ranked amongst the top two fintech disruptors by Celent. Terafina was acquired by NCR Corporation in February 2021. As Executive Vice President of Digital Banking at U.S. Bank, he led the build-out of one of the largest digital banking businesses in the country in record time. The digital channel ranked first in over customer experience by Keynote, a third-party benchmark. As Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo, he designed and developed one of the largest direct-to-consumer/ digital lending channels in the financial services industry. He led the Product & Engineering for Digital Insight, the largest online banking application service provider in the US to serve credit unions and small/mid-sized banks. At Transamerica, as head of Sales and Marketing he pioneered the first private-labelled direct-to-consumer channel in the insurance industry, fully integrated with independent agencies and business back-office operations.
Over his long and resplendent career, Mr. Hasan also served as a Board member on the board of bKash Limited and across other prominent companies such as Toyota Financial Savings Bank and Mechanics Bank.