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Zafar Masud is the President & CEO of Bank of Punjab and Chairman of Oil & Gas Development Company Limited.

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00:00 Introduction
02:23 Early Life
03:00 Growing Up as an Actor's Son
04:23 Living in the Public Eye
08:31 From Artistic Roots to Banking
12:18 Family History
17:48 Socioeconomic Classes as Mindset
23:11 His Education
25:39 The Story of Getting into IBA
35:29 How it went?
38:00 Joining American Express
41:02 Why Chartered Accountancy?
44:01 Experience at American Express
45:15 Importance of Emotional Expression for Men
46:50 Father’s Health Scare & Moving to Lahore
48:07 Joining Citi Bank Pakistan
48:52 Career Progression
49:52 Working Non-Stop
53:00 Taking up a New Role in Barclays
54:29 Working with Different People
56:51 Pakistani Diaspora Abroad: A Soft Power?
1:01:47 Starting a New Venture
1:04:08 Becoming a Board Member at the State Bank of Pakistan
1:06:14 Switching to National Savings
1:07:26 Transitioning to Government Service
1:10:54 What happened next & getting into BOP
1:16:15 BOP's Changes Under Him
1:22:20 The Purpose of Public Sector Banks
1:27:43 Privatization of State-Owned Entities
1:31:13 Letting Go of Profitable Entities & Managing Revenue Guzzlers
1:36:13 Will the ‘Single Buyer Model’ change?
1:41:16 Surviving a Plane Crash
1:44:13 Survivors Guilt
1:46:38 Learnings from it
1:49:40 Life After the Crash: Shifts in Relationships?
1:54:03 Tax Collection, Money Printing & Fiscal Stability
2:02:58 The Flaws in the System
2:04:49 Solving the Pension Problem
2:11:01 ‘White’ Economy, GDP Projections & Data Insights
2:18:10 Analyzing Dollar Flows
2:21:00 Discussing Taxation in Detail
2:31:31 Wealth Tax
2:34:25 Inheritance Tax
2:35:19 Why is this important?
2:37:10 Are Banks Really Rentseekers?
2:42:43 Demonetization: Would it work in Pakistan?
2:47:02 His Perspective on the Future of Currency
2:59:15 Pakistan of 2050

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