Mr. Aziz Durrani joined AMRO in 2021 and currently leads AMRO’s technical assistance function, overseeing the provision of capacity development and technical assistance programs to the central banks and ministries of finance of ASEAN+3 member economies.
He has over 23 years of experience in international banking, finance, and financial sector regulation. His areas of expertise include banking supervision, financial stability, stress testing, liquidity risk management, cross-border payment and settlement systems, and regulatory policy development.
Prior to joining AMRO, Mr. Durrani was a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at The SEACEN Centre in Kuala Lumpur from 2016 to 2021, where he provided technical assistance and delivered training programs to central banks and regulatory authorities across Asia. Earlier, he served as a Senior Technical Specialist at the Bank of England from 2009 to 2016, leading wholesale banking stress testing initiatives, conducting asset quality and non-performing loan reviews, and contributing to the expansion of the Bank’s liquidity regime.
Before entering the public sector, he held positions at Andersen Business Consulting, Standard Chartered Bank, and Lloyds Banking Group, covering strategy consulting, syndicated lending, asset and liability management, and leveraged finance restructuring.
Mr. Durrani holds a degree in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, and a Master of Science in Computing for Industry from Imperial College London. He is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics.