Rizwan Jawaid
Sr Director - Key Accounts
The move
MoveHSBC → Visa
TitleDirector, Retail Banking & Wealth Management → Sr Director - Key Accounts
LocationKuala Lumpur → Riyadh
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Malaysia → Saudi Arabia
Years in UAE11.7
Total experience25.2 years
Visa headcount10,001+ employees
Visa industryIT Services and IT Consulting
Visa HQFoster City, California
Visa typePublic Company
Career arc
- Sr Director - Key AccountsSep 2025 — Present
Visa· Riyadh, Saudi Arabia· Full-time - Head of Digital Partnerships - GCCJul 2023 — Aug 2025Visa· Full-time
- Senior Director - Solutions Delivery - GCCJan 2019 — Jun 2023Visa· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Senior Business Leader - Dubai & Northern EmiratesAug 2013 — Dec 2018Visa· Dubai· Full-time
- Director, Retail Banking & Wealth ManagementOct 2011 — Aug 2013
HSBC· Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Head of Consumer FinanceAug 2010 — Sep 2011
SABB· Riyadh - Head of Amanah PFSNov 2009 — Aug 2010SABB· Riyadh
- Senior Manager, CardsOct 2006 — Oct 2009SABB· Riyadh
- Associate Director, Cards & Consumer FinanceSep 2004 — Sep 2006HSBC· Dubai & London
- Product Manager - Cards2001 — 2004
Citigroup - Deputy Project Manager - ITS2000 — 2001
Siemens
Education
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi1988 — 1990
- IBAMaster of Business Administration (MBA) · MIS1992 — 1994
Languages
- English · Full professional
- Urdu · Full professional
Top skills
Retail BankingBankingFinTechIslamic FinanceCredit CardsWealth Management
About
I have an impeccable track-record with Visa, HSBC & Citigroup. I have setup very successful financial payments business in the emerging markets. Currently focusing on enabling Fintechs across GCC based out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Visa l, I was based in Malaysia where I led the expansion of HSBC Amanah’s Retail Bank.