Syed Ali Raza is a Pakistani businessman and author. He became the President of the National Bank of Pakistan, being the longest serving President of the bank up to that point, and has also worked at the North African branch of Bank of America. Biography Raza was born to Syed Hashim Raza. He graduated from London School of Economics with Bachelor of Science in economics. He also holds a Master of Science in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School and a graduate degree from Karachi Institute of Business Administration. While serving as the President of the National Bank of Pakistan, Raza eliminated over 3,000 jobs and closed 250 branches, raising the bank's profits and lowering its bad loans. In 2006, BusinessWeek included Raza in their list of the "25 Stars of Asia", ranking him among the top 4 financiers in Asia. Raza has also been given a Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan, the highest award a citizen can receive. Raza resigned from his post in 2012 for unstated reasons. References External links National Bank of Pakistan Living people Pakistani businesspeople Alumni of the London School of Economics Pakistani bankers Sadiq Public School alumni Pakistani financiers Alumni of Bayes Business School Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz