Shoukat Bizinjo, a former central banker and current Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Simpaisa has formally announced his candidacy for the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi Board of Governors on the alumni seat, positioning his campaign around service, stewardship, and institutional strengthening. With close to three decades of experience spanning public sector governance, digital finance regulation, and technology policy, he is seeking support from fellow alumni to contribute to the strategic oversight of one of Pakistan’s leading business schools and to help align academic priorities with the evolving needs of the digital economy.
Bizinjo brings more than 28 years of experience at State Bank of Pakistan, where he worked across central banking, digital transformation, regulation, and technology governance, contributing to the development of secure and interoperable digital payment infrastructure. During his tenure, he engaged with a wide spectrum of financial sector initiatives including FinTech enablement, electronic money institutions, payment systems, open banking, regulatory sandboxes, cybersecurity frameworks, cloud adoption, and technology risk management. He has also represented Pakistan on international policy and regulatory platforms such as Alliance for Financial Inclusion, Bank for International Settlements, Digital Frontiers Institute, and Global Blockchain Business Council. In addition, he holds formal board training credentials as a Certified Director from Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance, reinforcing what he describes as board-level readiness in institutional reform, risk oversight, and governance practices.
Currently leading regulatory affairs at a multinational fintech, Bizinjo oversees multi-jurisdictional compliance and cybersecurity matters while continuing to advocate for financial inclusion, consumer protection, and women’s economic empowerment. He also serves as an honorary member of IBA’s business school community and has been involved in visiting faculty engagements focused on FinTech and digital finance. In his campaign message, he notes that his professional journey is closely tied to personal experience, having grown up in a rural and underprivileged background. He says these early challenges shaped his emphasis on humility, resilience, and the belief that access to education and opportunity should not be limited by circumstance. He credits IBA with playing a transformative role in his own life through merit-based access and now aims to give back through structured governance and alumni service.
If elected, Bizinjo plans to focus on five broad priorities. These include strengthening human rights and inclusion with specific attention to women’s empowerment; advancing future-ready education in areas such as AI, FinTech, cybersecurity, data science, and quantum technologies; reinforcing governance, transparency, and institutional integrity at the board level; and building deeper alumni engagement through mentorship, career pathways, and industry connections. He has proposed institutionalizing alumni-led sub-committees under the Board of Governors to support curriculum relevance, innovation, diversity initiatives, entrepreneurship linkages, and global research collaboration. Another core objective is to bridge academia, industry, and public policy so that graduates are better prepared for Pakistan’s rapidly digitizing financial and technology sectors.
The IBA alumni election is scheduled to take place from 3rd to 6th February 2026. Alumni who wish to vote are required to register by emailing alumni@iba.edu.pk with their name, year of graduation, program, and an active email address to receive credentials. Voting will be conducted through the alumni portal at https://alumni.iba.edu.pk/ and voting will run till February 10th 2026. Through his candidacy, Bizinjo says he is seeking the trust and participation of fellow graduates to help shape governance that supports merit, inclusion, and long-term institutional sustainability for IBA Karachi.
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