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Tareq Muhmood
CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

About Tareq Muhmood

ANZ’s Managing Director Global Diversified Industries, Tareq has worked in the finance industry for two decades in markets across Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe.

As CEO, Tareq is responsible for defining and leading the strategic direction for ANZ’s business growth in Vietnam. Prior to joining ANZ, Tareq spent 17 years with HSBC in a wide range of management roles and functions, most recently as CEO Brunei where he was responsible for banking institutional, commercial, private bank and retail customers. Tareq is Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and a qualified Interior Designer.

articles by Tareq Muhmood

06 Apr 2017

Why BlueNotes is wrong: fintech has not peaked

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

I was intrigued by BlueNotes columnist Andrew Cornell’s recent article All aboard fintech’s Trojan horse which highlighted a KPMG report showing the value of Fintech investment in 2016 was well down on 2015.

04 Nov 2016

Under the surface in Seoul

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

Korea was once known as the ‘hermit kingdom’, a name stretching back centuries. Things have definitely moved on since then. Samsung, LG and Hyundai are global brands. Korean pop culture is huge across Asia (and even the world with Gangnam Style).

16 Aug 2016

Will fintech force banks off the road?

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

I often hear about the fourth industrial revolution, the one in which digital, fintech and other disruptive innovations are creating a moment akin to when horse and carriage companies had to adjust to the launch of the motor car.

28 Jun 2016

Who should take responsibility for our savings?

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

Ever since the financial crisis in 2008, I have been troubled by elements of the banking industry and the ongoing debates around 'too big to fail' and moral hazard. The cost of the bailout continues to hang over the economy and impact broader society.

27 May 2016

Feeling lucky in a new country

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

Having started working in my thirteenth country, it made me reflect on what makes such a transition a productive, even a ‘happy’ one.

06 Aug 2015

Love and other catastrophes

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

Following a recent ANZ telco and technology event on connectivity, the internet of things and cybercrime I attended, I had to pause and think about what it all meant. I thought about it for a couple of days and in the end I came away with three key learnings.

26 Jun 2015

Four themes dominating the thinking of American Corporate treasurers

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

I spent the past week in the US talking to corporate treasurers of some of the leading companies in the world.

19 May 2015

How to identify the saboteurs of change

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

Having spent the last six months meeting treasurers and CFOs across different geographies, from China, Hong Kong and Japan to Singapore and Australia, the constant theme that came out was 'change'.

07 Apr 2015

Madonna, Sir Alex Ferguson and my mother: tales of reinvention

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

One of the most fascinating features I find about a person or a business is the ability to stay relevant as the world around keeps changing, sometimes drastically.

27 Feb 2015

Virtual leadership requires real leadership

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

I recently enjoyed a coffee with a treasurer of a major US firm in Dubai. She is a leader I admire (and in fact I'm trying to encourage her to write the next version of 'lean-in' or 'pull out' :) ). We became involved in discussing how we both lead virtual teams located around the world and what we have learned.

19 Jan 2015

Quickly today is different from quickly yesterday

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

17 years ago, I was enjoying being a Relationship Manager in Hong Kong, looking after a great set of customers across Asia Pacific.

07 Aug 2014

Vietnamese supermarkets restrained by bikie culture

Tareq Muhmood | CEO Korea & Managing Director Global Subsidiaries, ANZ

In a recent conversation with the CEO of one of Vietnam's hypermarkets, he told me when they opened their first such huge store he didn’t realise the average spend per customer would be so low.