LAHORE - President/CEO of the Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited Tahir Yaqoob Bhatti took over charge of his office on Thursday. Bhatti is high profiled banker with over 30 years of enriched banking experience in almost all major areas of banking with large and mid tier financial institutions. He has been part of senior management teams of Askari Bank, ABL, and Faysal Bank. Prior to joining PPCBL, during last four years he has been working as SEVP/Head Retail Banking & Head Public Sector Business and External Communications with Faysal Bank. Bhatti is MBA from IBA, Lahore and M.Com from Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore. He also qualified DCMA and fellow of Institute of Bankers in Pakistan (IBP). He is certified director from IBA, Karachi and remained on Board of Faysal Asset Management Ltd., ABL Asset Management Ltd, and Board of Studies of Punjab University for Commerce education. 
During his banking career, Bhatti also received various professional trainings and courses both local and International with top notched institutions including “High Impact Leadership Program” at Columbia Business School, New York, USA.