Amana Bank featured at IsDB Group’s Annual Meetings in Azerbaijan

Amana Bank Managing Director/CEO Mohamed Azmeer (second from left) chats with the Islamic Development Bank Group Chairman Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser during the latter’s visit to the Amana Bank booth 

From left: Manager – Strategy and Sustainability Maznavi Rumy, Assistant Vice President – Marketing and Corporate Communications Azim Rali, Managing Director/CEO Mohamed Azmeer and Senior Vice President Business Banking Irshad Iqbal 

Amana Bank was recently featured at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Private Sector Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan coinciding with IsDB Group’s 2026 Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors. 

The events were held under the patronage of the Republic of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and Islamic Development Bank Group Chairman Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser. 

Held under the theme “Regional Integration for Sustainable Prosperity”, the flagship gathering of the IsDB Group, the AAA-rated multilateral development institution, brought together Central Bank Governors, Finance and Economic Ministers, policymakers, development practitioners, and financial leaders from across the IsDB Group’s 57 Member Countries and beyond. The Annual Meetings and IsDB Private Sector Forum serve as a premier platform to deliberate on key development issues affecting member countries, while fostering dialogue, knowledge exchange, and strategic partnerships. The four-day event saw over 4,400 participants from 78 countries and numerous regional and international organisations, including participation of 46 heads of institutions. The meetings culminated in the signing of 67 agreements totalling $6 billion with member countries, regional institutions, and private-sector partners.

Despite Sri Lanka not being a member country of the IsDB Group, Amana Bank, whose principal shareholder is the IsDB Group, was invited to share its success story in establishing and growing Islamic banking in a Muslim-minority country, highlighting its role as a benchmark for ethical and inclusive financial services through its development-focused and people friendly approach to  banking. Apart from its success story, Amana Bank also had the opportunity to showcase its unique CSR initiative, OrphanCare, as its Founder Sponsor, through which the Bank is addressing an often-overlooked social need by empowering orphaned children with long-term financial support and opportunities for a brighter future, thereby saving them from a ‘second abandonment’. The initiative is guided by Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which advocates for zero discrimination based on race, religion, region or ethnicity. 

Amana Bank was represented by Managing Director/CEO Mohamed Azmeer, Senior Vice President – Business Banking Irshad Iqbal, Asst. Vice President – Marketing and Corporate Communications Azim Rali and Manager – Strategy and Sustainability Maznavi Rumy

Commenting on the Bank’s participation Managing Director/CEO Azmeer said: “We are honoured to have once again been given the opportunity to showcase Amana Bank’s success story at this prestigious platform. The IsDB Private Sector Forum serves as an excellent platform for fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and business partnerships among stakeholders from across the globe. As a bank operating in a non-member country, we were particularly honoured to share our journey in advancing Islamic banking and to showcase OrphanCare, our flagship CSR initiative. The high-level discussions on trade, connectivity, energy, food security, Islamic finance, private sector growth, climate action, and digital transformation provided valuable insights into emerging opportunities and challenges, further strengthening our commitment to enabling sustainable and inclusive growth.”