Mrs. Shafqat Sultana President & CEO First Women Bank Ltd. is a prudent banker and achiever par excellence. She is the 3rd president of First Women Bank Ltd.

Ms. Shafqat has been serving the FWBL as its Executive Vice President and General Manager Sindh and Balochistan for the past nine years. She was also member of Executive Committee of the Bank. She joined First Women Bank Ltd in 1989 as Branch Manager in AVP cadre, and was declared best Branch Manager for two consecutive years. Promoted VP and Regional Development Chief in 1992, she also used her expertise in the training & development of the women entrepreneur. In 1998 she was promoted to SVP cadre and was entrusted with the responsibilities of Sector Executive Upper Punjab. Further elevated to EVP in 2002, she was given the responsibilities of General Manager Sindh & Balochistan. She also held the position of National Project Director- Women in Urban Credit, a project of UNDP. For her outstanding performance she was awarded as “Best Sector Executive Upper Punjab” in 2001 and honored with “Certificate of Excellence” for her contributions in UNDP project in 2003.

She started her professional career from UBL in 1975. In 1985 she was declared “best directing member staff”, and was the first Lady Manager at PC branch Rawalpindi in 1988. In addition to representing Pakistan in World Conference on Women in Beijing she has addressed in Senate, Parliament, and various national and international organizations on women socio economic concerns. She also holds to her credit many publications as well.