ISLAMABAD – Amin Khan Lodhi has officially taken charge as the new Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) after being appointed by the federal government for a five-year term.
According to an SBP statement issued on Friday, “Mr Muhammad Amin Khan Lodhi was appointed as Deputy Governor of SBP by the Federal Government on October 30, 2025, for a period of five years. He assumed his responsibilities on the same day.”
Mr Lodhi is a veteran central banker with over 26 years of experience in designing and implementing monetary and exchange rate policies in Pakistan. Before his new role, he served as Executive Director of the Monetary Policy and Research Group at the SBP.
During his tenure in that position, he led the preparation of macroeconomic analysis and projections for the Monetary Policy Committee, supervised the SBP’s research publications, and managed its data dissemination process.
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He has also conducted extensive research on Pakistan’s economy, focusing on monetary policy, inflation, fiscal management, debt strategy, and the financial system.
Mr Lodhi has played a key role in major SBP reforms, including the shift to a market-based exchange rate, the development of the interest rate corridor system, and improvements in the Primary Dealers System for government securities.
He also headed the team that formulated the State Bank’s five-year Strategic Plan, titled SBP Vision 2028. Mr Lodhi holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Williams College, USA, and a Master’s in Economics from the University of Karachi.
