The chairman of Bangladesh's second generation (1992-1996) private banks

The current chairman of Bangladeshi banks

1. Khairul Alam Choudhury-Chairman of AB Bank Limited

Mr. Khairul Alam Choudhury, Barrister-at-Law is the Chairman of AB Bank Limited. He graduated from University of Wolver Hampton, UK in 2001. Thereafter, Mr. Choudhury obtained his post-graduation from the City University, UK in 2002 and was also called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2002. Mr. Choudhury is a practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

2. Zaid Bakht-Chairman of Agrani Bank Limited

Zaid Bakht is a Bangladesh economist, researcher, and chairperson of Agrani Bank Limited, the second largest nationalized bank in Bangladesh. He worked as a research at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.

3. Alhajj Abdus Samad Labu-Chairman of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited

Alhajj Abdus Samad Labu is one of the founder Directors of AIBL. He is a renowned name in the business arena of the country and manages various business houses in different capacities.

He is the Vice Chairman of S Alam Group, one of the largest industrial groups of the country and chairman of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels Ltd, Vice Chairman of Ekushey Television (ETV), a leading satellite TV channel of the country.

Abdus Samad is a philanthropist who is involved in many social welfare and humanitarian activities. He is an Executive Member of Baitus Saraf Foundation and Chattogram Samity, Dhaka.

4. Professor Dr. Engr. Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury-Chairman of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCB)

Professor Dr. Engr. Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury, The Honorable Chairman, Board of Directors of Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCB).

Prof. Dr. Engr. Rashid Ahmed Chowdhruy was born in a reputed Muslim family from Agrabad, Chittagong. He completed his SSC from Collegiate High School and HSC from Chittagong College. Dr. Chowdhury obtained Associate in Science (Applied Science) & Associate in Applied Science in Mining Technology (Supervisory) from College of Eastern Utah, Price, USA. He also completed BSME & MBA (Management) from National University, San Diego, California, USA. He has completed his PhD from Chittagong University. He has published numerous articles in international peer reviewed journals and also serves as a Reviewer for ACI (Academic International) and ICICKM (International Conference on Intellectual Capital Knowledge Management).

5.  Shamima Nargis-Chairman, Bangladesh Development Bank Limited

Shamima Nargis, former Senior Secretary to the Government has been appointed as Chairman of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) on 14th November 2021. Prior to joining as Chairman, BDBL, she served as Member in the Planning Commission in the capacity of Senior Secretary to the Government.

In her long 32 years’ career of civil servant, she served in different ministries /divisions like Economic Relations Division, Local Government Division, Finance Division, Public Administration in the capacity of Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and so on.

She obtained her Masters in English Literature from the University of Dhaka. She was a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow of the US State Department at the University of Minnesota USA. She participated in six months long Voice Secondment Program of World Bank representing the Government of Bangladesh. She has successfully completed Executive Program on Mastering Negotiation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

6.  MD. NASIRUZZAMAN-Chairman, Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB)

Charirman-BKB

Bangladesh Krishi BankMd. Nasiruzzaman, former Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture joined Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) as Chairman on December 14, 2020. Mr. Nasiruzzaman prior to his successful Secretarial job of two years in the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, he was the Chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC). Before joining BKB he also served in different posts in field administration including Deputy Commissioner in Sherpur District. Besides, he performed duties in different positions in Finance Division, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Religious Affairs. He has got professional training from Duke University of Durham from USA, University of Wolverhampton, UK and Harvard University, USA. In his professional career, he participated in different important development programs in home and abroad. He travelled a number of countries in Asia, Europe, Australia, North America and Africa. Throughout his career, he got the opportunity to devote himself in sports and cultural activities, associated with different socio-cultural organizations.

7.  Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan-Chairman, Bank Alfalah

Starting off with just a handful of branches in 1997, today Bank Alfalah operates steadfastly with a vast footprint in order to provide creative, customized financial solutions to over 1 million consumers, corporations, institutions and governments. Our top most priority is to meet the changing financial needs of our diverse range of customers – our service philosophy entails the fact that our success will follow if our clients are served well. We remain committed to this goal and hence continually seek to introduce customized financial solutions in Pakistan and beyond.

I am confident that Bank Alfalah will remain at the forefront of the evolving financial services landscape in Pakistan in order to serve our clients even better. With the support of all our stakeholders, we hope to promote a workplace environment where we take responsibility for our actions and promote respect, inclusiveness and uncompromised integrity – most importantly, create a Company which can survive through good times and bad.

–Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan.

8.  Mr. Romo Rouf Chowdhury-Chairman, Bank Asia Ltd

Mr. Romo Rouf Chowdhury is one of the Sponsor Shareholders as well as Sponsor Directors of Bank Asia Ltd. Before being elected as the Chairman, he was one of the Vice-Chairmen of the bank. He is a graduate in Engineering from Durham University, United Kingdom. He has more than 30 years of experience as an industrialist. He is one of the successful young entrepreneurs of the country.

Currently, Mr. Chowdhury holds the position of Chairman of Rancon Group. Rancon Group has more than 30 subsidiaries, a few of which are Rancon Motorbikes Ltd., Rancon Motors Ltd., Rangs Ltd., Rangs Properties Ltd., Rancon Automobiles Ltd., Rancon Oceana Ltd., Rancon Sea Fishing Ltd. and Rancon Electronics Ltd.

9.  Professor Dr. Abul Hashem-Chairman, Basic Bank Ltd

Professor Dr. Abul Hashem was born in a respectable Muslim family on January 31, 1950 in the district of Feni. He achieved Ph.D. degree in Accounting from the then USSR in 1981 and he published the abstract of his Ph.D. thesis in the prestigious ‘Moscow Institute of National Economy’ presently known as ‘Plekhanov Russian University of Economics’ in the same year. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Suffolk University, Boston, USA during the years 1998-99. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar, he carried out a policy research on Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh. He has also achieved M.Com. Degree in Accounting in 1971 (Examination held in 1973) from the University of Chittagong. He joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, University of Dhaka, in 1974 and became Professor in 1992. In his long academic career, Dr. Hashem taught various accounting and finance related courses in BBA, MBA and Evening MBA programs of the department of Accounting & Information Systems, University of Dhaka.

10.  Mr. Meheriar M. Hasan-Chairman, Brac Bank Ltd

Mr. Meheriar M. Hasan is a global thought leader, an innovator, and a voice of authority in the realm of digital banking. He brings with him over 35 years of rich experience in breakthrough innovation and pathbreaking disruption, building direct/digital distribution channels to generate new profit sources at some of the world’s largest financial institutions. He possesses an unparalleled track record in enabling businesses to accelerate profitable growth through design thinking and building multi-channel sales/ service processes and platforms.

Mr. Hasan founded Terafina Inc, a leading digital omnichannel sales solution provider in financial services. He also served as Senior Advisor to McKinsey from 2012 to 2014 and was a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Hasan holds a Master of Science in Finance, Master of Arts in Economics, and Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona.

Sadia Rayen Ahmed has been elected the Chairman of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd. at the 267th meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank held on June 12, 2023.

Showkat Ali-Chairman EBL