Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG is the Founder Chairman of BRAC Bank Limited. He rejoined the Board as Chairman in March 2013. He is also the Founder and Chairperson of BRAC, one of the largest NGOs in the world ranked first by Geneva-based ‘NGO Advisor' in 2016 and 2017 in terms of innovation, impact and governance. Established in 1972, BRAC's primary objectives are alleviating poverty and empowering the poor. It operates across 11 countries in Africa and Asia.
Through his work on microfinance for the poor, Sir Abed became aware that there was a substantial small entrepreneur class, the “missing middle”, with no access to institutional finance. This realization led him to establish a full-service commercial bank – BRAC Bank Limited – with a view to focusing attention on the financing Small and Medium Enterprises.
Sir Abed has received numerous national and international awards for his achievements in leading BRAC, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (1980), InterAction Humanitarian Award (1998), Olof Palme Award (2001), Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Award (2003), UNDP Mahbub ul Haq Award for Outstanding Contribution in Human Development (2004), Gates Award for Global Health (2004), Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation (PKSF) Award for Lifetime Achievement in Social Development and Poverty Alleviation (2007), Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership (2007), Inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award (2007), David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (2008), Entrepreneur of the World Award (2009), Inaugural WISE Prize for Education (2011), CEU Open Society Prize (2013), Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal (2014), Spanish Order of Civil Merit (2014), Trust Women Hero Award (2014), World Food Prize (2015) and Thomas Francis Jr. Medal in Global Public Health (2016).
In 2009, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by the British Crown in recognition of his services in reducing poverty in Bangladesh and internationally. Sir Abed is recognized by Ashoka as one of the “global greats” and is a founding member of its prestigious Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2010, Sir Abed was appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the Eminent Persons Group for the Least Developed Countries.
Sir Abed has received many honorary degrees, including from Yale University (2007), Columbia University (2008), the University of Oxford (2009) and Princeton University (2014).
Sir Abed was born in Bangladesh in 1936. He completed his secondary education from Dhaka College, after which he studied Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow. Sir Abed later joined the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in London, completing his professional education in 1962.

Mr. Shib Narayan Kairy was re-appointed as a Nominated Director of BRAC to the Board of Directors of BRAC Bank Limited in April 2014. He is also serving as a member of the Board Audit Committee of the Bank.
Mr. Kairy joined BRAC University as Treasurer on 2nd July 2017 where he oversees the university's major upcoming project – the building of a US$ 100 million state-of-the-art campus. He also ensures that the university continues to be a financially sustainable centre of excellence for higher education in Bangladesh.
Prior to joining BRAC University, Mr. Kairy served BRAC for 35 years and upon reaching 60 years of age, he retired as the Chief Financial Officer of BRAC and BRAC International. Throughout his outstanding career with BRAC, Mr. Kairy progressed from the position of Accounts Assistant to becoming the Chief Financial Officer, a role he has carried out with distinction for close to a decade. He has been an essential and integral part of BRAC, contributing directly to many of the organization's successes over the last three and a half decades. Under his leadership, BRAC has also been repeatedly recognized for the transparency of its financial reporting. BRAC received the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) National Award for Best Published Accounts and Reports for the years consecutively from 2004 to 2015.
Mr. Kairy is a Director of BRAC EPL Investments Limited, BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited, BRAC Karnafuli Tea Co. Ltd., BRAC Kaiyachera Tea Co. Ltd, BRAC Kodala Tea Co. Ltd. and Bangladesh Netting Factory Limited.
Mr. Kairy completed his M. Com in Accounting from University of Dhaka.

Ms. Nihad Kabir is the President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI), where she is serving her 4th consecutive term. MCCI, established in 1904, is the oldest chamber of commerce and industry in the country, representing large industry and trade. As President of MCCI, she is actively engaged in advocacy for the betterment of the economy, including for policy, process and legal reform. She is involved with entrepreneurship development in conjunction with the iDEA Fund and a2i. She participates regularly as a speaker and panelist in various forums, and has participated in various programs of BPATC, or which she is currently a member of the Board of Governors.

She is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Senior Partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed and Associates, a leading law firm of the country, with many path breaking cases and legal solutions to her credits. She has 30 years of work experience as a lawyer, and has appeared internationally as an expert witness on Bangladesh law. Her expertise is in corporate and commercial law, as well as fiscal and labour laws. She is an independent director on the Board of Square Textiles Limited, and a Director of IDCOL, among others.

Ms. Nihad provides legal advice and services to several agencies of the Government of Bangladesh, as well as many leading multi-national and local corporates and non-governmental institutions including private universities in Bangladesh. She was the Vice President and a Committee Member of MCCI in the past. She was a member of the Drafting Committee for the Labour Rules under the Labour Act 2006, and assisted in drafting and reviewing many pieces of legislation; she is a member of the Company Law Reform Committee. She is a member of the Panel of Experts for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project and was a Member of the National Pay and Services Commission. She was the Treasurer and Secretary General of Ain O Salish Kendro, and is currently its Chairperson. Nihad was a member of the National Education Policy Committee. She was the first legal counsel of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh (BSEC), and worked as Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Asian Development Bank, from 1996-2000.

Ms. Nihad worked as Counsel at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 1996-2000. She worked in projects in many countries in Asia and Indo-China, including China, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao PDR. She has undertaken many technical assistance assignments for the ADB in Bangladesh.

Ms. Nihad was elected as an Independent Director on the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in July 2007. In July 2015 she retired from the Board and joined as Nominee Director in November 2015. She is, among others, Director of bKash Limited, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), and Independent Director of Square Textiles Limited. She has taught Company Law in the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka.

Ms. Nihad Kabir was called to the Bar from Grays Inn in England. She has a B.A. (Hons) degree in law and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, England.

Ms. Farzana Ahmed was appointed as an Independent Director of BRAC Bank Limited on January 29, 2020. She is also the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and the Member of Board Risk Management Committee.
Ms. Farzana has over 35 years of working experience as a chartered accountant in the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom, Australia and the Philippines. Prior to joining BRAC Bank Limited, she worked at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Philippines for over 20 years from where she took voluntary early retirement in October 2019. Whilst at ADB, Ms. Farzana worked in various capacities with her most recent position as Lead, Evaluation Specialist in the Independent Evaluation Department. Before that she served as a Lead Results Management Specialist (Public Sector Management) in ADB's Strategy and Policy Department where she was also the Principal Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results. Ms. Farzana has also worked in ADB operations as Senior Portfolio Management Specialist, South East Asia Regional Department which she joined in 2008 following a 7 year posting to ADB's Indonesia Office. At the Resident Office she was the Senior Financial Management Specialist from where she was seconded as Advisor to the Australian Government to help coordinate Australia's support to the reconstruction of Aceh, after the 2004 tsunami.
Ms. Farzana started her working career in 1982 as a trainee chartered accountant at Peat Marwick Mitchell in United Kingdom. Following a move to Australia in 1986, she joined Peat Marwick Mitchell in Sydney prior to moving to Rothmans Holdings Ltd in 1987 to start the Internal Audit Department. From there she worked in various accounting capacities at Port Waratah Services Ltd and the Australian Manganese Company Ltd and the Broken Hill Proprietary Limited. In 1996, she joined Westfield Ltd. Australia as Finance Manager - Corporate & International, which she left in 1998 to join the ADB.
Ms. Farzana was awarded a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, England and this was followed by an MA (Hons) in 1991. She was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales in 1987 and then also became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant in Australia in the same year. Ms. Farzana has a keen interest in the education sector and is currently the Principal of Kids Tutorial, an English Medium school based in Shantinagar, Dhaka.

Mr. Kazi Mahmood Sattar was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in October 2015. He is also the Chairman of Executive Committee of BRAC Bank Limited.
Mr. Sattar, a veteran banker, started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank as management trainee in 1981. He worked there for nearly 20 years. During his tenure he worked in Bangladesh and overseas with ANZ Grindlays Bank in Mumbai, India and Melbourne, Australia. He is reputed to have shaped the banking industry in Bangladesh adopting the best practices of foreign banks. In recognition of running the bank successfully on its ground breaking change management process, he received “The QFC-Asian Banker, The leadership achievement award 2010 for his exemplary leadership.
Mr. Sattar has over 32 years of experience in local and international banks. He led The City Bank Limited and Eastern Bank Limited as the Managing Director & CEO for 13 years. He was also Independent Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts Limited. He was the Chairman of the ‘Association of Banker's Bangladesh' (ABB), the SWIFT User group in Bangladesh and of the Boards of City Brokerage Limited and City Bank Capital Resource Limited.
He is currently the Chairman of the Board of RSA Advisory Limited, a financial advisory firm. As an Independent Director of BRAC Bank, he has been nominated as a Board Director to bkash and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRAC Sajaan Exchange Limited, a company incorporated in UK.
Mr. Sattar graduated in 1981 from University of Dhaka with a Bachelors in Business Management (Honours) having a major in Finance.

Mr. Kaiser Kabir was appointed as a Nominated Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in June 2016.
He is the CEO & Managing Director of Renata Limited, Chairman of Renata Agro Industries Limited (Subsidiary of Renata), Chairman of Purnava Limited (Subsidiary of Renata), Chairman of Renata Oncology Limited, Advisor of Sajida Foundation, and Vice-President of Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries.
Previously, he served as the Managing Director of BRAC-Renata Agro Industries Limited, Executive Director of Sajida Foundation, National Macroeconomist of Financial Sector Reform Project funded by USAID, Consultant of The World Bank, Resident Mission Bangladesh and Research Officer of Institute of Economics & Statistics, University of Oxford. He obtained Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Relations from Claremont McKenna College, USA. He earned his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics with Distinction from the University of East Anglia, the UK and MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, the UK.

Asif Saleh is the executive director of BRAC Bangladesh. He brings with him a diverse multi-sectoral experience in senior leadership roles in private, public and non-government sectors, with a proven track record of effectively managing interfaces of development programming, operational and financial sustainability and building effective partnerships, both within and outside BRAC.

Mr Saleh has been deeply anchored in driving the strategic direction of BRAC. He joined the organisation in 2011, and took up an increasingly important role in leading advocacy for social change, information technology, communications and social innovation. He has been instrumental in BRAC's concentration on emerging development challenges in the areas of urban poverty, youth skills development, inclusive growth and migration. As the senior director of the empowerment programme cluster, he led BRAC's new programmatic areas, namely, the urban development programme, human rights and legal aid services, skills development programme and migration programme. He also led the development of BRAC's five-year strategic plan in 2016.

Prior to joining BRAC, Mr Saleh worked as a policy specialist for the Access to Information (A2i) Programme at the Prime Minister's Office. As part of the Government's Digital Bangladesh initiative, he led the policy effort to expand affordable broadband connectivity across Bangladesh and devised the Government's m-governance strategy. He was also a key part of the Union Digital Centre team that created digital service centres in every union in Bangladesh. Since then, he has actively promoted the role of technology and frugal innovation in the development sector. He spent 12 years in Goldman Sachs in different fin-tech roles and institutional client sales in New York and London, ending his term there as an Executive Director. He has also worked in Glaxo Wellcome, IBM and Nortel.

Mr Saleh is the founder of Drishtipat, a global organisation with chapters across the globe focusing on human and economic rights of Bangladeshis. He was recognised for his work by Asia Society's Asia 21 programme in 2008, the Bangladeshi American Foundation in 2007, and was selected as an Asia 21 Fellow in 2012. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013.

Mr Saleh is an active member in a range of international networks and alliances, advocating inclusive achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. He is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Millions Learning International Advisory Group, Brookings Institute, which addresses the question of how to scale quality education for all children and youth. He is also a member of the South Africa-based Innovation Edge, an institution promoting early Childhood development.

Mr Saleh chairs BRAC IT Services Limited, co-chairs BRAC Net, and is on the Board of BRAC Bank, and edotco Bangladesh Ltd. He is also a board member of multiple non-profits, including Institute of Informatics and Development, and Maya.

Mr Saleh holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science and an MBA in management and marketing from the Stern School of Business, New York University.

Ms. Fahima Choudhury was appointed as an Independent Director to the board of BRAC Bank Limited in April 2018. At present, she also serves as the Member of the Board Risk Management Committee and the Board Audit Committee.

Since end-2018, Ms. Choudhury also serves as a BRAC Bank Nominated Director on the boards of BRAC-EPL Investments Ltd. and BRAC-EPL Stock Brokerage Ltd.; and is currently the Acting Chair of both these companies. In the end of 2021, she was nominated by BRAC Bank as a Director onto the board of Bkash Ltd.

Ms. Choudhury is a management consultant and a marketing communications & advertising specialist with over 25 years of experience in various entrepreneurial and leadership roles across multiple firms. Due to her long involvement in the advertising business, she has had the opportunity to serve diverse range of local and international clients across a number of sectors and industries.

Ms. Choudhury started her career in Adcomm Limited (one of the oldest and most renowned advertising agencies in the country) rising to the position of Director, before moving on to establish her own integrated marketing communications agency called Marka. Later, Marka was acquired by Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (part of the WPP Group), and Ms. Choudhury became the Managing Director (and shareholder) of Ogilvy & Mather Bangladesh. In the past she has also been a member of Ogilvy APAC regional council, as well as Assistant General Secretary in the Advertising Agencies Association of Bangladesh. Ms. Choudhury left the advertising industry in 2020 in order to focus on her consultancy business.

Aside from this, Ms. Choudhury is also a Director of Adcomm Holdings which has business involvements in various other industries (including hospitality, media and IT).

Ms. Choudhury did her B.Sc. (Hons.) Management and M.Sc. Management from the London School of Economics & Political Science in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Zahid Hussain was appointed as Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited on September 27, 2020. He is also the Member of Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Management Committee of BRAC Bank Limited.

Dr. Hussain served as a Consultant in the World Bank Dhaka Office from July 01, 2019, to June 30, 2020. He retired from the World Bank, which he joined on May 1, 1995, as a Lead Economist on June 30, 2019. During this time, he was a key member of the Bank's macro, trade, and investment global practice providing budgetary support (development support credit) and technical assistance to the government, and prepared growth diagnostics, public expenditure reviews, annual macroeconomic updates, and policy notes on macroeconomic management and structural issues.

Dr. Hussain was also engaged as a Lecturer at Boston University, the University of Massachusetts Boston and Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts in the USA during 1987-1992.

At present, he is a Director of BRAC EPL Investment Limited and BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited.

Dr. Hussain obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, USA, in 1992 and completed Master of Arts in Political Economy from Boston University, USA, in 1987. He earned his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1979.

Dr. Hussain has published in numerous journals and articles on Management, Business, and Economics.

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

Some of Mr. Hasan’s distinguished engagements include:

• Defined the vision and led the building of Terafina, which was ranked amongst the toptwo fintech disruptors by Celent. Terafina was acquired by NCR Corporation in February 2021.
• As head of digital banking at the US Bank, he led the build-out of one of the largest digital banking channels in the country in record time, which now delivers millions of dollars of bottomline. The digital channel ranked first in over customer experience by Keynote, a third-party benchmark.
• As Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo, he designed and developed one of the largest direct-to-consumer/ digital lending channels in the financial services industry, resulting in 100 percent growth in revenue, 118 per cent growth in net income, and 104 per cent growth in portfolio balance over three years.
• He designed and delivered the largest digital sales channel in the financial services industry at Wells Fargo, integrating call center and branch, which resulted in a 190 per cent growth in core bank product and investment product sales over two years.
• He was responsible for the design, engineering, and management of B2B and B2C products for Digital Insight, the largest online banking application service provider in the US to serve credit unions and small/mid-sized banks.
• At Transamerica, he pioneered the first private-labeled direct-to-consumer channel in the insurance industry, fully integrated with independent agencies and business back-office operations.

Shameran Abed leads BRAC's Microfinance and Ultra-Poor Graduation programmes globally. BRAC's microfinance programme serves more than 8 million clients in seven countries in Asia and Africa and has total assets exceeding USD 4 billion. BRAC's ground-breaking ultra-poor graduation program has graduated more than two million households out of the direst forms of poverty and social deprivation and has inspired the global uptake of the ‘graduation approach' to tackle extreme poverty.
Shameran also chairs the board of BRAC Bank's mobile financial services subsidiary, bKash, and serves on the boards of several institutions that include BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd and the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). Additionally, he is the chairman of the Microfinance Network and is also a member of the World Economic Forum Financial Inclusion Steering Committee.
Shameran is a lawyer by training, having been called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in London, UK. He completed his undergraduate studies at Hamilton College in the United States, majoring in Economics and minoring in Political Science.

Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in December 2021.

Dr. Mujeri is currently the Executive Director of the Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM). Earlier, he also served as the Director General of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and the Chief Economist of the Bangladesh Bank. During his professional career, he served as the Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Advisor of UNDP in Cambodia; Project Leader of the IDRC’s Programme of Micro Impact of Macroeconomics and Adjustments Policies (MIMAP) in Bangladesh; Director Research of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP); Visiting Faculty at the Department of Economics, University of Queensland, Brisbane; National Expert in the Bangladesh Planning Commission; and Associate Professor of Economics, University of Rajshahi.

Dr. Mujeri obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University in Canada in 1978, M.A in Economics from McMaster University in 1974 after completing an M.A. in Economics from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 1972. He has wide-ranging experience in research and policy focused analysis on development issues in different UN and other international organizations and other multilateral, bilateral, and private sector organizations including NGOs. He has wide travel and work experience in many countries of the world and attended workshops, seminars, and meetings on a wide of development issues.

Dr. Mujeri has published extensively in national and international journals and written a number of books on Bangladesh economy which have been published by leading international publishing houses. He has also served in various policy-making and other committees at both national and international levels.

Mr. Faruq Mayeenuddin Ahmed is presently serving as the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors of BRAC Bank Limited.

He was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in December 2021. He is also the Chair of the Board Executive Committee of the Bank.

Mr. Ahmed led Trust Bank Limited as the Managing Director and CEO from February 2018 to February 2021. Before taking up the position, he served as the Additional Managing Director of the bank.

Before Joining Trust Bank, Mr. Ahmed served as the Additional Managing Director of The City Bank Limited and held the positions of their Chief Risk Officer and CAMLCO. He also served Mercantile Bank and AB Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director.

After completing MSS in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Mr. Ahmed started his career as a Probationary Officer with AB Bank limited in 1984. He received Bangladesh Bank Gold Medal and BCCI (erstwhile) Gold Medal in the Banking Diploma examination in 1987 for securing the first position obtaining above 60 per cent mark. He gained hands-on experience and knowledge through working in different capacities in almost all the banking fields at home and abroad. He served Mumbai office of AB Bank for five years as Country Manager facilitating correspondent and reimbursement banking services in India to the Bangladeshi banks. He is a well-rounded banker and has led different major sectors of banking areas in different phases of his service tenure. Mr. Ahmed is the founder Chairman of the Association of Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh (AACOBB) and a life member of the Bangladesh Economic Association.

Mr. Ahmed has participated in various professional training, workshops and seminars at home and abroad. A regular columnist on banking and economic issues in the national dailies, Mr. Ahmed has so far authored 24 books and numerous articles on economy and banking, capital market, accounting, literature and travel. For his noteworthy contributions to Bangla language and literature, he received Bangla Academy Award in 2019 in the travel writing category. He also received IFIC Bank Literary Award 2011 for the excellent translation of 'A Poet Apart' - the literary biography of poet Jibanananda Das originally written by Clinton B. Seely and Citi-Anando Alo Award 2019 for one of his travelogues.

Mr. Salek Ahmed Abul Masrur was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in March 2022. He also serves as the Chair of the Board Risk Management Committee and as a Member of the Executive Committee.

Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of 'The Consolidated Tea & Lands Co. (Bangladesh) Limited' (known as Finlay Tea).

Mr. Masrur is a seasoned banker with 35 years of banking experience in Bangladesh and the international market in senior leadership positions.

Mr. Masrur was the Country Head of Bank Alfalah, Bangladesh from 2009 to 2019, the longest-serving CEO of any Foreign Bank. He served as Global Head of Origination and Client Coverage Islamic Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, UAE. He was also the Director, Portfolio Management of Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore from September 2005 to June 2007. He served as Head of Client Relationship from 2002 to 2005 at Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, and as Head of Corporate Banking of Citibank NA, Bangladesh from 2000 to 2001. He also served as the Head of Corporate Banking in Standard Chartered Bank from 1995 to 1999.

He started his career at ANZ Grindlays Bank as Management Trainee in 1985. He led different major sectors of banking areas in different phases during his service tenor.

Mr. Masrur was recognized for his strong leadership skills displayed through leading teams to success both locally and globally. He also participated in a good number of professional training, workshops and seminars both at home and abroad.

Mr. Masrur obtained his MBA Degree from the University of Tennessee, USA and BBA from the Tri-State University of Indiana. He is CSA qualified.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman was inducted as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank PLC. on January 30, 2024.

With 19+ years PQE, Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman is a qualified barrister and Advocate of both tiers of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Ms. Rahman obtained her LLB (Hons.) degree from the University College London, UK in 2002 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2003, completing her Bar Vocational Course from the College of Law. She is the Founder & Managing Partner of The Legal Circle, a law firm; the Founder Editor of Think Legal Bangladesh (www.thinklegalbangladesh.com - the first of its kind, free open and crowd-sourced web-based legal resources platform), as well as the Founder and Publisher of Legal Circle Law Reports (LCLR). Ms. Anita Ghazi qualified as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 2004, as an Advocate of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2006 and as Advocate of the apex Court, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2018.

Ms. Rahman focuses her practice on company, general corporate law and dispute resolution. She provides corporate and transactional advice with respect to business formation, employment, financing, services and procurement contracts, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and other business restructurings and heads the firm’s Litigation practice.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman has been listed amongst the “Inspiring individuals to follow in 2015 in Bangladesh” in Dhaka Tribune, Future Startup’s “15 Under 35 For 2015: Entrepreneurs, Trailblazers, Mold-Breakers Of Bangladesh” and has been featured in the book “From Stones to Castles: In conversation with 16 inspiring personalities of Bangladesh” and “Aine Tarunno”. She is a Asia 21 Young Leader for the Class of 2016 (https://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders) and an alumni of the Common Purpose January Programme [https://commonpurpose.org/leadership-programmes/january/]. On behalf of The Legal Circle, she is also one of the initial signatories to the Belt & Road Legal Service International Cooperation Platform.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman serves on the Boards of a number of non-profits and professional associations, and mentors for national and international incubator and accelerator programmes. She has been an active mentor in the Bangladeshi startup ecosystem since its nascent stages.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman has served as an Independent Director of Chittagong Stock Exchange [https://www.cse.com.bd/] and Light Castle Partners [https://www.lightcastlebd.com/] and as a nominee Director of bKash on behalf of BRAC Bank. She also serves as a General Member of the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment in Bangladesh, at Jaago Foundation, and as a general member of Sajida Foundation. She is also a member of the Investment Committee in Startup Bangladesh Ltd, the flagship venture capital fund of the ICT Ministry of Bangladesh and an advisor to the IDLC VC Fund 1.

The Legal Circle is committed to giving back and Ms. Anita Ghazi has an established reputation for her pro bono work, spending a substantial amount of time on helping initiatives she finds are capable of making a difference for a better Bangladesh.

Mr. Selim R. F. Hussain joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Managing Director & CEO on November 8, 2015. Mr. Hussain is a career banker and an immediate past CEO & Managing Director of IDLC Finance Limited who is widely recognized and highly acclaimed across the financial sector for being the architect of IDLC Finance's meteoric rise over the past six years. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012 of IDLC Finance's two subsidiaries – IDLC Investments Limited and IDLC Securities Limited.
Mr. Hussain has an Honours degree in Accounting from Dhaka University and an MBA (Major in Finance) from the Institute of Business Administration, also from Dhaka University. He worked in various roles with the two largest multi-national banks in Bangladesh, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, for twenty four years, before moving to the IDLC Group in 2010. He has resided and worked in India and Australia for significant periods of his career and, prior to taking over the helm at IDLC Finance Limited, was the Head of Finance & Strategy for Standard Chartered Bank's Consumer Banking Division in Mumbai, India. Mr. Hussain was also CFO for Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, from 2002 to 2007. Hussain was also a Director at the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) and the Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Leasing & Finance Co Association (BLFCA) since 2012.
Hussain is married with one son and aside from enjoying reading and traveling, he is a keen cricket and football enthusiast.

Ms. Zara Jabeen Mahbub joined BRAC Bank Limited on March 23, 2009. She has 22 years of multifaceted work experience in various industries in both Bangladesh and the US while working primarily in strategic marketing.
Zara obtained her BBA from North South University (NSU) Dhaka with a concentration in Marketing and International Business. She later earned her MBA from The University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business focusing on Strategic Marketing and Non-profits.
While as an undergraduate student at NSU, Zara began her career in 1996 in the ready-made garments (RMG) and textile industries in Bangladesh as she took over her family business. Upon graduating in 1998 she joined the IT consulting firm iQuest Consultants Inc at its Detroit, Michigan office where she worked as a web developer and later as a corporate sales manager. In 2002 she joined Vision Manufacturing Inc. (VMI), an electronic manufacturing company, in San Diego, California, as its Marketing Manager where she managed the regional customer base generating 60% of VMI's annual revenue. In 2005 she founded Jamdani Inc., a handicraft company that catered Bangladeshi handicraft products to the US market.
Upon completing her MBA from Haas, she moved to Bangladesh in 2009 and joined BRAC Bank where she has since served as the Heads of Service Quality, Premium Banking, Retail Marketing, Call Center and Customer Experience.
Zara is currently serving as the bank's Sr. Vice President and Head of Communications and Service Quality, where her responsibilities include External Affairs, Marketing, CSR and Service Quality.

Mr. A. K. Joaddar joined BRAC Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on February 01, 2017.
Prior to joining BRAC Bank, Mr. Joaddar was the Chief Financial Officer of MetLife Bangladesh.
Mr. Joaddar started his career in 2001 as Manager in the Assurance and Advisory function of KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq. Later, he joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2003 as Manager – Tax & Local Reporting. In 2006, Mr. Joaddar was transferred to Dubai as the Financial Controller for SCB's UAE operations. He then moved to Singapore in a project role within Group Finance Transformation Program and delivered a number of transformational changes at global level. After two years in the Finance Transformation project, Mr. Joaddar then moved to another role based in Singapore, heading the Group Client Analytics role within Corporate and Institutional Clients business Finance for over a year before returning to Bangladesh in 2015.
Mr. Joaddar has completed his B.Com (Hons) and M.Com. in Accounting from the University of Dhaka. He is also a Chartered Accountant qualified from KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq in 2000 under the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and was awarded Gold and Silver Medal as distinctions.

Sheikh Mohammad Ashfaque, Head of Branches, has been promoted to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) at BRAC Bank with effect from April 1, 2024.
A trained MIT Sloan School of Management professional, Sheikh Mohammad Ashfaque is a member of the BRAC Bank Senior Management Team. With 18 years of banking experience in Large Corporate, Retail Banking and Distribution Network - Ashfaque was a Management Trainee of BRAC Bank and the first homegrown talent to reach the ManCom.
He joined the bank in 2006 and successfully performed in different roles in the capacity of a Branch Manager, a Cluster Manager, the Head of Corporate Branches and the Regional Head of Branch Banking. He now leads the distribution network comprising 187 branches and 40 Sub-branches. He also looks after Premium Banking, Branch Corporate and Government Relations segments.
Once the nominated ambassador of BRAC Bank to the GABV (Global Alliance for Banking on Values) forum, Ashfaque received extensive leadership training of multiple rounds in four different member-countries of GABV. He is now an active alumnus of the GABV forum. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards and recognitions for his noteworthy contribution to BRAC Bank.
Ashfaque is a graduate of the University of Dhaka and an MBA from North South University majoring in Finance. He is an avid Traveler and Netflix follower.

Barrister Rasheed Ahmed joined BRAC Bank on September 19, 2010. Before joining BRAC Bank, Rasheed served as Legal Affairs Manager at Orascom Telecom Limited (Banglalink).
Rasheed has over 19 years of experience in corporate legal practices, having worked with some of the most reputed law chambers in the country, and multinational companies, such as Grameenphone Limited, LM Ericsson Bangladesh Limited and Huawei Technologies Bangladesh Limited.
Rasheed obtained LL.B (Hons) and LL.M degrees from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and an LL.B (Hons) degree from the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Furthermore, he went on to acquire Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Northumbria, UK, and he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn UK. He is also a BIBM Bangladesh Certified Expert in Anti Money Laundering and Financial Crime.

Nurun Nahar Begum was appointed the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of BRAC Bank from 01 January 2022.

Nahar joined BRAC Bank in 2001. Before the appointment of CTO, she was the Head of Core Banking in the Technology Division of the bank. She has successfully performed multiple roles within the division and has contributed enormously towards building a strong technology infrastructure of the bank in the last two decades.

Apart from her core responsibilities, Nahar also heads “TARA” - BRAC Bank’s Internal Women Forum that has played a pivotal role in establishing BRAC Bank as one of the most women-friendly banks in Bangladesh.

Nahar completed both her Honors and Masters in Finance and Banking from Dhaka University. She also completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Bank Management & IT from BRAC University and a Diploma in Programming & Information Technology from BRAC Information and Technology Institute, Dhaka.

Md. Mahiul Islam was promoted to Deputy Managing Director at BRAC Bank on December 1, 2023.
He joined BRAC Bank as Head of Retail Banking on December 1, 2019.
Mr. Mahi brings with him more than 25 years of banking experience, having started his career with Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh. At SCB, he served in various roles, including, credit card services, card operations, employee banking, retail products & segments, marketing & service quality, etc. He, at various times, held multiple roles in the SCB Retail Banking Division and also headed the Country Brand and Marketing unit.
Mr. Mahi completed his BBA in Finance from Independent University Bangladesh.

Ahmed Rashid Joy was promoted to Deputy Managing Director at BRAC Bank on December 1, 2023.
He joined BRAC Bank as Head of Credit Risk Management (CRM) on October 01, 2019.
Mr. Rashid brings more than 25 years of diversified experience in the Bangladesh financial sector. He started his banking career as a Management Trainee with Eastern Bank (EBL) in 1999. In EBL, he worked in various positions in Credit Risk Management & Consumer Finance for 10 years. In 2009, he moved to SME Banking in EBL as the Head of Medium Business. In 2011, Mr. Rashid joined International Finance Corporation (IFC) as a Financial Market Specialist. In Advisory Services across South Asia, he led various sectorial projects in SME Banking, Weather Based Index Insurance, Risk Management & Agri-Finance in Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
In 2014, Mr. Rashid joined Mutual Trust Bank (MTBL) as an EVP and Head of SME Banking. In 2015, he joined IDLC Finance Ltd. as a General Manager and Head of the SME Division. At IDLC, he was also a nominated Director in IDLC Securities Ltd. and IDLC Investment Ltd.
He completed his Masters in Bank Management (MBM) in 1998 from Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).

Mr. Syed Abdul Momen took over as the Head of SME Banking on July 13, 2017.
Syed Abdul Momen joined BRAC Bank in August 2005. He has 13 years of multifaceted experience in the Banking Sector primarily concentrating in Technology, Operations and Business Functions.
During the first 2 years in BRAC Bank, he restructured technology infrastructure and played a crucial role in the Core Banking Platform migration. In August 2007, Momen was posted in BRAC Afghanistan Bank as Chief Operating Officer (COO) on a 2 year secondment. During his tenure in Afghanistan, he looked after the bank's SME Business & expanded bank's network in three provinces. He has also contributed in the development of SME Banking Policies & Guidelines of Central Bank of Afghanistan.
After his return from Afghanistan in 2009, he joined BRAC Bank's SME Division and ran a special collection project, which was portfolio's prime concern. After successfully driving the countrywide collection initiative, he was appointed as the Head of Small Business in July 2010 and since then he is leading the industry's largest small business portfolio. His team was awarded Chairman's Excellence Award in 2012 for extraordinary business achievement.
Mr. Momen started his career in ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1999 where he played an instrumental role in the migration of Core Banking Platform in Middle East & South Asia region including Bangladesh, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Nepal, Sri Lanka after the acquisition of Grindlays Bank's operation by Standard Chartered Bank. He was also instrumental in Standard Chartered Bank's IT service delivery & business process centralization Project.
Mr. Momen is a Computer Communications Graduate from Middlesex University, UK with distinction. During his 13 years of banking career, he attended numerous seminars, trainings and workshops in and out of country.

Mr. Shyamol B. Das joined BRAC Bank Limited on 1st December 2009, he is a technologist with 18 years of Experience in the field of Technology strategy and management and is an active practitioner of Information Security framework.
Mr. Shyamol has practiced technological innovations and developments in multifarious environment starting from Telecom, IT Training to logistics, Airlines and then Banking. During his stay abroad, he has worked in multiple countries in the world such as India, Singapore, UK and in number of European countries as part of his companies project implementations. He briefly worked at British Telecom and He was Chief Information Officer (CIO) of United Parcel Service (UPS) Inc. USA in Bangladesh. He also served as Head of IT for major group of companies who represented major airliners and Logistics companies in Bangladesh such as Gulf, Etihad, Air France, ALLport UK, Speedmark Singapore etc. Shyamol has been quite instrumental on developing the IT platforms through innovative technologies for these companies with his in depth acumen on Technology as business enabler. He has also been the country manager of Informatics Holdings, Singapore Ltd., one of the largest IT Training Institute in the world. He is a Member of British & European Computer Society and holds many a certification on Technology strategy and management. He attended a number of trainings on IT platforms locally and abroad. Shyamol is also the Acting CEO of BRAC IT Services Ltd. (biTS), a BRAC Bank Subsidiary.
Mr. Shyamol is a Computer Science Engineer from Bangalore University, India and later earned his post graduate degree on Information Management & Security from Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey, UK.

Mr. A. S. M. Wasi Noman has joined BRAC Bank Limited as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) on January 1, 2019.
Mr. Wasi Noman brings more than 22 years of experience in Information Technology, starting his career with BEXIMCO in 1996. Later, he headed the IT division of Kernel Systems Ltd. before joining Grameen Phone, where he served in several senior roles for 10 years including Head of IT. Post GP, Noman took the role of CTO in Accenture, Bangladesh in 2010 where he led their IT function for next 6 years. He joined Digicon Technologies Ltd. in 2016 as COO. Prior to joining BRAC Bank, Mr. Noman was serving as CTO in Standard Bank Limited.
Mr. Noman has completed his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from the BUET and his MBA from IBA, Dhaka University.

Mr. Rais Uddin Ahmad has been working in the banking sector since 1994. He started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank, Bangladesh. He joined BRAC Bank Limited on March 2005 as Company Secretary and Head of Risk Management. He also worded with Standard Chartered Bank from 2002 to 2003 as Acting Head of Legal & Compliance. Concurrently he was the Integration Manger for SCB & ANZ Grindlays.
After that he served as Manager Compliance with Standard Chartered Bank in UAE, Presently Rais Uddin Ahmad is working with BRAC Bank Limited as Group Company Secretary, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs and CAMLCO. He Attended many local and foreign training on Compliance. Internal Control and Money Laundering. He has 16 years of working experience in Business, Regulatory & Internal Control and Company Matters in the Banking Sector. He was involved with Bangladesh Bank's Core Risk Management Project & worked closely on AML related issues. He obtained Masters of Social Science (Public Administration) from Dhaka University.

Mr. Tareq Refat Ullah Khan joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Head of Credit Risk Management on March February 01, 2017. Later on March 30, 2017, he took over charges as the Head of Corporate Banking Division.
Mr. Tareq has around 20 years of professional exposure in banking industry in various capacities. He has started his career in 1996 with IFIC Bank Ltd and performed different roles there in various positions till 2003. He has also worked for AB Bank Ltd. Prior to Joining BRAC he was working for EBL as EVP and Head of Relationship in corporate Banking Division. Mr. Tareq was awarded “CEO” and “Chairman” Award by EBL for his consecutive outstanding performances. He has also attended numerous trainings/workshops/seminars on Credit Risk, Loan structuring, corporate structure, Leadership, International Trade etc. in Home and abroad namely Malaysia, Bahrain, Germany and Italy.
Mr. Tareq completed B.Com under University of Chittagong and M.Com in Marketing from the University of Dhaka. He also completed his MBA and Credit Risk Assessment by Omega Performance Corporation, UK.
Mr. Tareq Refat Ullah Khan brings in a wealth of Corporate Relationship & Risk Management experience to BRAC Bank Limited.

Chowdhury Moinul Islam joined BRAC Bank on 20 June 2021 as its Deputy Managing Director and CAMLCO.

Moinul has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. He started his career with American Express (AmEx) Bank as Manager Internal Control. Before joining BRAC Bank, he was working as the Executive Director and Head of Conduct and Financial Crime Compliance (CFCC) Advisory with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Bangladesh.

Moinul joined SCB in 2005 and worked till 2016 before moving to the United States of America where he worked as an AML Business System Analyst at SunTrust Bank. Returning from the US, he joined back in SCB.

Moinul is a seasoned professional in the area of AML/CFT compliance, internal control and risk management. He is a member of the Association of Certified Anti Monet Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and also has CAMS certification. He completed his graduation and masters in Accounting from the University of Dhaka.

Mr. Selim R. F. Hussain joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Managing Director & CEO on November 8, 2015. Mr. Hussain is a career banker and an immediate past CEO & Managing Director of IDLC Finance Limited who is widely recognized and highly acclaimed across the financial sector for being the architect of IDLC Finance's meteoric rise over the past six years. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012 of IDLC Finance's two subsidiaries – IDLC Investments Limited and IDLC Securities Limited.
Mr. Hussain has an Honours degree in Accounting from Dhaka University and an MBA (Major in Finance) from the Institute of Business Administration, also from Dhaka University. He worked in various roles with the two largest multi-national banks in Bangladesh, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, for twenty four years, before moving to the IDLC Group in 2010. He has resided and worked in India and Australia for significant periods of his career and, prior to taking over the helm at IDLC Finance Limited, was the Head of Finance & Strategy for Standard Chartered Bank's Consumer Banking Division in Mumbai, India. Mr. Hussain was also CFO for Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, from 2002 to 2007. Hussain was also a Director at the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) and the Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Leasing & Finance Co Association (BLFCA) since 2012.
Hussain is married with one son and aside from enjoying reading and traveling, he is a keen cricket and football enthusiast.

Ms. Bilquis Jahan joined BRAC Bank Limited on May 2, 2016 as the Head of Human Resources and a Member of the Management Committee.
Bilquis brings 24+ years of corporate experience and a very fine academic record to BRAC Bank. She began her career as a Management Trainee in IDLC Finance Limited and worked in several functions across the institution before taking up the role of Group Head of HR in 2010. As Group Head of HR, her responsibilities included Human Resource management of the IDLC Group, which included its two wholly owned subsidiaries, IDLC Investments Limited (IDLCIL) and IDLC Securities Limited (IDLCSL).
Bilquis completed her Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) and Masters Degree with a Major in Finance (First Class First) from the University of Dhaka. She has also obtained a Diploma in Personnel Management from BIM, Dhaka.

Mr. Nazmur Rahim joined BRAC Bank Limited on May 04, 2016. He took over as the Head of Retail Banking on January 01, 2017.
Mr. Nazmur has 19+ years of corporate experiences in different leading organizations. He began his career as a Management Trainee in ANZ Grindlays Bank Limited and later joined Standard Chartered Bank where he worked in different senior, mainly Retail Banking, capacities including the role of Head of Portfolio, Credit Cards and Consumer Transaction Banking. Prior to joining BRAC Bank Limited, Mr. Nazmur was Head of Cards Business at AB Bank Limited
He completed his BBA from Jahangirnagar University and MBA from Victoria University of Australia.

Mr. Md. Muniruzzaman Molla joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Head of Operations on 23 October 2016.
Prior to joining BRAC Bank Limited, Mr. Munir was working as Head of Country Operations in Habib Bank Limited.
Mr. Munir started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1993 where he worked in branch operations and trade finance areas. Later, he joined Citibank N.A. in 2000 where he worked in different capacities of Head of Trade Operations, Treasury & FI Operations and Head of Cash Management Operations & Citi Service. Munir completed his B.S.S. and M.S.S. from University of Dhaka.

Chowdhury Akhtar Asif joined BRAC Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) on March 30, 2017.
Prior to joining BRAC Bank, Mr. Chowdhury was working as Head of Credit Risk Management (CRM) in One Bank Limited.
He has more than 24 years of experience in the banking sector. He started his career as a Probationary Officer in IFIC Bank Limited and worked in different capacities in IFIC Bank's risk function before taking up the role of Head of CRM in 2012. Later, he moved to Eastern Bank Limited and headed different corporate business units. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) and Masters Degree with Major in Finance from the University of Dhaka. He also obtained his MBA in Finance from University of Dhaka. He attended a number of seminar, workshop and trainings home and abroad.

Mohammod Masud Rana joined BRAC Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on October 01, 2019.
With more than 23 years of diversified experience of public accounting, textile, pharmaceutical and banking, Mr. Masud brings additional technical expertise and diversified corporate experience to the leadership team at BRAC Bank. He started his career with SF Ahmed & Co. before joining BEXIMCO Garments & Textile Division in 2001 as Finance Manager. In 2004, he moved to Sanofi-Aventis as Financial Controller. He started his stint with Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) in 2006 as the Financial Controller. During his tenure with SCB, he eventually went on to assume the role of CFO in 2016. Prior to joining BRAC Bank, Mr. Masud was serving the role of CFO in Dhaka Bank Limited.
He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of ICAB and completed his Honors and Masters in Accounting from University of Dhaka.

Md Sabbir Hossain joined BRAC Bank Limited as a Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) on September 01, 2019.
Hossain brings more than two decades of diversified experience in technology and operations. He joined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in 1994 and contributed for more than 23 years in building state of the art technology and operational processes. During his tenure with SCB, he was Head of Banking Operations, Branch Operations, Personal Banking, Proximity Banking, Country Technology, Operational Risk & Service Quality, and finally took over the role of Head of Corporate, Institutional and Commercial Banking Operations before leaving in December 2017.
He also worked for Citibank N.A. as Country Head, Operations & Technology for a brief period of time. Prior to joining BRAC Bank, Hossain was the COO in MetLife.
He graduated from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and completed his MBA from North South University.
He will lead the Operations, Technology and the General Services functions of the bank.

Mr. M. Sarwar Ahmed is the Head of Internal Control and Compliance (HoICC) of BRAC Bank Limited.
Sarwar started his career with Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited (ABBL) in 1991 as a Probationary Officer (5th Batch). After serving there in various roles, he left ABBL to join the Premier Bank Limited in July 1999 and contributed significantly in organizing the formal opening of the Bank and later of its Agrabad Branch.
Sarwar joined BRAC Bank Limited on 1st January, 2002 as the Credit Manager- Retail. Later on, he served as Branch and Cluster Manager in two key branches - Motijheel & Gulshan for the period from 2003 to 2006. In June 2006, he organized and headed Impaired Assets Management of BRAC Bank and continued in this role up to 2010. He assumed the role of Head of SAM - SME & Retail in July 2010. In 2013, he briefly headed SME Collections before taking over his role of Head of Monitoring in July 2013. Sarwar also double hatted as Regional Head of Distribution from June 2017 to June 2018.
Sarwar has completed his B.A. and M.A. from University of Dhaka with distinction. He also attended a good number of professional trainings, workshops and seminars at home and abroad.

Md. Shaheen Iqbal, Head of Treasury and Financial Institutions, has been promoted to the position of Deputy Managing Director at BRAC Bank on April 1, 2022.

Mr. Iqbal has gained extensive experience in the arena of Treasury Management and Relationship Management with global and local counterparts over the course of his illustrious career.

His career at BRAC Bank began in 2004 as Manager, Asset Liability Management (ALM). He rose to the rank of Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions in 2014 by proving his mettle in the fields of foreign exchange, money market, capital market, asset liability management and relationship management with global & local financial institutions.

He started his career in BEXIMCO where he gained hands-on experience in the Textile Industry. Afterwards, his overture to the banking industry began in 1999 at Dutch Bangla Bank Limited where he honed his prowess in both branch banking and international trade.

Mr. Iqbal completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Chattogram (now CUET) and M.B.A. from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka. He earned prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter from CFA Institute, Virginia, USA. He is currently serving as the president of the CFA Society Bangladesh, a member society of CFA Institute, USA.

Mr. Ekram Kabir joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Head of Communications and a member of Senior Management Team on 15th May, 2019.
Mr. Ekram Kabir is a Communications Professional, bringing to us more than 28 years of experience in Media, Journalism, Communications and CSR. He started his career with The Daily Star in 1991 before moving on to The Financial Express in 1993. In 2001, he moved to the digital media and joined Ekushey Television as Senior Editor. From 2004 to 2011, he served in the BBC in different capacities. After the BBC, he took over the Editorial role in “ICE Business Times”. In 2013, he became Head of News in Ekattor TV. From 2014 to 2015, he served as Head of Programme in ABC Radio. Prior to joining BRAC Bank, he had been working in Robi Axiata for over four years and, latterly, was Vice President managing Media, Communications and Sustainability.
Mr. Ekram Kabir completed both M.A. and B.A. in English Literature from the University of Dhaka.

Akhteruddin Mahmood joined BRAC Bank as the Head of Human Resources on January 1, 2021.
Before joining BRAC Bank, Mahmood was the Group Head of Human Resources for four years at IDLC Finance Limited.
Mahmood has over 33 years of professional experience in various foreign and local multinational companies and large-scale sectors. He started his career in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) in 1987. Mahmood later worked for British American Tobacco Bangladesh and Nestlé Bangladesh. He was also the Head of Learning and Training at Nestlé South Asia, based in its Regional Head Office in Gurgaon, India.

Brigadier General Md. Amin Akbar (Retired) is an accomplished Bangladesh Army officer who joined BRAC Bank as Head of General Services Division (GSD) on December 1, 2022.

Mr. Amin brings onboard his years of experience and expertise relevant to all four functional areas of General Services: Procurement, Infrastructure, Development & Maintenance (IDM), General Administration (GA), and Safety & Security. Regarding procurement, Mr. Amin was a member of the highest procurement body (GSPC) of the Bangladesh Army and comes with an in-depth understanding of procurement processes, tools and methods. As regards IDM, he has supervised functions of Military Engineering Services (MES) and other asset management agencies in the Army responsible for property acquisition and development, construction projects and maintenance functions.

Running General Administration and Safety & Security affairs is his forte, developed through years of supervising similar functions in the Army as a senior commander and staff officer. Mr. Amin is a multi-tasker and a proponent of cross-functional teamwork. He has mastery in stakeholder management and comes with professional networks in the security and intelligence community at different tiers of the government and administration.

Mr. Amin is an MBA (Major in Finance) from the University of Dhaka. Additionally, he earned two more master’s degrees, one in Strategic Studies from the USA and another in Defense Studies from National University, Bangladesh. He was a top graduate of his Staff Course class at Mirpur Cantonment and earned a prestigious ‘psc’ symbol. He is also a US Army Command & General Staff College, Kansas, USA graduate. As a senior leader, he attended US Army War College, Pennsylvania and earned the ‘ndc’ symbol. Mr. Amin is an avid golfer and enjoys intellectual discourse.