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 was elected as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in July 2007.
In July 2015, she retired from the Board and joined as a Director nominated by BRAC in November 2015. Ms. Nihad Kabir is the Senior Partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad and Associates. She is the President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries. She is, among others, Chairman of BRAC EPL Investments Limited and BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited. She is also a Director of bKash Limited, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) and Independent Director of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited and Apex Footwear Limited.
Ms. Kabir is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is a member of the Drafting Committee for the ‘Labor Rules under the Labor Act 2006' and was a Member of the ‘National Pay and Services Commission'. She is the Secretary General of ‘Ain o Salish Kendra' and was a member of the ‘National Education Policy Committee', Government of Bangladesh. She was the first legal counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She worked as Counsel at the Asian Development Bank.
She has more than 25 years of work experience as a lawyer.
Ms. 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 has been appointed as Independent Director of BRAC Bank Limited on January 29, 2020.
Prior to joining in BRAC Bank Limited, She worked at Asian Development Bank, Philippines as a Lead, Evaluation Specialist, and Independent Evaluation Department. Before that she also served as a Lead, Results Management Specialist (Public Sector Management), Strategy and policy department , Principal coordinator of the Asia Pacific Community of Practice on Managing for development Results in Asian Development Bank, Philippines. She was a Senior Portfolio Management Specialist, South East Asia Regional Department (SERD) in Asian Development Bank, Philippines
Ms. Farzana started her career as a trainee-Assistant Manager at Peat Marwick Mitchell in United Kingdom. She then joined at Peat Marwick in Sydney, Australia as Senior Management Consultant/Manager. In 1986, she served as Audit Manager of group Audit Services at Rothmans Holdings Ltd., Australia. In 1987, she then joined at Port Waratah Services Ltd. in Australia as a Company Accountant.
In 1989, she joined Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd, Australia as Chief Accountant Operations at Australian Manganese Company Ltd. From 1992 she worked in Broken Hill Proprietary Limited, Australia as a Divisional Controller, BHP Research. In 1996 she worked as a Chief Financial Officer- Asia/Finance Manager - Corporate & International, Westfield Ltd. Australia. In 1998, she joined in Asian Development Bank in Philippines; she designed and introduced the Capital Budget for the ADB.
In 2001, Ms. Farzana worked as Senior Financial Management Specialist, Indonesia Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank, Philippines. She was an Adviser, Program Implementation, and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) in Indonesia from 2007 to 2008.
Ms. Farzana got her BA (Hons) from Oxford University, England (Majoring in Economics) and also awarded an MA (Hons) in 1991. She is an ACA-Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. She has keen interest in sports and children education.

Mr. Kazi Mahmood Sattar was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in October 2015. He was also appointed to the Board Audit Committee in December 2015.
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 is currently the Chairman of the Board of RSA Advisory Limited, a financial advisory firm. He is also an Independent Director with Unique Hotel & Resorts Limited (owner of The Westin Dhaka).
As an Independent Director of BRAC Bank, he has been nominated as a Board Director to bkash and Brac Sajaan Exchange Limited. He started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank as management trainee in 1981. He worked overseas with ANZ Grindlays Bank in Mumbai, India and Melbourne, Australia, for nearly 20 years.
Mr. Sattar graduated in 1981 from Dhaka University with a Bachelors in Business Management (Honours) having a major in Finance. 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 was awarded The Best Leadership Award by the Asian Banker in 2010.

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.

Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur was elected as the Chairman of BRAC Bank's Board on August 26, 2019.

He joined the Board of the bank as an Independent Director in May 2017.

Dr. Mansur started his career as a Lecturer, Department of Economics, Dhaka University, in 1976. He left for Canada for higher studies in Economics in the same year. As a graduate student and research assistant, he was also offering regular Economics courses at the undergraduate level at the University of Western Ontario, Canada (1978-81). Dr. Mansur joined the International Monetary Fund under its Economist Program in 1981 and thereafter completed his PhD in Economics (on general equilibrium analysis) from the University of Western Ontario in 1982.

During his long career at the IMF, Dr. Mansur has worked with Middle Eastern, Asian, African and Central American countries. He worked in important functional departments (Fiscal Affairs and Policy Review and Development departments) and area departments (Middle East and Central Asia and Asian departments) of the IMF. He also served as the IMF Senior Resident Representative to Pakistan during 1998-2001 and as the Fiscal Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Government of Bangladesh (1989-91). During his assignment in Bangladesh, Dr. Mansur was primarily involved with the successful introduction of Value Added Tax in Bangladesh in 1991. Most recently, he served as the Division Chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Division and was the IMF Mission Chief for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman. After taking early retirement from the IMF, with a view to establishing an institute aimed at policy analysis, in coordination with other professionals, Dr. Mansur joined the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh as its founder Director and Executive Director.

Dr. Mansur has published extensively in various prestigious journals (including Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory and IMF Staff Papers), edited books on special economic topics and in the IMF Occasional Paper and Working Paper series. His most recently edited book (with Fernando Delgado) is Stock Market Developments in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, published by Palgrave Macmillan in its Finance and Capital Markets Series, November 2008.

He received Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in International Economics, awarded through an open world-wide competition, 1979–81; Special University Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, 1977–81; Graduate Students Award, University of Western Ontario, 1977–81; McMaster University Graduate Scholarship, 1976–77 and First Grade Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, 1970–75.

Dr. Mansur obtained Ph.D (University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1982); M.A. McMaster University, Canada, 1977) and B.A. Economics (Hons. First class with distinction in Math), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1974.

Asif Saleh was appointed the executive director of BRAC Bangladesh on August 1, 2019. He brings with him a diverse multi-sectoral experience in senior leadership roles in private, public and non-government sectors with 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 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 and is on the Board of BRAC Bank and BRAC Net. He is also a board member of multiple non-profits, such as 1 Degree Initiative, Spreeha, 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 Directors of BRAC Bank Limited in April 2018.
Ms. Choudhury did her B.Sc. (Hons.) Management and M.Sc. Management from London School of Economics & Political Science, the United Kingdom.
Ms. Fahima Choudhury is Managing Director of the country's leading advertising company, Ogilvy & Mather Communications Pvt. Ltd.
She sat in the Board of Adcomm Limited, a renowned marketing communications and advertising agency in the country. She was also Founder and Managing Partner of Marka, a marketing communications and advertising agency.

Dr. Zahid Hussain has been appointed as Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited on September 27, 2020.
Dr. Hussain served as a Consultant in the World Bank Dhaka Office from July 01, 2019, to June 30, 2020. He has also served as a Lead Economist in the World Bank Dhaka Office from May 01, 1995, to June 30, 2019. During this time, he was a key member of the Bank's macro, trade, and investment global practice that provides budgetary support (development support credit) and technical assistance to the government, and prepares 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.
He got a Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, USA, in 1992. He completed his Master of Arts in Political Economy from Boston University, USA, in 1987. He earned his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, in 1979.
Dr. Hussain has published numerous journals and articles in Management, Business, and Economics.

Mr. Meheriar M Hasan has been appointed as Nominated Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited on November 15, 2020.
Mr. Hasan is a proven thought leader and seasoned operator in the Digital Banking space in the USA and brings 30+ years of hands-on experience building direct/digital distribution channels to generate new profit sources for consumer and commercial banks, insurance, and consumer finance companies.
Mr. Hasan positions organizations to differentiate their value in the marketplace and gain a significant competitive advantage through his ability to identify prospective customers, exceed customer expectations, and deepen customer relationships with the organizations.
Currently, Mr. Hasan is the founder and CEO of Terafina Inc, a leading digital Omni Channel Sales solution provider in the financial services market in the USA. He also served as Senior Advisor to Mckinsey and Company and as a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business from 2006-2008.
Mr. Hasan holds a Master of Science in Finance, Master of Arts in Economics, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona.

Shameran Abed is a Senior Director of BRAC's Microfinance and Ultra-Poor Graduation programs. BRAC's microfinance program serves more than 8 million clients in seven countries in Asia and Africa and has total assets exceeding USD 3.5 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 UK, BRAC IT Services 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 Partnership for Responsible Financial Inclusion (PRFI) and the World Economic Forum Financial Inclusion Steering Committee. He also serves on the global advisory board of Pinbox Solutions, a global social enterprise committed to digital micro pension inclusion in developing countries.

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.

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.

Md. Mahiul Islam joined BRAC Bank Limited as Head of Retail Banking on December 1, 2019.
Mahi brings with him more than 20 years of banking experience, having started his career with Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh. At SCB, Mahi served in various roles, including, credit card services, card operations, employee banking, retail products & segments, marketing & service quality, etc. He has, at various times, held multiple roles in the SCB Retail Banking Division and has also headed the Country Brand and Marketing unit.
Mahi completed his BBA in Finance from Independent University Bangladesh.

Ahmed Rashid Joy joined BRAC Bank Limited as Head of Credit Risk Management (CRM) on October 01, 2019.
Rashid brings more than 20 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, 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, he joined Mutual Trust Bank (MTBL) as an EVP and Head of SME Banking. In 2015, Rashid 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.

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.

Currently serving as the Head of Treasury & Financial Institutions at BRAC Bank, Md. Shaheen 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.
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. 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.
Mr. Iqbal has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA Charter) from the CFA Institute, USA. He completed his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka and his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh Institute of Technologies (currently known as CUET). He remains keen on all matters pertaining to financial markets particularly investment analysis and financial derivatives.

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 Tushar Kanti Chakma (Retd.) joined BRAC Bank Limited on September 01, 2016 as Head of GSS & Procurement.
Mr. Tushar brings 35 years' rich experience from the Bangladesh Army. He has served the armed forces as a top professional in many different capacities, some of his notable assignments being Advisor to the Chief of Army regarding armored warfare, vehicles, procurement & technical management, Director of Trust Bank Limited. In his early years, he also served as Brigade Major of 93 Armored Brigade.
Mr. Tushar has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science from the National University and has also completed his NDC and PSC.