Prior to joining Standard Bank, a renowned banker Mr. Md. Siddiqur Rahman was Deputy Managing Director, CRO & CAMLCO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.
Mr. Rahman has been accredited by Paris-based ICC and UK-based IFS as a Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) in International Trade Finance. With more than three decades of experience in Islamic banking, Mr. Rahman holds the Certified Shari`ah Advisor and Auditor (CSAA) fellowship from Bahrain-based AAOIFI.
He completed his BSS & MSS in Public Administration from University of Dhaka. Later he obtained Master of Business Administration (MBA). To further strengthen his professional skill, he has completed DAIBB and Diploma in Islamic Banking (DIB) from Institute of Bankers Bangladesh.
He has visited various countries including USA, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and UAE to attend professional training, seminars and conferences.
Mr. Md. Habibur Rahman, a prominent banking personality having 33 years of proven track record in banking, joined Standard Bank Limited as the Managing Director & CEO on 01 February 2023. Prior to this new assignment, he served Union Bank Limited and Southeast Bank Limited as Additional Managing Director as well as NCC Bank Limited and Jamuna Bank Ltd as Deputy Managing Director. Upon completion of his post-graduation in Economics from the University of Chittagong, Mr. Rahman embarked on his illustrious banking career on May 09, 1989 with Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited as a Probationary Officer. In his long career of 33 years, he also served some other leading commercial banks of the country namely Prime Bank Limited, Mercantile Bank Limited and Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited in different capacities.
During his banking career spanning over 3 decades, he worked at different branches as well as different vital divisions of Head Office and thereby shouldered diverse responsibilities particularly in the areas of Credit Risk Management and Trade Finance cultivating ties with the Board, Customers & Regulators with the focus of maximizing revenue and enhancing reputation for each Bank he worked for. Besides, he participated in numerous trainings, seminars and workshops at home and abroad and also travelled many countries for personal and professional purposes.
Mr. Rahman is actively associated with many socio-cultural activities. He is an active Rotarian and a member of Rotary Club of Dhaka Fort.
Mr. Md. Mohon Miah, a prudent banker by virtue of possessing diverse knowledge, deep insight into the Banking & financial sector. Mr. Mohon completed his MA in Islamic History and Culture from the University of Dhaka. He started his career with Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited as a Probationary Officer on the10 th October in 1985. He had gathered experience in all sections of Islamic Banking over his 35 years of Banking career. He has been awarded with ‘Letter of Appreciation’ for best Manager, hunting of deposits and reducing non-performing investment by the Bank Management during the tenure of his career in IBBL. He served as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) at Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Head of Risk Management Wing as CRO. He also had contributed for the Bank (IBBL) as Head of Development Wing, Corporate Investment Division, Zone and Branches.
Mr. Mohon was the Head of Branches of Sadarghat, VIP Road, Ramna Corporate, Head office Complex corporate branches. Then he has been assigned as Head of Dhaka South Zone of IBBL. After that he has been posted as Head of Corporate Investment Division-1, one of the important Division of the Bank having investment port-folio of 100 crore and above, where he played an important role in Investment Management like Corporate Finance, Sustainable Finance, Investment Administration and Asset Management. Then he was posted as Head of Development Wing where he also played an important role in the affairs of Public Relations Division, Business Promotion, Marketing Division and Corporate Social Responsibilities. Then he was appointed as Head of Region under which he successfully supervised three zones like Barishal, Khulna and Jashore zones with 101 branches. After then he was posted as Head of Risk Management Wing where he performed his responsibilities as Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Mohon was also the member of Investment Committee (IC), Management Committee (MANCOM), Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and Committee for Recruitment & Promotion (CRP) of IBBL. During his professional career Mr. Mohon attended many training programs and conferences in home and abroad. He visited Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, KSA, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, India and Hong Kong for attending various seminars, conferences, trainings and business developments. Mr. Mohon is a well-known writer. He writes regularly on international issues as well as children’s literature in different national dailies like the daily Ittefaq, Kaler Kanta, Sangram, Jugantar, Naya Diganta and Inquilab, different weeklies and monthly magazines. He has publication of more than 150 books so far including a popular book `Islamic Economy and Banking’. Mohammad Mohan Miah was born in a noble muslim family in the village of Banasua under Kotwali police station in Cumilla district on the 30 th April 1960. He has a happy family with wife Nargis Munira and blessed with a son and a daughter namely Akib Jabed (Bsc. Engineer) and student of engineering respectively.
Mr. M Latif Hasan has joined Standard Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director & Chief Business Officer on 30 th September 2021. Prior to joining Standard Bank, he was the Head of Credit Risk Management at Eastern Bank Ltd.
Throughout his illustrious career of nearly 27 years, Mr. Hasan has worked for Citibank NA Bangladesh, Prime Bank and Eastern Bank and successfully carried out various significant roles such as Chief Financial Officer, Head of Business, Head of Export Finance and Head of Credit Risk Management.
Apart from that, he was also a member of the BASEL II Core Implementation Team and the Tax Reform Committee. Mr. Hasan, a CSA (Credit Skill Assessment) Certified from Omega Performance, USA; did his Masters from Dhaka University. Later he completed his MBA from Victoria University of Technology at Melbourne, Australia and has participated in numerous seminars, workshops and training programs at home and abroad.
Mr. Md. Mesbah ul Alam has a winsome career in the field of banking service for the last 36 years. He has joined Standard Bank Limited as Assistant Vice President in October, 2010. At present he is holding the responsibility of Head of Internal Control and Compliance Division (Acting) of the Bank.
Mr. Md. Mesbah ul Alam passed SSC examination from Rajbari Govt. High School in 1975 in Science Group. After passing HSC examination from Govt. Rajendra College, Faridpur, he has completed Masters of Commerce with B.Com(Hon's) from the Department of Management, University of Rajshahi in 1984.
He started his professional career with Sonali Bank in 1984 as a Probationary Officer, Grade V, recruited by Bankers' Recruitment Committee, Bangladesh Bank. He has gathered vast experience in Operational Banking in different branches/offices of Sonali Bank which includes his glorious service in the Audit Division as a field level auditor (Inspector of Branches) for 04 years. In 2010, he started his career in Private Sector Banking as a Branch Manager in Standard Bank Limited. For more than ten years of service with Standard Bank Limited, he successfully handled 2(two) top-notch busy branches being Branch Manager as well as different Departmental In-charge.
He has participated in many training programs on different Arenas of Banking in different institutions at home. His active association with various socio-cultural organizations specially Rotary Club made him a renowned personality in social life. Travelling many countries like Australia, China, Korea, Malaysia, Egypt, Turkey, UAE, India and Nepal keeps him well acquainted with the concurrent world.
Mr. Md. Mesbah ul Alam hailed from a respectable Muslim family in the district of Rajbari. He is a man of amiable personality with kind hearted nature and honesty as core value. In personal life, he is the father of one son (Software Engineer) and one daughter (Doctor).
Mr. Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, a dynamic banker with 28 years of proven track record in banking, joined Standard Bank Limited as Additional Managing Director on 24 November 2020. Prior to joining SBL, he was the Deputy Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited. Notredamian Mr. Khan did his Master in Finance from the University of Dhaka and started his career with Agrani Bank Limited as Senior Officer in 1993. Throughout his illustrious banking career, Mr. Touhidul Alam has worked in Bank Asia, Modhumoti Bank, and Prime Bank & held senior management positions in different capacities like Chief Business Officer (CBO), Chief Risk Officer (CRO), Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO), etc. As a Master of Syndication Loans in Bangladesh, he has led the first Shariah Based syndication deal and the biggest syndication term loan in the introductory period.
Mr. Touhidul Alam is a Fellow Member of ICMAB, an Associate Fellow Member of IIBI, UK, a Certified Professional & Life Member of Basel ii Compliance Professionals Association of USA, and also a Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors-IIA Global-USA & Local Chapter- Bangladesh. He is the first Certified Sustainability Reporting Assurer (CSRA) in Bangladesh.
He is a well-recognized contributor to the business magazine 'Asian Banking & Finance’ And ‘The Asian Banker’ in Singapore and has been nominated as Associate Editor of 'The Cost & Management', a journal of ICMAB two times. He is also the International Correspondent of Islamic Finance News (IFN), the world's leading Islamic finance news provider in Malaysia.
Mr. Khan received innumerable national and international prestigious awards for his writings. During his professional career, he attended many training programs and conferences at home and abroad.
Mr. Mohammad Rafiqul Islam has joined Standard Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer on 3rd November 2020. He has 23 years of experience in banking and financial industries. He worked for Standard Chartered, Citi Bank N.A. and Dhaka Bank for 21 years. Mr. Rafique started his career with Dhaka Bank Limited as a Probationary Officer in 1997.
In the process of career progression, he worked as Resident Vice President at Citi Bank N.A. and Director, Relationship Management, Commercial Banking at Standard Chartered Bank. Before Joining SBL he has a successful stint with BD Finance as DMD. Mr. Rafique did his MBA from IBA of University of Dhaka. He attended numerous seminars, workshops and training programs at home and abroad.
He is a certified credit professional from Omega UK. Mr. Rafique was born in Khulna. He is happily married with Ms. Zebunnesa Islam and blessed with a daughter Aznii and a son Zaief.
Md. Farhad Hussain, VP & Head of Islami Banking Wing has joined in SBL on 15 th July, 2009 as AVP & Head of Islami Banking Wing, HO and has contributed to start of Islami Banking Business of the Bank. Prior to here, Mr. Hussain has joined in Janata Bank as a probationary Officer on 5 th December, 1989 under 5 th BRC recruitment and posted at Local Office and served in different desk of General Banking, Foreign Ex. & Foreign Trade and Loans & Advances more than 8 years.
After then he turned himself into Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited on 30 th August, 1998 and served about 11 years in Internal Control and Compliance Division, In charge Foreign Exchange & Foreign Trade Dept. of Head office Complex Branch, New Market Br., Dhaka and In charge Cash LC Group-1, Foreign Bank Guarantee Dept., & Export with BB LC Group-1 of Local Office.
He has participated in many programs of training/workshop and seminar on different areas of banking in different institutions at home and abroad. He has completed Honors & Masters in Public Administration from University of Dhaka.
Having Experience in Banking for over 25 years Mr. Bidyut Kumar Das joined Standard Bank in October 2018 as Executive Vice President and was assigned the jobs of Head of Credit Administration.
Before joining Standard Bank, he was Senior Vice President of Prime Bank Limited, where he was instrumental in setting up a dynamic and sound credit operation process in connection with documentation, disbursement, custodian, monitoring & compliance. There he handled the activities toward embodying a centralized credit administration in a short time. Prior to that, he was associated with United Commercial Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, where he acquired experience across functions of credit operation, foreign exchange, general banking, and operations management.
Mr. Das has participated in many training programs and workshops on Credit Management, Foreign Trade & Foreign Exchange, Asset and Liability Management, Audit and Internal Control Compliance, SME Sales Leadership, Basel II: Capital Adequacy Proposals, Legal Aspects of Securities and Documentation, Foundation of COBIT 5, Leading Service Excellence which help him become a professional banker. He is an MBA, and holds a Graduate Diploma in Management. Also he completed Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB) Examination. He is married and blessed with two sons. His interests include drawing, writing, and sports.
Mr. KhondokerRashedMaqsood, a prominent banker with 28 years of proven experience in banking both in Bangladesh and abroad, has been appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Standard Bank Limited. A prudent banker by virtue of possessing diverse knowledge, deep insight into the financial sector, Mr. Rashed completed his MBA in Finance from IBA of University of Dhaka and started his career with AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK as a Management Trainee in 1992. Prior joining SBL, he was the Managing Director of NRBC Bank Limited and also worked as the Managing Director & City Country Officer of Citibank N. A. Bangladesh.
Throughout his illustrious banking career, Mr. Rashed has held senior management positions in different capacities in Corporate Banking Group and Financial Institutions Group Head at Citibank N. A. For his charismatic leadership and quality, he became the Director & Head of Global Transaction of the same bank in Bangladesh. Then he became Managing Director of Citibank N. A. Jakarta office, Indonesia. In 2011, MrRashed had been appointed as Managing Director & Citi Country Officer of the Citibank, Bangladesh. He was also an Advisor to the Board of Directors of MIDAS Finance Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh.
His imaginative sense, all round knowledge, inspiring leadership and innovative ideas led him to continuous and sustainable growth in every organizations he worked for. Mr. Rashed passed SSC from Saint Joseph High School, Dhaka in 1983 and HSC from Notre Dame College in 1985. Then he completed his B.Com from Dhaka University. During his long career, Mr. Rashed attended innumerable seminars, workshops and training programs both at home and abroad. Mr. Rashed is happily married and blessed with two daughters.
Ms. Haider Nurun Naher, an inspiring Banking personal with leadership qualities, has Sound ethical background & integrity for accomplishing excellence on opportunities in challenging circumstances. She holds a glorious banking career more than three decades. She joined at Standard Bank Limited on June 2000 as AVP.
Ms. Haider Nurun Naher started her career at IFIC Bank Limited as Officer in 1986. During the period with IFIC Bank Limited, she has aggregated & uplifted her career with huge banking experience. She was offered to join to SBL as AVP in 2000 due to her huge banking knowledge, an excellent patron to entrepreneur & vast relationship with the major entrepreneur.
Ms. Naher in her scholastic record, she completed her Master Degree with Honor’s in Management from Rajshahi University with excellent record and also Diplomaed Associate of Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (DAIBB). She was awarded with Janata Bank Reward on LAW & PRACTICE of Banking.
Ms. Naher after her joining at Standard Bank Limited was posted at SBL, Khulna Branch as AVP & Operation Manager. With in short time for her interpersonal ability, profound banking experience, motivational behavior, transparency & honesty, endurance of working pressure she became Branch Manager at SBL, Khulna Branch and brought the Branch up at prestigious level in competitive financial market then her duties were propagated as Regional Manager from 2013 being EVP. On January 2020 goes to retirement as SEVP & Regional Manager of SBL, Khulna Regional Office keeping with her honesty & transparency.
Due to her delighted & magnificent banking career with utmost honesty and prudential behavior Bank decides to extend her presence in this institute giving her more responsibility as entire Head of Credit Division from 2020. Ms. Haider Nurun Naher comes from an aristocrat, eminent & highly educated family in early at Bagerhat District.
Mr. Md. Nazmus Salehin, a top notch public sector banker of the country, who has been active in banking service for the last 35 years, has joined in Standard Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director. Because of his extra ordinary services and distinctive contributions to the bank he was promoted to Additional Managing Director. At present he is the honorable Managing Director of Standard Bank Limited.
Mr. Salehin started his career with Sonali Bank in 1979 as a Probationary Officer after receiving his master degree in physics from Dhaka University. He held all the Senior and Top Management level Executive Positions in many high profile branches, Zonal Offices and Head Offices of the 3 (three) major Nationalized Commercial Banks i.e. Sonali, Agrani and Janata Bank. Because of his meritorious performance and distinctive competence in banking career lastly he was the Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank. Prior to this he was the General Manager of Sonali and Agrani Bank respectively. He participated in many training programs on different areas of banking in different institutions at home and abroad. He is actively associated with many socio-cultural organizations and traveled many countries on personal and professional trips.
Mr. Salehin hailed from Khoksha Upazila of Kushtia bears a amiable and pleasant personality and blessed with one daughter Dr. Dilshad Afroze and one son Musfeq-us-Salehin a BBA from DU serving in Bangabandhu Medical University & British American Tobacco Bangladesh respectively.
Mr. Mohammad Nurul Huda, an inspiring Banking Professional with leadership qualities, has a passion for attaining excellence and seizing opportunities even in uniquely challenging situations. He holds a glorious banking career of around two decades. He joined Standard Bank Limited (SBL) on 19 th March, 2019 as Executive Vice President.
Mr. Huda started his career at Prime Bank Limited as Senior Officer in the year 2003. Afterwards, in the process of career progression, he capitalized his opportunities to be associated with other banks like Eastern Bank, United Commercial Bank, Jamuna Bank and once again with Prime Bank. Prior to joining SBL, he was the Senior Vice President and Team Head of Commercial Banking at Prime Bank.
Mr. Huda accomplished his Masters in Bank Management from Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) in 2001-2002. He is also a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB).
Throughout his banking career, Mr. Huda has played a wide range of management roles in the arena of Corporate Banking, Credit Risk Management and Creditable exposures in Branch Banking as the Head of different Branches. His imaginative sense, prudence and inspired leadership combined with profound understanding, knowledge and practical experience led to continuous and sustainable growth in every organization he worked for. He believes in transparency, commitment and teamwork as the driving factors towards achieving goals.
Mr. Huda attended numerous seminars, workshops and training programs at home and abroad. He extensively visited many countries including Malaysia, China, Saudi Arabia (KSA), Thailand, India and Nepal.
He is happily married with Mrs. Nusrat Parvin and both are loving and caring parents of their sons Naweed Nur Aayat and Nawaz Nur Aaraf.
Mr. Feroze Alam, inspiring Banking Professional with leadership qualities and holds a splendid banking career for about 37 Years. He joined Standard Bank Ltd on 10th October, 2016 as Senior Executive Vice President. At present, he is serving as Head of Law & Recovery Division.
He embraces a long banking career with multidimensional capacities since his joining on 10.09.1982 in AB Bank Ltd.As the Incumbent served as Manager and Head of different 10 Branches of AB Bank Ltd, Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd and lastly in Standard Bank Ltd of Principal Branch, the largest operational unit of Standard Bank Ltd. Mr. Alam focused in improving the existing business strategy, ensuring robust business performance and transforming the branches into the harbor of potential corporate customers.
Mr. Alam is highly creative, multidimensional hard worker and goal oriented with extensive experience in Branch Banking, he served as Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO) of Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd and lastly in Standard Bank Ltd.
Mr. Alamplays key role for reducing the non-performing loan of Standard Bank Ltd and as token of success, Mr. Alam deserves admiration for his outstanding Performance during the year 2018 for Recovery of Classified Loans & Advances of Standard Bank Ltd and His team has been Awarded Chairman’s Trophy and Certificate of Appreciation from Honorable Managing Director on achieving Commendable Headway for Year 2018.
He is actively associated as a member with different division of Standard Bank Ltd including Chairman of Central Compliance Committee, Member Secretary, Non-Performing Loan Review Committee (NRC), Member of Management Credit Committee (MCC), Member of Central Compliance Committee (CCC) & Member of others like; AML CFT Risk Assessment Guideline Preparation Committee, AML CFT Risk Management Guideline Update Committee, Customer Service and Complain Management Committee.
Mr. Alam is Life and founder Member, Bangladesh Ex-Cadets’ Association (UTC, UOTC, & BNCC), Life Member, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Life Member, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh, Life Member, Dhaka University MBA Association (DUMA), Member, Comilla Club, Comilla, Life Member, Bangladesh Jatiyo Andho Kallayan Samity, Comilla, Ex-Secretary, Leo Club of Dhaka Sunlit, Sponsored by Dhanmondi Lions Club, Dhaka, Ex- Joint Secretary, Lions Club of Saidpur. Ex-Joint Secretary, Comilla Rotary Club, Ex-Secretary General, Bangladesh Ex-Cadets’ Association (UTC, UOTC, & BNCC), Founder Member, CARES (Committee of Action for Research, Extension & Services), Treasurer, CARES (2019-2020), Joint Secretary, Ahsania Mission Support Forum, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Life Member, Bangladesh Diabetic Somity, President, Dhaka University Ex Cadets Club (2019-2020).
He was born in 1959 in a noble Muslim family. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce with Honors (Major in Management) in 1978, Masters of Commerce (Major in Management) in 1979 from University of Dhaka. Further he has also completed MBA (Major in Finance) from University of Dhaka in 2006. He is a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB). He also Passed Junior Certificate & Senior Certificate Courses in Military Science from University of Dhaka.
Mr. Alamwas Cadet Adjutant (Cadet under Officer) of University Officer’s Training corps’ (UOTC), Dhaka Battalion & Bangladesh National Cadet Corp’s (BNCC), 1979. He was cadet Adjutant of Centralized Raising Camp of BNCC (1979). He actively took part in military training and attended many Annual Camps of UOTC Battalion, Dhaka and BNCC, Ramna Regiment (for the period from 1976 to 1981). He was the Battalion Adjutant of Sandhani Battalion in the Exercise IRONSHIELD (1979) under DURBAR HQ organized by Bangladesh Army. The last designation of Mr. Alamin BNCC was Senior Cadet under Officer in Ramna Regiment, Dhaka.
He attended numerous seminars, workshop and training programs. He visited Srilanka as Government delegate representing Bangladesh National Cadet Crop’s (BNCC) as delegation leader to attend centenary celebration of Srilanka Cadet Corp’s held in August, 1981. He also visited Pakistan, India, Canada (2017) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2018).
Mr. Alam is happily married with Mr. Fatema Begum Siddiqui and blessed with Daughter Ms. Tasnim Feroze (Bachelor in URPE from BUET & MSC in Environment and Natural Resources Economics, from Durham University, UK under Commonwealth shared Scholarship 2017 and Currently working as Lecturer of BUET) and Son Md. Mahdi Salehin Feroze (B.Sc.& M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Mc-Gill University, Quebec, Montreal, Canada in 2018 andCurrently serving in Canada).
Mr Md. Tariqul Azam joined Standard Bank Limited as Additional Managing Director on 01 November 2017. Mr Azam, a career banker has been regarded as one of the highest contributing members of the senior management at different Private and Public Commercial Banks. A prudent risk manager by virtue of possessing sound knowledge, real pragmatism, deep insight both in the financial and real sector, he treasures natural ability in prudent decision making.
Mr Tariqul Azam held the positions of Additional Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director of various financial institutions. His farsightedness, business acumen, aesthetic sense and visionary leadership combined with profound knowledge had laid immense contribution in the growth of every organization he worked for.
Since joining as Additional Managing Director in Standard Bank Limited, he has been shouldering several key Divisions including Financial Administration Division (FAD), Management Information System (MIS), Credit Division (CRM), Corporate & Investment Department, Credit Monitoring Department, Risk Management (RMD) Division, Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Division, Agriculture & Rural Credit Division, Retail Banking Division as well as different subsidiaries of Bank.
Mr Azam started his banking career, soon after completion of MBA in Finance from IBA of University of Dhaka in 1979, in Sonali Bank as Senior Officer on probation in 1980. He served there for a long 26 year and was elevated to the rank of Deputy General Manager. In his long 26 year career, he served both at Branch and Head Office levels spanning over all facets of banking business and administration, namely General Banking, Credit Management in its entirety that includes specialty credit such as Foreign Trade Financing, Syndicated/Club Financing, Legal Affairs, Finance & Accounts, Research & Development, in all possible capacities i.e. from Desk Officer to Branch Manager to Head of Divisions. His all-round banking expertise made him worth to be a successful leader as Additional Managing Director in Standard Bank Limited and formerly at United Commercial Bank Limited.
During this colourful banking career, he attended extensive and exclusive local and foreign trainings, workshops and seminars. Mr Azam is also a trainer/facilitator at BIBM, Sonali Bank Staff College, Uttara Bank Training Institute, BASIC Bank Training Institute, UCB Learning & Development Center and Standard Bank Training Institute (SBTI).
Alkona K. Choudhuri has recently joined Standard Bank Limited as Head of Human Resources Division and is also an esteemed member of Senior Management committee of the bank. She is a highly experienced & top notch HR professional with a demonstrated history of working with the banking and financial industry, health care industry, oil & gas industry. She has a proven track record of 22 years + working experience as Head of HR in different well reputed organizations in home & abroad. She has expertise in HR Analytics, strategic HR, organization Transformation, HR Metrics Management, Performance Management, Employee Relation and Collective Bargaining. She did her M.Sc from University of Dhaka. She is a seasoned human resources professional with a Chartered Human Resources Professional (CHRP) focused in Human Resources Management and Services from Rottman School of Management. She is also internationally recognized certified HR Auditor. She has Mercer CED Certification on Job Evaluation System.
She started her career as Management Trainee at American Express Bank. Later on she worked in different & distinguished capacities at BOC Bangladesh Limited, Shamil Bank of Bahrain EC, Dhaka Bank Limited, Trust Bank Limited, IFIC Bank Limited and STS Group Bangladesh respectively.
In her illustrious career, she attended numerous national & international training, workshops, seminars, symposiums. Besides, being veteran HR professional, she trained many HR Managers/ Executives/Students at renowned universities & corporate entities at home and abroad with her profound knowledge & experience. She is a fellow member of Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM). She was member of Bangladesh Labor Court in 2009-2011, 2013-2015, 2017-2018. Apart from this, Alkona is a professional pilot and having over 5,000 hours of flying in her credit.
Mr. Mamun-Ur-Rashid, an inspired banker with more than three decades of satisfying experience in banking has joined Standard Bank Limited on 15th April, 2013 as Deputy Managing Director.
Mr. Mamun started his career with National Bank as a probationary officer in the year 1984. In the process of career progression, he capitalizes the opportunities to be associated with few other banks like NCCBL, Prime Bank, UCBL and Premier Bank. Prior to joining SBL, he was the Deputy Managing Director of Premier Bank Limited and United Commercial Bank Limited.
Throughout his banking career Mr. Mamun has held different senior management positions in the field of Credit Risk Management, Corporate Banking, Information Technology, Internal Control & Compliance, International Trade & Finance, Recovery & Law, General Services and including creditable exposure in branch banking as Head of Branch. His imaginative sense and inspired leadership combined with understanding knowledge and practical experience led to continuous and sustainable growth in every organization he worked for.
Mr. Mamun attended numerous seminars, workshops and training programs at home and abroad. He extensively visited many countries including United Kingdom (UK), Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar.
Mr. Mamun was a Lecturer of Political Science in Sitakund Degree College, Chittagong prior to joining the Banking Industry. He is happily married with Mrs. Jesmin Chowdhury and they are caring and loving parents of a son and a daughter.
A visionary banker and a dynamic leader, Md. Motaleb Hossain is an ardent promoter of highly competitive modern banking. Having specific goal and relentless hard work to attain it, capacity of thinking ahead of time, phenomenal sense of decision making are the pillars of the emergence of this legendary Banker. Currently He is performing his duty as Deputy Managing Director of the Bank.
Mr. Md. Motaleb Hossain has started his banking career with Arab-Bangladesh Bank Limited in 1987. In the process of career growth he joined Standard Bank Limited in 1999 and served as the head of several large AD branches. He was also associated with Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited for more than five years and contributed largely towards the overall business growth of the organization especially in Readymade Garments Sector and Off-shore banking before joining Standard Bank Limited in 2014 again as Senior Executive Vice President.
His journey as a banker continued till the date with endless notes of success. He received many awards and appreciations for his continuous efforts and contributions towards the growth of the banks, he worked for.
In his personal and professional life, his honesty and integrity have made him socially acceptable to the people of every niche. A benevolent mind combined with sky-high ethical standard symbolizes the gesture of this big-hearted man.
Mr.Muhammed Sakhawatur Rahman was born in an aristocrat Muslim Family Barura, Comilla. He is the 4th Child of renowned Philanthropist and Islamic thinker Late Maulana Habibur Rahman. Being a Graduate in Mathematics from Chittagong University, Mr. Sakhawat made his debut in banking industry during the year 1985 with United Commercial Bank Limited. There Mr. Sakhawat worked with different important branches and dealt with Foreign Exchange business in various capacities and positions.
Serving UCBL for long 15 years Mr. Sakhawat joined Standard Bank Limited in the year 1999, the beginning year of the bank.
In Standard Bank he worked with different branches in various ranks and capacities. Being a dedicated standard banker, he has contributed a lot in the process of development and growth of the bank and also contributed significantly in progression of Topkhana Road, Gulshan, Gulshan-1, Green Road and Uttara branch. In the year 2012 he was promoted to the rank of Executive Vice President as a recognition of his contribution and dedicated work to the bank.
Mr Sakhawat has received various training and attended various Seminars and Symposiums at home and abroad. He is now heading Branch Management and Operation of the Bank.
A man of strong principle, Mr.Sakhawat is an honest and visionary banker. In personal life, He is married, father to a son and a daughter and spouse of renowned professor Ms.Firdous Zareen of Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka.
Mr Hossain Ahmad is with Standard Bank Limited since 2013 26th June and working in the capacity as an EVP & Head of IT. Since joining he is engaged with different activities in the bank including system re-engineering, business process modification & implementation, exploring new technology based services and working with agent banking is mentionable. Before joining SBL, he worked as Deputy General Manager at Pubali Bank Limited (PBL). During his 17 years of glorious carrier with PBL, his outstanding achievement includes developing a in house Core Banking Solution (CBS) for Pubali Bank Limited named as Pubali Integrated Banking System (PIBS) which is successfully running across more than 400 branches. His main strength lies in core banking, business analysis, infrastructure management, core system, network and database implementation.
Business Experience: Since 1999 he was engaged in banking for understanding the banking business, developed the business logic and successfully implemented the business process with the help of deep understanding in technology. He has remarkable record in providing training to the employees for business concept, accounting concept & procedure, concept & risk of BACH/BFTN, issues of day/month/quarter/year end, Internet Banking and its security issues, reporting procedure for Head Office and Bangladesh Bank.
Technical Experience: He has more than fourteen years of professional experience in Programming, System, Network, Database, Hardware, and training. Developed Core Banking Solution, design, installation, implementation and managing the system running on different distributions on Linux with Oracle 9i/10gR2/11gR2 using the application developer tools Oracle Developer 6i for Online Banking and .net framework for Internet Banking. He worked with EMC RAC clarion CX4-240, DELL RAC Server R7000 series, CISCO 3940 core router, CISCO 1940 series branch router.
Mr. Ahmad completed his B.Sc. Eng. (EEE) from BIT Khulna (Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET)), MBA (Banking) from University of Dhaka. He participated in several professional training and seminars both at home and abroad namely SWIFT operation training and 2nd Annual BanKTec Congress in Mumbai India, IT Risk Management & IT Risk Compliance Process Set-up for Banks in Thailand, IT Audit & Security in Singapore.
Mr. Syed Anisur Rahman, Executive Vice President & Head of International Division started his banking career with Agrani Bank Limited (Nationalized bank) in 1988 through Bankers’ Recruitment Committee (BRC) as a Probationary Officer.
In his more than 30 years of banking career, Mr. Rahman has served in Agrani Bank more than 11 years and joined Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) in the year 1999 as a founder member & served there about 9 years. In the year 2008, he joined Standard Bank Limited as Vice President & Head of International Division and looking after the Correspondent Banking, International Trade Operation Division, Foreign Remittance, OBU, Mid-Office, Back-Office, SWIFT Deptt. & Overseas Subsidiaries. He obtained his Hons. & Masters Degree from Chittagong University in Statistics.
He attended many training, workshop and seminar at home & abroad where the following foreign trainings are mentionable: a) Foreign Exchange Bourse (21 days) from Bankers Training College (BTC) of Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai; b) International Banking (17 days) from Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany; c)Mentors 600 & Documentary Credit from eBusiness School of Ireland; d) Finance of International Trade from The Institute of Export, U.K.; e)SWIFT (Collection & DC) from Scandent Solution Corp, India; f) ACU Dollar Trade Service in Kolkata, India; g) Seminar on Correspondent Banking in China. He visited Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia & India for the purpose of Training, Seminar, Workshop and travelling. He has served many important Departments of Banks covering HR, Credit, Risk Management, Treasury, IT Division, Foreign Exchange & Foreign Trade, Correspondent Banking, Overseas Subsidiaries, Foreign Remittance, FX Policy, Back Office & Reconciliation, SWIFT Department etc.
Mr. Md. Zashim Uddin has an eminent career in banking service for the last 33 years. He has joined in Standard Bank Limited as Senior Vice President in February 2014. At present he is holding the responsibility of In-charge of Internal Control and Compliance Division of the Bank.
Mr. Md. Zashim Uddin passed SSC examination from Daudkandi Model High School in 1976 under Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Comilla and stood 4th position in Commerce Group. On passing HSC from Govt. Commerce College, Chittagong, he has completed B. Com. (Honours) and Masters of Commerce from Department of Accounting, University of Dhaka in 1984.
He has started his professional career with Sonali Bank in 1983 as a Probationary Officer Grade V, recruited by Bankers’ Recruitment Committee, Bangladesh Bank. He has gathered vast experience in operational banking in different branches at home and abroad of Sonali Bank which includes his glorious service in Sonali Bank London Main Branch in UK for long three years. In 2003, he has started his career in Private Sector Banking as Assistant Vice President in Jamuna Bank Limited. For more than ten years of service with Jamuna Bank Limited, he successfully handled many top-notch busy branches being Branch Manager as well as different divisions being Divisional In-charge.
He has participated in many training programs on different areas of banking in different institutions at home and abroad. His active association with various socio-cultural organizations made him a renowned personality in social life. Travelling many countries both on personal and professional trips keeps him well acquainted with the progressive world.
Mr. Md. Zashim Uddin hailed from a respectable muslim family of Daudkandi upazila, Comilla. He is a man of genial personality with kind hearted nature and honesty as core value. In personal life he is the father of a daughter and a son.
Mr. Md. Zahangir Alam, Vice President, is with Standard Bank Limited as Head of Financial Administration Division (FAD). In his extensive 22 years banking career, he has apprehended various responsible positions in General Banking Portfolio and Financial Administration Division. Mr. Alam has expertise in the areas of financial reporting and analysis, asset liability management, tax and financial management, regulatory reporting and compliance, Basel II and capital adequacy assessment, review and supervision of financial administration.
Prior to join in SBL Mr. Alam started his illustrious banking career in 1993 with National Credit & Commerce Bank Limited. In 1996, he joined Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited and stayed there till 1999. Since inception of SBL he has been playing pivotal roles in Financial Administration.
He attended professional training course on Tax Management conducted by Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Management of Bangladesh, Assets Liability Management organized by Bangladesh Bank training facility and South Asia Enterprise Development facility level in Dhaka. He also participated in various workshops/ seminars.
Having a sound academic track indication, Mr. Alam has obtained his Masters in Business Administration major in Finance.
Mr. Md. Ali Reza is a qualified Fellow of Cost and Management Accountant, who joined Standard Bank Ltd. in September 2014 and now in the position of Executive Vice president and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Standard Bank, Mr. Reza served as Chief Financial Officer in Premier Leasing & Finance Ltd. from 2010 till 2014. He started his banking career as probationary officer in Sonali Bank Ltd. since 1998. Mr. Reza an emerged financial leader in the bank and financial institutions has his credit almost 24 years of experience in various capacities in senior management position, out of which over 13 years as Chief Financial Officer. Utilizing his professional experience and expertise Mr. Reza contributes towards the achievement of the organizational goal and vast experience in the area of financial strategic plan, budgetary control, corporate finance, auditing, taxation, legal matters, Risk Management, Issue management, Credit management, Corporate Affairs related Regulatory Compliance, Basel-III and Corporate Governance. In addition to his present responsibility of CFO, Mr. Reza has been discharging the responsibility of Head of Financial Administration Division of the Bank beside his leadership involvement in strategic decision making as well as in navigating the bank’s business towards its success.
Mr. Reza has been successfully performing different responsibilities at different times achieved all functional knowledge. With his visionary leadership capability, functional experience and professional expertise, he can continue his present responsibilities successfully.
Mr. Reza completed his masters in accounting and also did his MBA major in Finance from Dhaka University. He is also a Certified Islamic Professional Accountant (CIPA) fellow from Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) Bahrain. He is also the diploma Associates of Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (DAIBB). Mr. Reza completed his Chartered Accountancy Course from a reputed firm in Dhaka. He attended numerous seminars, training and workshop on different aspects of financial services at home and abroad. Mr. Reza is also involved in different social and professional society.