Anis A. Khan (AAK) is Managing
Director & CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB), one of
Bangladesh’s leading private sector banks, since April
15, 2009. Prior to joining MTB, AAK headed the country’s
largest multiproduct financial institution (non-banking), and
one of its premier merchant/investment banks, IDLC Finance Limited
(IDLC), for six years, as its CEO & Managing Director.
A career banker, Anis earlier served for 21 years, in a multitude
of roles, with the then Grindlays Bank p.l.c., ANZ Grindlays
Bank and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), both in Bangladesh and
abroad.
Anis has received on job exposure and training on banking
and management practices, including corporate banking, international
trade, personal banking, leasing, factoring, operations, legal
and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, business process
re-engineering and transformation and upgradation of information
technology platforms in Dhaka, Chittagong, Mumbai, Dubai,
London and Melbourne. His last posting for Standard Chartered
Bank was as a functional head for The Gulf based in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
AAK has served Eastern Bank Limited, as Director and member
of its Board’s Executive and Audit Committees. He served
as a member of the Task Force on Corporate Governance, convened
and supported by the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, and
which drafted The Code Of Corporate Governance for Bangladesh.
Anis also served as Director of the Credit Rating Agency of
Bangladesh Limited and Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited.
Anis is a Director of IIDFC nominated by Mutual Trust Bank
Ltd. He is also the Vice Chairman of two subsidiary companies
of MTB, MTB Securities Ltd. & MTB Capital Ltd. Anis is
also a Director of MTB Exchange (UK) Ltd, another subsidiary
company of MTB. He was on the Board of Chittagong Stock Exchange
Limited, nominated by the Government of Bangladesh. He is
a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Bankers,
Bangladesh.
He was the Chairman of the Bangladesh Leasing & Finance
Companies Association (BLFCA) for two terms 2005-2007 and
2007-2009. He also served as a member of the Chamber Committee
of the Foreign Invetsors Chamber of Commerce & Industry
(FICCI), Bangladesh. He is a member of the Chamber Committee
of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI)
and chairs its Taxation & Tariff Sub Committee.
Mr. Khan qualified to join the Bangladesh Civil Service after
passing the BCS Examination 1982. His academic and professional
qualifications includes masters degrees and post graduate
diplomas in law, human resource management and French and
Spanish languages.
AAK frequently delivers lectures and presentations on investment
in Bangladesh, corporate governance, banking, leasing and
factoring and the capital market, both at home and abroad.
Mr. Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman,
Additional Managing Director
Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman is the Additional
Managing Director of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB). He joined
MTB as Deputy Managing Director on July 15, 2009. Ahsan is responsible
for MTB's Corporate & Institutional Banking capabilities,
Structured Finance and Syndications, including Small & Medium
Enterprise and Retail Banking business initiatives.
Prior to joining MTB, Ahsan was working with Bank of America
in New York, USA. He has wide and diversified banking experience,
both at home and abroad, and has served Bank of America, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas in New York, USA
from 1994 to mid 2009. Before these stints, he served Grindlays
Bank plc and ANZ Grindlays Bank in Dhaka, and in London in
the United Kingdom.
Ahsan, who holds an
MBA degree from the Institute of Business Administration of
the University of Dhaka, has attended seminars on Risk Management
and Capital Markets conducted by BNP Paribas. He received credit
training conducted by ANZ Grindlays Bank in London, Melbourne
and Mumbai including training courses on deposits, operations
management, foreign trade, foreign exchange and presentation
skills. Upon joining MTB, Ahsan reorganized the Corporate Banking
Unit of the Bank by significantly enhancing its assessment and
marketing capability to cater to all business opportunities
while bringing improved control over risk management centrally.
He played an active role in setting up the Off-shore Banking
Unit, Cash Management Unit and strengthened the Bank’s
SME Banking capacity while working to establish Retail Banking
as a new Unit with independent origination, assessment and disbursement
capability. Under Ahsan’s stewardship, MTB broadened its
deposit and loan products and took effective steps to measure
the quality of service delivery assisting in improving customer
service.
Mr. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury,
Deputy Managing Director & Company Secy.
Mr. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Deputy
Managing Director, is the Company Secretary of the Bank. He
joined erstwhile State Bank of Pakistan as Trainee Officer in
February 1965 and after completion of training he was absorbed
in the then Habib Bank as Officer. He served in Habib Bank/
Agrani Bank for 34 years and held important positions. He was
DGM/ Board Secretary of Agrani Bank before he joined Mutual
Trust Bank in September 1999 as Sr. Vice President & Company
Secretary. Subsequently he was promoted to the rank of Executive
Vice President in July 2001. He passed both parts of Banking
Diploma Examination from the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh.
Mr. Md. Hashem
Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director
Md. Hashem Chowdhury is the Deputy
Managing Director of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB).
An MBA in Human Resource Management, Mr Chowdhury is a long
experienced banker who joined MTB as a member of its founding
team in April 1999, and has over the last decade, made considerable
contributions to the bank. He has served MTB’s Principal
Branch for over nine years, of which four years was spent at
its helm, driving remarkable business growth and delivering
a steady stream of profits to the Bank. The branch achieved
the distinction as the most profitable one in MTB, especially
during 2007 and 2008 and Hashem was recognized as the “Best
Manager of Mutual Trust Bank” for two consecutive years
in 2007 and 2008.
He was then transferred
to the Head Office in January 2009 and took charge of the General
Services Department, Banking Operations Department, Business
Development, Public Relations & Brand Communication Department
and Recovery & Monitoring Department. In addition, he was
also made responsible for overall supervision of Chittagong
area branches.
He commenced his banking career with Janata Bank in 1981, where
he worked in a variety of roles. He received “Best Performing
Bank Officer” award several times at Janata Bank. He is
a founder member of Bangladesh Money Market Dealers’ Association
(BAMDA) and presently serves as a senior member of its Advisory
Committee. He has received training on banking and management
practices both at home and abroad.
Mr. Md. Zakir Hussain,
Senior Executive Vice President
Mr. Md. Zakir Hussain started his
banking career as Probationary Officer in Janata Bank in 1977
and worked in various capacities for 25 years. He was DGM before
he joined NCC bank as SVP and head of Credit. Later he joined
National Bank Ltd and worked as SEVP and Head of Credit. Mr.
Hussain obtained various trainings on Industrial Finance, Financing
small scale industrial projects under 3rd IDA credit program,
29th Intl Commercial banking course in Pakistan, Man Management
and Team building programme conducted by Price and Wilcocks
International London. A Master of Arts from Rajshahi University
Mr. Hussain completed Post Graduate Diploma in Bank management
(PGDBM) and both parts of Banking Diploma Exams.
Mr. A.K.M. Shameem, Senior
Executive Vice President
Mr A.K.M. Shameem is Head of NRB
Division. He joined MTB in February 2003 as Sr. Vice President.
Before joining Mutual Trust Bank he was Deputy General Manager
Agrani Bank. He started his Banking career with Agrani Bank
and served as Manager at different branches including Head of
Purana Paltan Corporate Branch, Foreign Exchange Corporate Branch
And Head of Principal Branch (the main branch of Agrani Bank).
He held various important positions in Agrani Bank Head Office
including Head of International Division. Before becoming head
of NRB Divison, Mr.shameem Served Mutual Trust Bank as Head
of Inetrnational Division, Head of Treasury, Head of Card Division,
Head of ICT and Head of Corporate Banking Division.
Mr Shameem did his Honors
and Masters Degree in Economics and did MBA from Institute of
Business Administration, University of Dhaka.
Mr. Shameem is widely trained at home and abroad. He attended
Certificate Course on 'Credit Analysis' in New York, USA, sponsored
by World Bank under FSRP Program. Also he obtained training
on Operational Risk Management, Trade Finance, Card Management,
Foreign Exchange Management from UK, Germany Singapore and Thailand.
He also actively participated in many National and International
Conferences at home & abroad.
Mr. Shameem is a trainer and attends different Bank Training
Institutes as a resource person. He is a part time lecturer
of Banking Department, University of Dhaka. Also Mr Shameem
is a part time training consultant of IFC-SEDF program on Credit
Analysis for SME Financing.
He is associated with Bangladesh Economic Association for long
as an Executive Committee Member. He is a Member of Academic
Council of Dhaka School of Economics. He is also a Life member
of Bangladesh Society for Training & Development.
During his student life Mr. Shameem was an active participant
of sports and cultural Activities. A literary champion of the
University twice, he topped the Inter School, Inter College
and Inter University Debate competition as well as awarded in
National Debate Competition organized by Bangladesh Television
and Bangladesh Parishad, Ministry of Information.
Mr. Md. Nurul Islam,
Senior Executive Vice President
Mr. Md. Nurul Islam started his
banking career as a Probationary Officer in Agrani Bank. He
is a Masters of Social Science from the University of Dhaka.
He served more than 22 years and held various important Executive
positions as Branch In charge, Zonal Head and Head of different
divisions during his tenure of services in Agrani Bank. He joined
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. on May 04, 2000. He obtained post graduate
Banking Diploma from the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh. Mr.
Islam attended various trainings and seminars at home and abroad.
Mr Mohammad Ali Chowdhury,
Senior Executive Vice President
Mr Mohammad Ali Chowdhury
Joined Mutual Trust Bank as Senior Executive Vice President
and Head of MTB Chittagong Branches on July 22, 2009.
Chowdhury, a veteran banker, has served for more than 34 years
in a number of foreign and local banks in a variety of roles.
Before joining MTB, Chowdhury was Chief Manager of Bank Al-Falah
and responsible for its Chittagong and Sylhet branches.
Earlier, he served AB Bank as Regional Head of Chittagong, One
Bank as Head of Chittagong and also Standard Chartered Bank
and ANZ Grindlays Bank in senior roles.
Chowdhury has considerable
banking experience and exposure in Chittagong including Corporate
Banking, Credit Analysis and Administration, Loan Syndications,
Branch Banking, Relationship Banking, and Loan Recovery. He
has strong relationships with major Chittagong based corporate
business houses and their sponsors and executives. Chowdhury
has a proven track record of booking new business and realization
of classified loans.
His training includes Financial Analysis, Financial Risk Analysis,
Financial Reporting, Cash Flow Analysis, Capital Financing,
Loan Structuring, Loan Documentation, Loan Syndication, International
Trade Finance, Leadership and Human Resource Management, Portfolio
Management, Crisis Management, and Time Management, both at
home and abroad. He has on job attachment experience with Standard
Charted Bank, Hongkong and Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai.
Mr. Meer Sajed-Ul-Basher,
ACA, Senior Vice President & CFO
Mr. Meer Sajed-ul-
Basher is the Chief Financial Officer of Mutual Trust Bank Limited.
He joined MTB in August 2009.
Prior to his joining in MTB, he was the Country Controller of
Motorola Bangladesh. Mr. Sajed was also responsible for Nepal,
Srilanka and Maldives market in Motoroal. He worked almost ten
years in two leading financial institution in the country- IDLC
Finance Limited and United Leasing Company Limited. He held
various important positions in the above two financial institutions.
Mr. Sajed is a qualified Chartered Accountant and completed
Chartered Accountancy course from Rahman Rahman Huq, a member
firm of KPMG.
Mr. Sajed is also a part time lecturer of private university
and has attended various training program at home and aboard.
He has on job attachment experience with Motorola, Singapore,
India and China.
