Senior Executives

Mr. Anis A. Khan, Managing Director & CEO

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.

Anis is on the Board of Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited, nominated by the Government of Bangladesh and serves as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies and a member of the Board of Governors of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh.

He is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Bangladesh Leasing & Finance Companies Association (BLFCA) and served till March 2009, 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 Sub-Committee.

Mr. Khan qualified to join the Bangladesh Civil Service after passing the BCS Examination 1982. His academic and professional qualifications include 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. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director

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. Ahsan-uz Zaman, Deputy Managing Director

Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman joined Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) as Deputy Managing Director on July 15, 2009. Ahsan will primarily be responsible for developing MTB’s corporate and institutional banking capabilities, structured finance and syndications business.

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.

While at JPMORGAN CHASE, Ahsan won the following awards: Winner of Leaders Circle 2003, Leadership Forum Award 2002, and Home Equity Circle of Excellence winner for 2003, 2002 and 2001. 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, and foreign exchange and presentation skills.

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. Also he is 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.

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.

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