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Personal and business history of different company's CEO, Chairman of Bangladesh
Golam Kibria:
Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited joined the bank at the time of its inception in 1983 as Public Relations Officer. Later, he worked in its Nawabpur & Islampur Branch and served as Branch Incumbent in different capacities in Jessore, Mouchak and Head Office Complex Corporate branch for more than a decade with Success.
He received the First Best Manager award of the bank for his outstanding performance in 1991 & 1993. He moved to Saudi Arabia in 1995 as the Bank’s marketing & development representative for KSA and subsequently he was simultaneously assigned to five other Gulf States, namely Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the U.A.E. He served in those GCC countries till June 2000 and did extensive groundwork for facilitating expatriate remittance to the country as well as to the bank. After returning from his assignment in abroad he took the charge of Head Office Complex Corporate Branch in August 2000 and under his leadership the branch became one of the top branch of the bank within a very short time. He was promoted to the post of Executive Vice President in January 2003. Mr. Mannan took the charge of International Banking Wing in August 2005. He was promoted as Deputy Executive President in 2006.
Mohammad Abdul Mannan is closely associated with various socio-economic & socio-cultural organizations. Some of those are : Islamic Economics Research Bureau, Bangladesh Islami Bankers Association (BIBA), Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Itihash Parishad, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), Bangladesh Islamic Centre, Bangla Sahitya Parisad, Natya Moncho Bangladesh, Sahitya Sanskrity Kendra & Centre For National Culture.
Born in 1952 Mr. Abdul Mannan hails from Satyabhandi under Araihazar Upazilla of Narayanganj District.
Golam Kibria:
Muhammad A. (Rumee) Ali, joined the Board of BRAC Bank in 2007 and was elected the Chairman, in 2008, taking over from the Founder Chairman Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed.
He is the Managing Director, Enterprises at BRAC and also a Director of BRAC BDMail Network Limited, Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Limited, BRAC Karnofuli Tea Company Ltd., BRAC Kayachora Tea Company Ltd., BRAC Bashkhali Tea Company Ltd., BRAC Kodala Tea Estate, BRAC Services Limited (BRAC Centre Inn), Bangladesh Netting Factory Limited. He was elected the Chairman of BRAC EPL Investments Limited and BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited in July 2009 after BRAC Bank Limited acquisition of these companies.
Mr. Rumee Ali served at different levels in local and international banking sectors. Prior to joining BRAC in 2007, he served as the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank from 2002 to 2006 and was responsible for Supervision, Anti Money Laundering and Information Technology. During this period he was also involved in regulatory reforms, particularly in the Risk Management area. With his appointment as Country Head and General Manager of ANZ Grindlays in March 1997, Rumee Ali became the first Bangladeshi to head a major international bank in Bangladesh. In July 2000, following the takeover of ANZ Grindlays by Standard Chartered Bank, Rumee Ali was appointed the CEO of the Standard Chartered Group in Bangladesh, heading both Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank. His banking experience includes stints in India, United Kingdom and Australia. Rumee Ali was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh, in 2001. At present, he is the Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks and Vice President of Bangladesh Employers Federation.
Rumee Ali is a director on the boards of several organizations including The CSR Institute, International Centre for Study of Bengal Art, Sub-Committee for Taxation of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industries, a council member of The Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh, and is a member of the Global Steering Committee of the ‘Performance Based Grants Initiative’ of the International Finance Corporation, Washington DC. He served as a member of the Better Business Forum and is, at present a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund. He also served as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Small & Medium Enterprises (2005/6) and is associated with the Small & Medium Enterprises Foundation as a member of the General Body.
Rumee Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1951. He has a Masters in Economics from Dhaka University.
Golam Kibria:
Nihad Kabir was elected as an Independent Director on the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in July 2007 and was also nominated as a Depositor Director by the Board of Directors. In addition, she is a member of the Board Audit Committee of the Bank. She is the Senior Partner of Syed Ishttaq Ahmad and Associates. She is also a Director of Kedarpur Tea Company Limited, Sathgao Tea Estate and Shaistaganj CNG Company Ltd.
Nihad Kabir is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and the Treasurer of Ain O Salish Kendra. She is the Legal Adviser of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Committee Member of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as Chair to Its Commercial Legislation Sub-Committee. She is a member of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance. She has been a member of the Company Law Reform Committee and the WTO working group on TRIPS and TBT, Government of Bangladesh. She was the first legal counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission. She worked as counsel at the Asian Development Bank and is currently a member of the National Education Policy Committee. She has more than 18 years of work experience as a lawyer.
Nihad Kabir was called to the Bar from Grays Inn in England. She has a B.A. (Hons) degree in Law and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, England.
Golam Kibria:
Quazi Mohammad Shariful Ala was appointed as Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in April 2005. He is presently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Delta BRAC Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DBH). Besides, he is a non-executive Director on the Boards of several prominent companies including Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Limited and Mobil Jamuna Fuels Ltd.
He has more than 29 years of varied professional work experience primarily in the financial sector both in Bangladesh and in the United Kingdom.
Quazi Mohammad Shariful Ala is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He graduated in Economics with first class honors from the London School of Economics (LSE), University of London.
Golam Kibria:
Mr. Syed Mahbubur Rahman has been working with BRAC Bank limited since November 2008, prior to joining BRAC Bank Limited, he served with Prime Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director. He also worked with IDLC, Standard Chartered. ANZ Grindlays Bank and Citibank, NA in different capacities. He started his career in Saudi Bangladesh Agricultural and Industrial Investment Co. (SABINCO).
He has 22 years of experience in Banking & Financial Institutions. During his banking career, he attended numerous trainings, seminars and workshops on different aspects of banking held in the country and abroad. Mr. Rahman obtained MBA from the Institution of Business Administration, Dhaka University.
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