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New body of SWIFT Member & User Group elected

Sunday, 10 August 2014



Anis A. Khan, Managing Director & CEO of Mutual Trust Bank has been elected the Chairperson of the SWIFT Member & User Group of Bangladesh for 2014-2016.
Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director & CEO of Eastern Bank was elected as the Vice Chairperson, while A M M Farhad, Deputy Managing Director of Social Islami Bank -  the Secretary General.
The election to the 15-member Executive Committee was held recently at a local hotel in Dhaka following the Annual General Meeting of the Group, at which the new Constitution was formally adopted, according to a statement.
Md. Arfan Ali, Deputy Managing Director of Bank Asia and Acting Chairperson of the Group chaired the AGM. K Mahmood Sattar, Former Chairperson of the Group and former Chairman of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh announced the results of the Election as the Election Commissioner.
 The full committee is as follows: Anis A. Khan, Chairperson,  Ali Reza Iftekhar, Vice Chairperson, A M M Farhad, Secretary General, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Head of International Division, ICB Islamic Bank - Joint Secretary General, Syed Md. Masum, Head of International Division, NCC Bank - Treasurer, Sohrab Mustafa, Head of International Division, United Commercial Bank - Joint Treasurer, EC members - Nominee of Bangladesh Bank, Pradip Kumar Dutta, Managing Director & CEO, Sonali Bank, Dr. Syed Abdul Hamid, Managing Director & CEO, Agrani Bank, S. M. Aminur Rahman, CEO & Managing Director, Janata Bank, Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director, Islami Bank Bangladesh, Shafiqul Alam, Managing Director, Jamuna Bank, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Managing Director & CEO, BRAC Bank, Md. Arfan Ali, Deputy Managing Director, Bank Asia, and A K M Shameem, Deputy Managing Director, The Farmers Bank.