Bank Asia Limited Independent Director Helal Ahmed Chowdhury has recently been elected as the chairman of BA Express USA Inc, a money transfer company owned by the bank, according to a statement.
Mr Chowdhury is a veteran banker with over four and a half decades of banking experience. He started his career at Pubali Bank in 1977 as a class-I officer and was promoted in the course to managing director and CEO of the same bank.
He played a significant role in channelling foreign remittances by successfully motivating expatriate Bangladeshis in different countries. He had wide connections with the exchange houses overseas and profusely mobilised their remittances in the country. He attended different trade delegations of FBCCI.
Under his leadership, Pubali Bank transformed into an institutional role model of government turned private commercial bank and won the prestigious award "Best Financial Institution" given by DHL and The Daily Star in 2009.
He is an M.A. and a Diplomaed Associate of IBB. He participated in different training, seminars, and short and long courses at home and abroad including Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the UK and UC Berkeley and Columbia University in the USA.
Mr. Chowdhury is a former supernumerary professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), also a board member and vice chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), and a board member of BIBM. He is a general body member of PKSF and a member of the ICC Bangladesh Banking Commission.
Helal Ahmed Chy elected chairman of BA Express USA
FE DESK | Published: November 21, 2023 22:36:47
Helal Ahmed Chy elected chairman of BA Express USA
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