New President, Vice Presidents of ICAB for 2021

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has elected Mahmudul Hasan Khusru FCA as President and Sidhartha Barua FCA, Md. Abdul Kader Joaddar FCA and Maria Howlader FCA as Vice Presidents of the Institute for the year 2021.

The new office bearers of ICAB were elected by the members of the Council at 21st Council Meeting of the year 2020 on Tuesday, which was presided over by current ICAB President Muhammad Farooq FCA. Mahmudul Hasan Khusru FCA will take over the charge of President of ICAB on 1 January 2021.

Mahmudul Hasan Khusru FCA, is currently Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Expo Group, Bangladesh and also Director & CEO, DataFort Limited.

Mr. Khusru acquired degree on Innovation and Strategy from the Harvard University, USA. Presently, he is pursuing PhD on 'Information Technologies for public sector reporting in Bangladesh'.

He is also involved in advocacy role on various laws and policy formation process of Government including preparing of various research papers, study materials.

Sidhartha Barua FCA, became an Associate Member of ICAB in 1995 and a Fellow Member in 2000 of the Institute. Mr. Barua obtained M.Com degree in Accounting from Chittagong University. He served the Meghna Petroleum Ltd. from 1987 to 2001 in different capacities, said a statement.

Currently, he is the partner of M. A. Mallik & Co., Chartered Accountants, Chittagong, and Council Member of ICAB for the term 2019-2021. He is the Vice President (Education and Examinations) of ICAB for the year 2020. He is also the Chairman of Committee for Small and Medium Practitioners, and the Co-chairman of Board of Studies of the Council -ICAB for the year 2020. He has also been rendering services to the ICAB as member of different standing and non-standing committees.

Md. Abdul Kader Joaddar FCA became an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) in 2001 and a Fellow Member in 2019. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and Master of Commerce degrees in Accounting from the University of Dhaka. Mr. Joaddar is working as the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh (SCB) since October 2018. In his career spanning over 19 years, Mr. Joaddar acquired vast experience within Banking and Life Insurance industry in the areas of Finance, Performance Management, Financial Controls, Budgeting, Forecasting. Liquidity, Balance Sheet & Capital Management, Corporate Tax Management, Payments. Prior to joining Standard Chartered, he was working as the Deputy Managing Director and CFO of BRAC Bank Limited in Bangladesh and has also served as the CFO of MetLife Bangladesh.

Maria Howlader FCA, is the founder of Howlader Maria & Co., (HmAC) Chartered Accountants (Member Firm of TGS Global). She has been serving Bangladesh Audit, Accounting and Advisory Practice since 2008. Before founding her own professional practice and consultancy work. She was the partner in A. Qasem & Co., Chartered Accountants and practiced there for many years. Earlier she worked for Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co., Chartered Accountants. She became an Associate Member of ICAB in 2008 and Fellow Member in 2013.