Nurul Azim joins Shimanto Bank as MD & CEO

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FE Team | Published: February 05, 2026 00:42:25

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Md. Nurul Azim officially assumed office on Tuesday as the managing director and chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Shimanto Bank. Prior to joining the bank, he served as the managing director of Islamic Finance and Investment, according to a press release.
With nearly 25 years of experience in the banking sector, Mr Azim has held various key positions with distinction and professional excellence. He began his banking career as a management trainee officer at The Premier Bank. Subsequently, he served in important branches and departments of Southeast Bank, National Bank and SBAC Bank.
Before joining Islamic Finance and Investment, he successfully served as additional managing director of SBAC Bank. During his tenure, he also led the bank at different times as acting managing director & CEO.
Over his long banking career, Mr. Azim has gained extensive expertise across diverse functions, including credit, banking operation division, foreign trade, general banking, law & recovery, credit administration, audit and financial administration. Notably, he successfully performed the roles of chief risk officer and chief business officer at SBAC Bank.
Mr. Azim is a Master's degree holder from Rabindra Bharati University, West Bengal, India. He received training courses on prevention of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism; green banking and green financing; environmental risk management; branch management; financing small and medium enterprises; credit management, investment and merchant banking; lending risk analysis, etc. from various reputed institutions of the country.