Vice-chairmen of Bank Asia re-elected

Mr. Mohd Safwan Choudhury and Mr. AM Nurul Islam Anu have been re-elected Vice Chairmen of Bank Asia at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank held recently, said a press release.

Vice Chairman Mr. Mohd Safwan Choudhury is an eminent industrialist of the country. Former president of Sylhet Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mr. Choudhury is the Managing Director of M. Ahmed Tea & Lands Co. Ltd, Phulbaria Tea Estates Ltd., M Ahmed Cold Storage Ltd., Premier Dyeing & Calendering Ltd. and M. Ahmed Food & Spices Ltd. He is the Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association and President of Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB), an NGO providing education to the under-privileged children.

Vice Chairman Mr. Nurul Islam Anu, a former teacher of the University of Dhaka and former CSP is a well-known in the administrative and political circle of Bangladesh. He has extensive experience on national administrative and international development financing issues. In Bangladesh Government, he held important assignments, including private secretary to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Joint Secretary to the President of Bangladesh, to mention a few. He had extensive exposure on international development financing issues while working as an economic diplomat in the Washington D.C.