Board of Directors

Mr. Dewan Nurul Islam MBA, FCA

Chairman

Mr. Dewan Nurul Islam did his MBA in Finance from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia and Financial Analysis Course from the same university with distinctions. He has many years of senior level financial, investment management, capital markets and general management experience in the country and abroad. He has worked as Country Finance Manager for a multinational Company and was Finance Director for a major local business conglomerate in Bangladesh. Mr. Dewan worked for two years as Senior Consultant for an Investment Bank in Australia, focusing enterprise funding, valuations, initial public offerings, business acquisitions and research. He has been involved in Bangladesh capital market investment since 1990.

He has participated and led a number of initial public offerings (IPO), fund raising, valuations, deal negotiations, mergers and acquisitions in Australia and Bangladesh capital markets.

Mr. Dewan is a senior Chartered Accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and he was the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).

Mr. Dewan was a Government Nominated Director to the Board of Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL), the bank created by merging Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) and Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS).

He is now working as Managing Director and CEO of Grant Thornton Consulting Bangladesh Ltd., one of the world’s leading Professional Services and Consultancy Firm.  

Mr. M Shafiqul Alam FCS, FCA

Director

Mr. M. Shafiqul Alam FCS, FCA has an outstanding professional career. He has senior level corporate and financial management experience with reputed local conglomerate and multinationals. Mr. Alam worked as CFO of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Finance Director of Novartis Bangladesh, Finance & IT Director of Aventis Bangladesh Ltd. and CFO of Opsonin Pharma Ltd. He is actively involved in Bangladesh capital markets for more than 20 years.

Mr. Alam has excellent knowledge in business, finance, investment management, capital markets, corporate affairs, Companies Act, BSEC, DSE and CSE rules & regulations.

Mr. Alam is a senior Chartered Accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and also a fellow member of Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Managers of Bangladesh.

Mr. Alam is now working as a managing partner of Ahmed Zaker & Co., a member firm of Kingston Sorel International, UK.

Mr. Md. Kamrul Hassan, FCA

Director

Mr. Md. Kamrul Hassan FCA has an outstanding professional career. He has senior level corporate and financial management experience with reputed local conglomerate and multinationals abroad. Mr. Hassan is now working as Executive Director (Finance) with Transcom Group of Companies. He started his career with Transcom Group of Companies in 1994 as Manager Finance and Accounts, worked in various position of Finance Department of the Group and was promoted to the position of Executive Director (Finance) in 2008. During the tenure of his services with Transcom Group, Mr. Hassan was directly involved in many investment decision of the company.  Mr. Hassan also worked more than two years in Libya with Daewoo Corporation, Korea as Accountant.

Mr. Hassan is a Chartered Accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.

He is also a member of the board of directors of IDLC Finance Ltd., the leading NBFI of the country.

Professor Serajul Hoque PhD

Independent Director

Professor Serajul Hoque PhD an outstanding scholar in the field of Business, Economics, Investment and Global Trade is now working as a professor in the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.

Professor Serajul Hoque obtained PhD in Global Marketing from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics of the University of Osnabruck, Germany in 2003 under German Academic Exchange Service Research Scholarship.

Dr. Hoque did his Masters of Commerce in Marketing from Dhaka University in 1989 and secured First Class First position. Earlier he did his Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Marketing from the University of Dhaka in 1988 and secured First Class First position.

Dr. Serajul Hoque started his career with Investment Corporation of Bangladesh in 1989 as a Senior Officer. He later joined Dhaka University as Lecturer in the Faculty of Commerce in 1990. Mr. Hoque promoted as professor in the Faculty of Business Studies of Dhaka University in 2005.

Dr. Hoque has numerous publications in business, finance, investment and global trade in his credit. He has attended a number of international seminars on global trade, investment and capital markets.