STAR BUSINESS DESK

Khandaker Sakib Ahmed has been elected chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities Limited.

The election took place at the company’s 92nd board meeting held in Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

Ahmed is one of the sponsors and directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC. He is also the chairman of Own the World Company Limited, Own the World Hajj & Umrah Limited and Intech Limited. With more than three decades of business experience, he serves as a director of AQUA Consultants & Associates Ltd, a shareholder of Millennium Information Solution Limited, and a partner of Innovio IT. He completed his MBA degree.

At the same meeting, Mohiuddin Ahmed was re-elected and Md Jafar Sadeq was elected as vice-chairmen.

Mohiuddin is the proprietor of Rupsha Trading Corporation and Mohiuddin Auto House, and chairman of Pacific Automobiles. He is also the vice-chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC and a sponsor shareholder of Islami Insurance Bangladesh Ltd.

He previously served as vice-chairman and a member of the governing body of Southeast University, and as a director of the Bangladesh Chamber of Industries.

Jafar Sadeq, the other vice-chairman, has been serving as deputy managing director and chief financial officer of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC. He is a fellow chartered accountant (FCA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.

He began his career in 2002 with Hoda Vasi Chowdhury, Chartered Accountants, and later joined ONE Bank PLC before moving to Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC in 2006.

With over 20 years of experience in the banking sector, Sadeq is regarded as a seasoned finance professional.