STAR BUSINESS DESK

ONE Bank PLC has appointed Iftekhar Ahmed Zafar to the post of deputy managing director (DMD).

Zafar will also lead the bank’s transaction banking and investment banking divisions while also serving as chief strategy officer, according to a press release.

Prior to this appointment, he held several senior leadership positions at Standard Chartered Bank in Bangladesh and the UAE for over two decades.

Iftekhar brings more than 23 years of banking experience across corporate and institutional banking, financial markets, transaction banking, and finance. Zafar obtained both BBA and MBA degrees from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at the University of Dhaka.

He has also completed various executive education programmes at leading global institutions, including the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), INSEAD, and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).