Masrur Arefin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of City Bank PLC, has been elected Chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB), the country's apex body of bank executives.
Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury, Managing Director and CEO of Trust Bank PLC, has been elected Secretary General of the organisation.
The new leadership was elected at the 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ABB, held recently, for a two-year term covering 2026-2027.
Three Vice Chairmen were also elected at the AGM. They are Hasan O Rashid, Managing Director of Prime Bank PLC; Mohammad Ali, Managing Director of Pubali Bank PLC; and Mohammad Mamdudur Rashid, Managing Director of United Commercial Bank PLC.
In addition, Tarek Riaz Khan, Managing Director of NRB Bank PLC, was elected Treasurer, while Mirza Ilias Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director of Jamuna Bank PLC, was elected Joint Secretary.
Besides the office bearers, 12 Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of various banks were elected as members of ABB's Board of Governance.
Stakeholders in the banking sector expressed the hope that professionalism, policy reforms and integrated initiatives would be further strengthened under the new leadership. �"UNB
