Dhaka Bank PLC has promoted S M Abdullah H Kafi to the position of Deputy Managing Director (DMD).
Kafi joined Dhaka Bank PLC in 2015, bringing with over 27 years of extensive experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Business Transformation and Resilience as well as Central Banking, says a press release.
He began his career in 1999 as an Assistant Director at Bangladesh Bank, contributed in policy and regulation facilitation and regulatory oversight in areas of FDI and Portfolio Investment, Rural Credit, Banking Supervision, Foreign Exchange Risk, Transactional Banking and cross-border M &A.
Later, he served at Citibank N.A. as Resident Vice President, leading the Operational Risk and Internal Control (ORIC) framework covering the business resilience risk management for the country franchise. Subsequently, Kafi joined HSBC Bangladesh as Country Head of Operational Risk, rolling out Operational Risk Management Framework (ORMF) system and played a transformative role in embedding a strong risk culture emphasizing on Anti-Money Laundering and CFT risk.
Kafi holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Dhaka.
