Audit Committee

Mr. Ahmed Kamal Khan Chowdhury has been appointed as Independent Director of Shimanto Bank PLC. He has over 34 years of banking experience in the field of Finance, General Banking, Risk Management, Treasury and Compliance, Global business. He became Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited on 14th December 2014. Before taking over the charge as Managing Director, he was Deputy Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of the same bank. He held important management position viz. Chief Finance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Head of Credit Committee, CAMLCO (Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer), Head of Finance and Head of Branch in International, Specialized and Private Commercial Banks operating in Bangladesh. Over the time he developed strong professional skills in multitasking environment and is a believer in process development. He was always the core team member of the process development to bring more transparency and smooth workflow.

Mr. Chowdhury was a member of the Executive Committees of Association of Bankers of Bangladesh and Primary Dealers Association of Bangladesh. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Prime Bank Investment Limited, Prime Bank Securities Limited PBL Exchange (UK) Limited, PBL Exchange Co. PTE Ltd, Singapore, PBL Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Mr. Chowdhury was Independent Director of Prime Finance and Investment Limited (PFIL). He was Chairman of Audit Committee and Member of Executive Committee of PFIL. He worked as Advisor to Prime Bank Investment Limited from 2nd April 2018 to 1st April 2020. He is presently working as Group Advisor of Software Shop Limited. He is also the Chairman of Redshift Trading & Consulting Limited.

Mr. Chowdhury obtained Master’s in Economics from the University of Dhaka and MBA in Finance from Stamford University Dhaka. He attended various trainings, workshops and seminars at home and abroad on different aspects of banking. He is an Ex-cadet of Faujdarhat Cadet College and member of Old Faujian Association and Cadet College Club Limited. Mr. Chowdhury is member of Bangladesh Economic Association. He is an active Rotarian and a Paul Harris Fellow.

Col Mohammad Nazrul Islam, BGBM, BGBMS, psc is Deputy Director General (Communication) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). He began his military journey with 44 BMA Long Course on 30 June 1999 and was commissioned in the Corps of Signals on 17 June 2001. Over the years, he has completed various professional trainings and courses both at home and abroad.

Col Nazrul is an alumnus of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC), Mirpur and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Jahangirnagar University. In addition, he holds a BSc in Computer Science and Engineering from Southeast University and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Cyber Security.

Col Nazrul has held a wide range of appointments as staff officer, instructor, and commander in both Bangladesh Army and Border Guard Bangladesh. Under the banner of the United Nations, he has participated in peacekeeping missions in Liberia, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Col Nazrul is well-travelled and enjoys exploring new places and listening to music. He is happily married and blessed with a son.

Mr. Shirin has retired recently serving Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) as Managing Director & CEO for more than 9 years. He joined DBBL as EVP in 2003 and contributed towards automation of the bank. Under his leadership, the Bank has set up the largest ATM/POS network, Cards, Mobile Apps, MFS and Agent Banking systems. During his tenure as MD & CEO, he made all the operations of the bank centralised and paperless, and improved the deposit and credit portfolio in terms of amount and quality. Before joining DBBL, Mr. Shirin was the Deputy General Manager and Head of IT of BASIC Bank. He started career in 1984 joining as Assistant Engineer / Computer Programmer at Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation. Mr. Shirin obtained his Master of Computer Science and Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and Bachelor / Master from Bangladesh Agricultural University and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Mr. Shirin is the writer of three books on technology.

Mr. Mohammad Mostafa Hossain Suman FCS is a governance professional. He is a Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) and Associate of Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB). Mr. Suman is serving Shimanto Bank PLC as Company Secretary since joining in 2017.

Prior to joining Shimanto Bank PLC., Mr. Suman was Company Secretary and Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO) of Chartered Life Insurance Company Ltd, an insurer listed in stock exchanges. He also worked as Company Secretary for a Telecom Group, (Banglatel, BD Link, Jibondhara) which is international gateway, interconnection exchange, international terrestrial cable and international gateway operator. He was Company Secretary & Chief Accountant of Lexco Ltd, a leather manufacturer listed in stock exchanges since 1986. He started his career in joining a reputed Group.

Mr. Suman completed his BSS and MSS from Dhaka University. He accomplished Corporate Affairs Management course from ICSB. Later, he qualified the Chartered Secretary exams from ICSB. He passed LL.B from National University. Later he pursued Master of Public Affairs (MPA) from Civil Service College. He accomplished Diploma in Social Compliance from Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM). Mr. Suman passed the banking professional exams (AIBB and JAIBB) from Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB).