Jamuna Bank Limited has appointed prominent banker Mr. Mirza Elias Uddin Ahmed as Managing Director & CEO with effect from October 21, 2019. Earlier Mr. Ahmed served the Bank in the capacities of Additional Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director for over 7 years.
A career Banker Mr. Ahmed’s services in bank’s evolved for over 34 years with all round exposure in most banking fields including Treasury, Risk Management, Operation & Services, Business, Fx and Credit.
Mr. Ahmed did his Master’s in Management from the University of Dhaka. He started his banking career in 1985 with National Bank Limited. He then served Prime Bank Ltd. and Mercantile Bank Limited before joining Jamuna Bank Limited as SAVP in 2001. He also served as the Chairman of Jamuna Bank Capital Management Limited. He is a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh and Founder General Secretary of Bangladesh Money Market Dealers Association (BAMDA). He was also the Chairman of Technical Committee of Primary Dealers Bangladesh Limited and member of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association (BAFEDA). As the CEO of Jamuna Bank Foundation, he also planned and implemented various CSR activities. He is also serving as the Chairman of a Day Care Centre set up for children of employees of private commercial banks titled ‘Pushpita’, operated in the Motijheel and Dilkusha areas of the capital, Dhaka.
Mr. Ahmed received extensive training on Bank Management at home and abroad and obtained higher education in Banking and Strategic Leadership. He is a widely travelled person and possesses vast knowledge of banking operations of many countries of the world.