Md. Arfan Ali has been reappointed as president & managing director of Bank Asia Ltd for the 2nd term.
Arfan, an MBA from the IBA, Dhaka University, has more than 28 (twenty eight) years of diverse experience in banking industry. Ali started his career with Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited as a probationary officer in 1991, said a press release. In 1999, he joined Bank Asia before it started its operation and acted as a key team player in Bank Asia for acquisition of the operations of two foreign banks in Bangladesh – the first of its kind – namely, Bank of Nova Scotia and Muslim Commercial Bank of Pakistan.
Md. Arfan Ali pioneered and championed Agent Banking operations in Bangladesh with a view to serve a wide range of unbanked and underserved population all over the country by providing banking and financial services. He is the chairperson of the SWIFT Members & Users Group of Bangladesh, Secretary General of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh Limited (ABB) and Advisor of Bangladesh Money Market Dealers Association (BAMDA).
