Prof. M. A. Baqui Khalily has been re-elected as the Chairman of Bank Asia’s Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. He is one of the Independent Directors of the Bank. Prof. Khalily is a renowned academician of the country, an eminent economist and finance scholar of national and international repute.
He was the Executive Director of Institute of Microfinance, Vice Chancellor (Acting) of Presidency University, Chairman of Department of Finance, University of Dhaka and Director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited. Besides, Prof. Khalily worked as a consultant in different international organizations like The World Bank.
, Asian Development Bank, NORAD, USAID, IFDC, JICA, European Union, UKAID/DFID etc. during his long career. He has large number of publications especially on rural finance, financial inclusion, Microfinance and SME development in prominent national and international journals.