Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of First Security Islami Bank has been elected as Chairman of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) while Khwaja Shahriar, Chairman of Al- Arafah Islami Bank and Mohammed Nurul Amin, Chairman of Global Islamic Bank have been elected Vice-Chairmen.
The new committee was formed in the 64th Meeting of IBCF held on September 22 at the meeting room of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) where A K M Nurul Fazal Bulbul, Vice- Chairman of IBCF presided over the meeting.
Md. Farid Uddin Ahmad, Chairman of Union Bank and A K M Nurul Fazal Bulbul, Founder Director of EXIM Bank were made as advisor.
The Forum elected Mohammed Monirul Moula, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC as Chairman of the Task Committee of IBCF while Mohammad Feroz Hossain, Managing Director of EXIM Bank and Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, Managing Director of Shahjalal Islami Bank elected as Co-Chairmen.
Nurul Islam Khalifa, Chairman of Executive Committee of Global Islamic Bank will act as honorary secretary of IBCF.
In the meeting, the past glorious role of Islamic banks in country's economic progress was recalled and reviewed the causes of the recent liquidity crisis.
The committee remembered the trust of the customers towards Islamic banks and expressed their commitment to work unitedly to restore that trust as soon as possible.
The Chairmen and Managing Directors of Islamic banks appreciated the positive steps taken by Bangladesh Bank to mitigate the recent liquidity crisis.
In the meeting, Md. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh, Prof. Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam, FCMA, Chairman of Social Islami Bank, Mohammed Younus, Vice Chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank., Md. Abdur Rahman Sarker, Chairman of Audit Committee, Jamuna Bank, Md. Nurul Amin, Director, EXIM Bank, Syed Waseque Md. Ali, Managing Director of First Security Islami Bank, A.K.M. Shahnawaj, Managing Director (C.C) of Dhaka Bank, Muhammed Nadim, Deputy Managing Director of Al- Arafah Islami Bank, S. M. Iqbal Hossain, Deputy Managing Director of Bank Asia and Jahangir Alam, Assistant Secretary of IBCF attended along with executives from member banks.
