AFM Shariful Islam has recently been appointed as the managing director of National Bank for a three-year term, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Prior to his appointment, Islam has been serving the bank as additional managing director. Islam started his career with AB Bank and later served Dhaka Stock Exchange as chief executive officer, according to the statement.

He completed his MA with honours in economics from Rajshahi University and later completed a diploma on financial asset management and engineering from Switzerland.