Zaid Bakht has recently been appointed as the chairman of Agrani Bank.
Prior to the appointment, which is subject to regulatory approval, Bakht has been serving the board of Sonali Bank as a director, the Bank and Financial Institutions Division said in a statement yesterday.
The research director of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Bakht has an MSc in economics from Islamabad (now Quaid-e-Azam) University, Pakistan, and a PhD in economics from Cornell University of USA, according to the statement.
His principal areas of research include industrial policy and SME and private sector development.