Former secretary Kaniz Fatema has recently joined Karmasangsthan Bank as its chairman.

She started her professional career as assistant commissioner and magistrate in 1983, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Fatema worked as the secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division and director general (secretary) of the National Academy for Planning and Development.

Fatema completed her master's degree in public administration from the University of Dhaka in 1981.