Prof MA Baqui Khalily has been reelected chairman of the Board Risk Management Committee of Bank Asia Limited at a meeting of its Board of Directors recently. 

Khalily is one of the independent directors of the bank, said a press release.

He joined as a faculty member at the Department of Finance of the University of Dhaka in 1975 after attaining his BCom and MCom in finance from the same institution.

He obtained his MSc and PhD with majors in finance and development in 1987 and 1991 respectively from Ohio State University in the US.

After teaching for 37 years, Professor Khalily retired from the University of Dhaka in 2012.

He has a large number of publications especially on rural finance, financial inclusion, SME development and microfinance in prominent national and international journals. He also authored and co-authored many books and research monographs.

Professor Khalily also held many important administrative positions. He was the executive director of the Institute of Microfinance, acting vice-chancellor and pro vice-chancellor of Presidency University, chairman of the department of finance at the University of Dhaka, and director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited.

Professor Khalily currently teaches at the department of business administration of the University of Asia Pacific.