Abdullah Al Ahsan has recently been elected as the vice chairman of Dhaka Bank.

An industrialist, investor, educationist and philanthropist, Ahsan has over 35 years of experience in trade and commerce, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

He has acquired an M Com and a master's degree in business administration.

A freedom fighter, Ahsan has been appointed as a special correspondent of Daily Banglar Bani, published from Mujib Nagar by its founding Editor/Publisher Sheikh Fazlul Huq Mani, founder of Mujib Bahini during the liberation war of Bangladesh.

Ahsan was the pro-vice chancellor of the University of Science and Technology Chittagong, according to the statement.

He was a former director of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce, a member of Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd and a founding sponsor shareholder-director of Dhaka Bank.