Jamuna Bank has recently appointed Mirza Elias Uddin Ahmed as managing director and chief executive officer with effect from today.

He had previously been serving as additional managing director and deputy managing director for over seven years, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Ahmed started his banking career at National Bank in 1985 before moving on to Prime Bank and Mercantile Bank and turning into the chairman of Jamuna Bank Capital Management.

Obtaining a master’s degree in management from the University of Dhaka, he was also chairman of the Technical Committee of Primary Dealers Bangladesh and member of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association.