Justice (Retd.) Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury is the Court-appointed Chairman and Independent Director of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited as per the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Order dated December 17, 2020, passed in Company Matter No. 32/2020. He is a B. A. (Hons.), M. A. (in English ), and LL.B under the University of Dhaka. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Judicial) Cadre as Assistant Judge on 17.03.1982 and served in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs as Assistant Secretary from 1984 to 1988.

He was trained as a legislative draftsman in Dhaka under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation of the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, and the U.K. in 1984. In due course, he was promoted as District and Sessions Judge on 01.03.1998. He was elevated as Additional Judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23.08.2004 and appointed as Judge of the same Division on 23.08.2006 and served there till his retirement on 09.01.2020.

He visited America, Australia, England, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Malaysia, and India in connection with conferences, seminars, symposia, and study- tours and in a private capacity.

Mr. Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain, FCA (ICAB), CPA (Ireland), CPFA (CIPFA-U. K) is the Court-appointed Director of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited as per the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Order dated December 17, 2020 passed in Company Matter No. 32/2020. He has over 30 years hands on experience, both at home and abroad. Mr. Hossain worked as an International Civil Servant with UNDP, UN-Women and UNHCR in a number countries, such as Sudan, Afghanistan, South-Sudan, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh as the head of finance, Operations Manager and Head of oversight. He also worked as Director Finance, Head of Finance & Accounts, Manager-Audit and several other important positions and contributed to the betterment of the organizations/companies. He has developed business process, SOPs and different polices and introduced system and procedures for different companies/ organization. Mr. Hossain conducted huge number of capacity assessments for different organizations and identified capacity gaps including developing of capacity development plan as well as conducted trainings. He has extended level of knowledge and capacity on effective budget management including aid effectiveness and utilization of scares resources effectively. Mr. Hossain did his master’s in accounting and is a fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). Mr. Hossain is also a member of the CPA, Ireland and CIFPA-UK. Mr. Hossain is a certified Procurement Professional from CIPS as well as an expert on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination (FAFE).

Mr. Ruhul Amin, FCMA is the Court-appointed Director of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited as per the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Order dated December 17, 2020 passed in Company Matter No. 32/2020. Mr. Amin is an FCMA from the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) and an MBA from IBA, University of Dhaka. He was the Chairman & Managing Director of BASF Bangladesh Ltd., a subsidiary of BASF SE, Germany. He was the Treasurer/Finance Director in the same Company. He was the President, the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh, former President, Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce & Industries, former Directors, Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd., Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd., and Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. Mr. Ruhul Amin attended a number of training programs and seminar/symposiums abroad. He underwent training on” Management for 21st Century” in the University of Michigan, USA and presented papers on Finance & Management in different countries including India, Pakistan, Hong Kong and Germany. He also led Bangladesh Trade Delegation to Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen in Germany in 2005. Mr. Amin comes of a respectable Muslim family of Munshigonj.

Mr. Shyamal Kanti Gosh, Former Secretary is the Court-appointed Independent Director of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited as per the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Order dated December 17, 2020 passed in Company Matter No. 32/2020. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Rajshahi and later pursued his MBA. He has received accolades on various disciplines from Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Savar, Bangladesh; Uppsala University, Sweden; CEE India; Bradford University, UK; International Training Center, ILO, Turin Italy; IIEP, Paris, France; Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand; Civil Service College, Singapore and other renowned institutes in the country and abroad.

Mr. Ghosh joined in Bangladesh Civil Service in August 1983. He has managed the public sector of Bangladesh for more than 33 years, navigating a diverse array of leadership challenges in different capacities, namely, as Assistant Commissioner, Planning & Finance Officer, Upazila Magistrate, Additional District Magistrate under the Ministry of Establishment; Secretary and Zonal Executive Officer; Director of Labour, Ministry of Labour and Employment; Director General, Bureau of Non-Formal Education.

Notably, he served as Director General of the Directorate of Primary Education under Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, later serving on Privatization Commission under Prime Minister’s Office (Secretary to the Government of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh) and finally he retired as the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture (MoA). After retirement, he played a key advisory role in the Ministry of Education and its various programs.

His biggest accomplishments include that he led several teams of Government Agencies, Development Partners, International & National NGO’s and civil society to plan and design the first ever sector program in the country for Primary Education Sector. It was aUS$ 8.3 billion programme and it was completed very successfully. His excellent quality to manage people and efficiently use money brought about revolutionary change in the Primary Education Sector of Bangladesh, which is recognised and lauded by all.

As Secretary, he was the chief accounting officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and was responsible for overall growth and development of the agriculture sector of Bangladesh. Introduction of various programs were made during his time.

Mr. Ghosh served as Director of KAFCO, Vice Chairman of the Cotton Development Board and Chairman of BKGET along with many other such engagements. He is a widely travelled person and even has multiple research works and publications to his credit. He has built a reputation of honesty, efficiency and competency through his years of work.

Mr. Md. Mahamud Hosain, FCA is the Court-appointed Independent Director of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited as per the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Order dated December 17, 2020 passed in Company Matter No. 32/2020. He has more than 20 years post qualification experience in Business Advisory, Financial Management including 8 years in assurance & advisory services. Mr. Mahamud was a Council Member & Ex-Vice President of The Institute of Chartered Accountant of Bangladesh (ICAB). He was Government Nominated Director in the Board of Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and was Consultant Financial Management at World Bank Group, Dhaka Office & International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) a UN Organisation & Asian Development Bank.

Mr. Mahamud is a Managing Partner at MMH, Chartered Accountants, Management Consultants & BPO Partners since January 2014, and actively involved in the management consultancy for different national, multinational, local conglomerate, group of companies and development orgainsations. He also worked as Finance Controller in Airtel Bangladesh, Chief Financial Officer of DHL Logistics, Head of Corporate Finance & Risk Management at Robi Axiata Limited and several other important positions and contributed to the betterment of the organizations/companies.

Mr. Mahamud has intense interest on macro-economy and capital markets. He host business Talk Show “Market Watch” in NTV, Digital Dialogue in association with the Business Standards and regularly participate as panelist in a number of electronic media, i.e. Ekushe TV, Independent TV, ATN Bangla, DBC News, 71 TV & etc. on Economy & Business.

Mr. A.K.M Ashfaqur Rahman Chowdhury has joined in Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC) on June 1, 2020 as Vice President and subsequently holds the current charge of Managing Director with effect from July 1, 2020.

Prior to his joining in BIFC, Mr. Chowdhury served as Head of Finance, Head of Accounts, Head of Treasury, Company Secretary, Head of Branch and Head of Liability Operation in different NBFIs like BD Finance, Premier Leasing, First Finance, Peoples Leasing since 2007. He started his career in financial sector through IFIC Bank Limited in the year 2002.

During his 18 years long career, Mr. Chowdhury participated in many long & short term training programs, workshops and seminars in Bank, NBFI, ICMAB, ICAI at home and abroad. He completed his Post Graduation in Accountancy. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Bangladesh and completed Banking Diploma from The Institute of Bankers Bangladesh. He achieved Advanced Certificate in Managerial Communication from The Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.