Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui

Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of Sonali Bank Limited.[1] He is a former Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank.[2][3]

Early life and education

Siddiqui completed his Bachelors and Masters in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1973 and 1974 respectively.[4]

Siddiqui completed his second Masters on Public Administration from Harvard University in 1989.[4]

Career

Siddiqui taught at BRAC University in the school of business.[4]

In 2010, as Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Siddiqui sought to bring back money laundered by Arafat Rahman Koko, son of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.[5]

Siddiqui was the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank from 2006 to 2011.[6] He joined Prime Bank as an advisor after leaving Bangladesh Bank in 2012.[7][8] He was a Director of AB Bank.[9]

On 21 August 2019, Siddiqui was appointed Chairman of Sonali Bank for a three year term by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance.[10] In 2020, he committed to work with Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit.[11]

Siddiqui launched Blaze services of Sonali Bank in partnership with IT Consultants Limited on 25 August 2021 with Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as chief guest.[12] Special guests at the event were Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister of ICT, and Ahmed Jamal, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank.[12] He is a Director of PBL Exchange (UK) Limited.[13]

References
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  5. Correspondent, Court (2010-07-19). "Hearing on petition for court order Aug 18". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
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  8. "Bangladesh makes 'historic' female deputy governor selection". Central Banking. 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  9. ""AB Bank strict against loan defaulters"". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-10-06. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  10. Report, Star Online (2019-08-21). "Sonali, Janata banks get new chairmen". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  11. "Sonali Bank to assist BFIU in preventing money laundering, terror financing". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  12. "Next step of digital Bangladesh is cashless society: Sajeeb Wazed". The Daily Star. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  13. "Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui - PBL Exchange (UK) Limited, City of London". LeadQuest. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
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