A tremendous energetic and an outstanding charismatic personality with amiable disposition Mr. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed is the founder Chairman of Standard Bank Limited. He is a man with distinctive vision, dynamism, commitment and innovative ideas. He comes of a very prominent and highly respectable family of Bangladesh. Mr. Akram Uddin Ahmed did his M. Sc. in physics form Dhaka University in 1963 and thereafter received several local and foreign professional Diplomas and training. He did Diploma in Personnel Management from UK in 1974, Industrial Management training from Switzerland in 1980. After academic education he first started his career as a lecturer in Jagannath College, Dhaka and after a short spell of teaching profession, he switched over to Administrative career in the Industrial Sector, in Mohammodi Steel as Manager in 1964. He left his service life in 1981 while he was General Manager of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation for embarking upon as an entrepreneur in the field of Industrial Manufacturing, Banking and other business. As a Chairman of Standard Bank Limited he has brought along with him a vast wealth of experience and expertise of managing a number of Industries of his own and of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, prominent business houses and enterprises of diversified nature.
Today he is a very successful entrepreneur and an eminent industrialist of the country. He is the Managing Director of Eastern Engineering Works Ltd., Bright Steel Wire Rope Mfg. Co. Ltd., Chittagong, Bright Trader (Overseas), Chittagong and Standard IT Services Ltd. He is one of the Former Directors of Padma Oil Co. Ltd., the largest subsidiary enterprise of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. He is a widely traveled man and visited many countries viz. USA, UK, French, Germany and many other Asian and African countries.
He is a valiant Freedom Fighter in our glorious War of Liberation who actively participated in the liberation war in 1971 and has made many significant contributions. During his course of journey to training camp in India, he lost his beloved son who died on the way.
He is the Former Chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) and during his tenure he has made immense contribution in turning this organization into a very lively and vital forum of the Chairman and Directors of Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh.
Chairman: H.M. Stell & Ind. Ltd.
Chairman: M/S Monzur Alam
Managing Director: Taher & Co. Ltd. Golden Brick Works Ltd. Golden Steel Alloy Works Ltd. Al-haj Mostafa Hakim Housing & Real Estate Ltd. Golden Oxygen Ltd. Al-haj Mostafa Hakim Cement Ind. Ltd. Golden Iron Works Ltd. Mutual Jute Spinner Ltd. Eagle Star Textile Mills Ltd. Al-haj Mostafa Hakim Bricks Ltd. Mostafa Hakim Container Yard Ltd.
Chairman: Chittagong Board & Paper Mills Ltd. Hotel Royal Palace Ltd.
Proprietor: Lucky Traders Royal Tower
Director: Standard Bank Ltd. Central Insurance Co. Ltd.
Proprietor: Diamond Commercial Agency Ruma Products
Director: Moonlux Composite Knit Garment Ltd.
Ex-Managing Director: Van Ommeren Tank Terminal BD. Ltd. International Oil Mills Ltd.
Chairman: The Chittagong Lions Foundation Lions Charitable Eye Hospital
Vice-Chairman: Lions Anowara Taher Physiotherapy
GB Member: ISKF LIONS KIDNEY CENTER
Acting General Secretary: Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Chittagong
Ex-Vice Chairman: Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners' Association
Ex-Executive Committee-Member/Director: Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bangladesh Chamber of Industries Bangladesh Employers' Federation Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industries Maa-o-Shishu General Hospital, Chittagong Chittagong Diabetic Association Bangladesh Lions Foundation Life Members of number of Social Organizations
Mr. Md. Nazmus Salehin, a top notch public sector banker of the country, who has been active in banking service for the last 35 years, has joined in Standard Bank Limited as Deputy Managing Director. Because of his extra ordinary services and distinctive contributions to the bank he was promoted to Additional Managing Director. At present he is the honorable Managing Director of Standard Bank Limited.
Mr. Salehin started his career with Sonali Bank in 1979 as a Probationary Officer after receiving his master degree in physics from Dhaka University. He held all the Senior and Top Management level Executive Positions in many high profile branches, Zonal Offices and Head Offices of the 3 (three) major Nationalized Commercial Banks i.e. Sonali, Agrani and Janata Bank. Because of his meritorious performance and distinctive competence in banking career lastly he was the Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank. Prior to this he was the General Manager of Sonali and Agrani Bank respectively. He participated in many training programs on different areas of banking in different institutions at home and abroad. He is actively associated with many socio-cultural organizations and traveled many countries on personal and professional trips.
Mr. Salehin hailed from Khoksha Upazila of Kushtia bears a amiable and pleasant personality and blessed with one daughter Dr. Dilshad Afroze and one son Musfeq-us-Salehin a BBA from DU serving in Bangabandhu Medical University & British American Tobacco Bangladesh respectively.