Humaira becomes first female CEO of a commercial bank in Bangladesh
Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director Humaira Azam of Trust Bank Ltd has earned the distinction of being the first woman to head a commercial bank in Bangladesh.
Sources in the bank confirmed the matter on Monday night.
Humaira Azam started her career as a management trainee in ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1990. She contributed to the local corporate's development in Bangladesh as early as 1992 in ANZ Grindlays Bank.
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Later she joined HSBC since its inception and laid a very strong framework for corporate/ OBU, custodian, and institutional banking.
After joining IPDC of Bangladesh in April 2009 as managing director & CEO, Humaira turned around the company, made significant progress in business and operational growth.
Humaira later worked at Bank Asia from 2012 - 2018 as deputy managing director & chief risk officer. She afterward joined Trust Bank in 2018 as an additional managing director.
