Mr. Md. Mahbub-ul-Alam, Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Bangladesh

Md. Mahbub ul Alam has been serving as the Managing Director & CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited since February 11, 2018. He embraces a long banking career with multidimensional capacities since his joining on February 05, 1984 in this Bank.

During this long successful career, he served as Additional Managing Director of the bank with the responsibility to look after the affairs of Corporate Finance, Investment Policy, Asset Management and Credit Risk Management of the Bank. Previously, Mr. Alam, as the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, deployed his expertise to diversify the investment portfolio towards achieving the cherished objectives of the bank.

He was also the Head of International Banking Wing of the bank and contributed a lot for developing Treasury Products, Trade Finance, Trade Processing, Fund Management, and Centralized Remittance Services as well as formulated effective Trade Policies of the bank.

As the Incumbent of Nawabpur Road Corporate Branch, Paltan Branch as well as Local Office, the largest operational unit of the bank, Mr. Alam specially focused in improving the Shariah based business strategy, ensuring robust business performance and transforming the branches into the harbor of potential corporate customers. He also extended inclusive as well as extensive services and thereby turned the same into the vital business hub of the bank.

Mr. Alam deserves admiration for his outstanding contribution in successfully marketing the specialized banking products throughout the country. As an expert in banking, he is actively associated as a member with different professional bodies including Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association’s (BAFEDA) Executive Committee as well as Arbitration Committee, ICC Standing Committee for Banking Technique & Practice. He holds the position of the Chairman of ‘The Task Committee of Islamic Banks Consultative Forum’ and a member of its Executive Committee.

As an experienced and scholarly figure of banking sector especially in Islamic Banking, Foreign Trade and Investment (Credit) Operations, Mr. Alam is a regular resource person and panel discussant of various academic and training institutions including Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA), Bangladesh Association of Bankers (BAB), Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF), Islami Bank Training & Research Academy (IBTRA) and training institute of some other banks also.

He was born in 1956 at Comilla district in Bangladesh in a noble Muslim family. He obtained Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in 1980 and Masters of Commerce (Major in Marketing) in 1982 from the University of Dhaka. He is a FIT (Finance of International Trade) Graduate from Business School of Ireland (BSI) & International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris and also a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB). Mr. Alam is married to Mrs. Zaman Ara Begum, a senior teacher of Viquarun Nissa Noon School & College, a reputed educational institution of the country and the couple is blessed with two daughters and a son.

He attended many international conferences, seminars, training & business development programs in different countries viz. USA, UK, Italy, Bahrain, Kuwait, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, UAE, Oman, KSA, Qatar, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India and Nepal.