FE Report

Alamgir Kabir and Ragib Ali have been reelected chairman and vice-chairman respectively of Southeast Bank Limited (SEBL) at the 328th board meeting Sunday, said a press release.

Mr Alamgir, a professional senior chartered accountant, is experienced in auditing, accounting, banking, insurance and financial institutions at home and abroad.

He started his career as chartered accountant in 1969 with Rahman Rahman Huq & Company.

In 1972, he was in-charge of audit team for the first statutory audit of accounts of Bangladesh Bank.

He visited to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1979 with assignment in Saudi Accounting Bureau, Chartered Accountants, member firms of Coopers & Lybrand, Moores Rowland International and Inbucon International Limited, Management Consultants from 1979 to 1993.

He returned home in 1993 with assignment in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as member from 1993 to 1996 and also acted as acting chairman of the SEC for a period.

From 1996 onwards, he has been involved in different capacities in the formation and development of bank, non-banking financial institution, insurance and capital market related institutions.

From 1999 to 2003, he was founder adviser of Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited.

Meanwhile, Ragib Ali is actively associated with a number of institutions.

He was the former chairman of Southeast Bank, North South University and Asia Pacific University.

He is also engaged in tea, rubber, insurance, banking and newspaper as a businessman.

He is the owner of chain restaurants and real-estate business in London. He has investments in capital market in London Stock Exchange.