Audit Committee

Professor Iqbal Ahmad was born on the 20th September 1948 in a respectable Muslim family of Narsingdi District. He obtained B.Sc(Hon’s) and M.Sc Degree from the University of Dhaka and further M.Sc, Industrial Administration (Major in Marketing) from Aston University, United Kingdom and successfully completed many Post Graduate Diploma Courses in Export Market and TOT, ITC (Geneva, Switzerland), Personal Management (BMDC, Bangladesh), Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development, ISS (Manila, Philippine), MS. Industrial Relations and Labour Economics (ISS, Holland),  Research Methodology (George Washington University, USA), Business Case Teaching and Writing (Harvard University, USA) etc.

Mr. Iqbal had been a Professor and former Director, Teaching in DBA, MBA, EMBA and BBA Program Supervising M.Phil., Ph.D. and DBA program students of the Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University, Dhaka. He has 41 years of professional experience and during this period, Professor Iqbal was given many assignment under the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Government such as  Director, Board of Bangladesh Biman, Neutral Member of Minimum Wages Board, Director, Sadharan Bima Corporation and an Administrative Officer of a Jute Mill under BJMC and also in Educational Institutions as Advisor of Faculty of Business Administration, Bangladesh University, Dean of Faculty of Business, ASA University Bangladesh and Chairman, Executive MBA Program and MBA Program, IBA, DU. Currently, he is a visiting Professor, Department of Business, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology, Cumilla (BAIUST).

Professor Iqbal has also worked as Research Associate at Institute of Social Studies (I.S.S.), The Hague, Holland. He developed different senior executive program for senior Level on Human Resource Management, Brand Management, Business Research, Leadership and Ladies Executive Management Programs and other areas. He has also acted as consultant, Advisor in many organizations at home and abroad.

Professor Iqbal has many publications out of which Human Resource Management (Karmi Babosthapona), Cases on Micro Credit (Artho Rujgarer Prochesta), Organizational Behavior (Shangathanik Acharan), Basic Labor Laws of Bangladesh, Dishari (Adult Education) and Industrial Relations and Labour Movement in Bangladesh are remarkable ones. He has also published several articles on Agro Business in national journals.

For his outstanding contribution to Education, he was honoured with Bangladesh Education Leadership Award, 2018 and fellow of the Institute of Management, University of Channaini. He is also a member of AMDISA.

Professor Iqbal was inducted in the Board of Directors of Uttara Bank PLC. as Independent Director in July, 2020.  He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Mr. Iftekharul Islam, a prominent and promising industrialist of the country is the Vice Chairman of Uttara Bank PLC. He comes of a noble and respected Muslim family of Kishoregonj district. He was born on the 15th July in 1980. He is a commerce graduate. Mr. Iftekharul Islam is also the Chairman of Risk Management Committee and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bank. Mr. Islam is the Chairman of UB Capital and Investment Limited and Uttara Bank Securities Limited. He is also a member in the General Body and the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB).

Mr. Iftekharul Islam, one of the top check industrialists in Bangladesh, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Aftab Group of Industries. Mr. Iftekharul Islam involves in Textiles, Readymade Garments, Food, Fertilizer & Pesticide, Industrial Pump Production, CNG Refueling & Conversion businesses which are the valued partner to economic development of Bangladesh. Mr. Islam operates his global businesses through his overseas offices located in different countries dealing with a wide range of innovative products and services and brand building.

Mr. Islam is the Managing Director of Aftab Global Foundation and AIMS Corporation Ltd.- philanthropic organizations and performing his responsibilities to the Nation.

Mr. Waliul Huq Khandker, an Independent Director of the Bank, was born on 15^th September, 1946 in a respectable Muslim family. He has completed Honours degree in Biochemistry and Masters in the same subject from the Dhaka University. He joined Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS): Audit and Accounts Cadre in 1977 and retired as Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General (Senior) in 2004. He has lot of training in the field of Audit at home and abroad. He also has audited international organizations like UNITAR, ESCAP, UNHCR, and UN University and has got vast experience in modern auditing techniques. On completion of govt. service, he worked in a number of organizations. He has more than 34 years of professional experience with significant contribution in the field of Audit and Inspection.

He was reappointed Independent Director of the Bank on November 2021.  He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board.

He wrote several books on various subjects and has a good number of publications on various topics in national dailies.