Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of

Sonali Bank Limited Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...

. He is a former Deputy Governor of

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Early life and education

Siddiqui completed his Bachelors and Masters in Economics from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

in 1973 and 1974 respectively. Siddiqui completed his second Masters on Public Administration from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1989.

Career

Siddiqui taught at

BRAC University BRAC University ( bn, ব্র্যাক বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as BracU) is a private research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 as a branch of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed's BRAC un ...

in the school of business. In 2010, as Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Siddiqui sought to bring back money laundered by Arafat Rahman Koko, son of Prime Minister

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. Siddiqui was the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank from 2006 to 2011. He joined Prime Bank as an advisor after leaving Bangladesh Bank in 2012. He was a Director of

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. On 21 August 2019, Siddiqui was appointed Chairman of Sonali Bank for a three year term by the Financial Institutions Division of the

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. In 2020, he committed to work with

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. Siddiqui launched Blaze services of Sonali Bank in partnership with IT Consultants Limited on 25 August 2021 with

Sajeeb Wazed Joy Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed ( bn, সজীব আহমেদ ওয়াজেদ; born 27 July 1971), also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy (), is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Awami League and serves as Advisor to the Gover ...

, son of Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

, as chief guest. Special guests at the event were

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, State Minister of ICT, and Ahmed Jamal, Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank. He is a Director of PBL Exchange (UK) Limited.

References

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