Mr. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed

A tremendous energetic and an outstanding charismatic personality with amiable disposition Mr. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed was the founder Chairman of Standard Bank PLC.. He is a man with distinctive vision, dynamism, commitment and innovative ideas. He comes of a very prominent and highly respectable family of Bangladesh. Mr. Akram Uddin Ahmed did his M. Sc. in physics form Dhaka University in 1963 and thereafter received several local and foreign professional Diplomas and training. He did Diploma in Personnel Management from UK in 1974, Industrial Management training from Switzerland in 1980. After academic education he first started his career as a lecturer in Jagannath College, Dhaka and after a short spell of teaching profession, he switched over to Administrative career in the Industrial Sector, in Mohammodi Steel as Manager in 1964. He left his service life in 1981 while he was General Manager of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation for embarking upon as an entrepreneur in the field of Industrial Manufacturing, Banking and other business. As a Chairman of Standard Bank PLC. he has brought along with him a vast wealth of experience and expertise of managing a number of Industries of his own and of Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, prominent business houses and enterprises of diversified nature.

Today he is a very successful entrepreneur and an eminent industrialist of the country. He is the Managing Director of Eastern Engineering Works Ltd., Bright Steel Wire Rope Mfg. Co. Ltd., Chittagong, Bright Trader (Overseas), Chittagong and Standard IT Services Ltd. He is one of the Former Directors of Padma Oil Co. Ltd., the largest subsidiary enterprise of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. He is a widely traveled man and visited many countries viz. USA, UK, French, Germany and many other Asian and African countries.

He is a valiant Freedom Fighter in our glorious War of Liberation who actively participated in the liberation war in 1971 and has made many significant contributions. During his course of journey to training camp in India, he lost his beloved son who died on the way.

He is the Former Chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) and during his tenure he has made immense contribution in turning this organization into a very lively and vital forum of the Chairman and Directors of Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh.

Mr. Mohammed Abdul Aziz

A man of pleasant personality with amiable determination Ln. Mohammed Abdul Aziz is the Chairman of Standard Bank PLC.. He is a man with a strong vision & commitment and a selfless social Leader.

Ln. Aziz completed his SSC examination from renowned GalimpurRahmania High School in the year 1968. After that, he completed his HSC from Govt. Dhaka College in the year 1970. He was also a valiant freedom fighter who participated in the Liberation War of 1971. Without any break of study hesuccessfully obtained graduation in Commerce in the year 1972 from Dhaka College.

After completing his academic education instead of joining any service he started his own business. By dint of his untiring efforts & hard work, sincerity he established himself as a successful entrepreneur of Dhaka city. He is one of the pioneer importer of industrial raw materials and Commercial Importers of various items till date. Apart from that in the year 1994 he joined Midland Credit Cooperative Society as Managing Director & Chairman. By his effort & leadership skills, he made it into a top leading cooperative society in Bangladesh. Furthermore he focused into different business ventures including hotel industry, garments sector and so forth. He was the former Vice Chairman of Moonlux Knit composite garments Ltd. He is also a founder member and Board of Trustee of renowned educational Institution Fareast International University.

Ln Aziz joined Lionism in the year 1985 as a member of lions club of Dhaka Progressive. Since then his service towards the distressed humanity made him reach the different positions of Lions Clubs International District 315 B2, Bangladesh. He was elected unopposed District Governor for the term 2005-06. He made his call Light the Blind as a District Governor for the year 2005-06 where he has completed 4500 cataract operations of the needy and poor patients free of cost throughout the country.

Beside being an active humanitarian & social worker, Ln Aziz devoted himself into many other social & welfare works with the following includes:

1) Major donor & member of governing Body of Arambagh Girls high School & College.

2) Vice Chairman of Dhaka Progressive Lions Eye Hospital.

3) Former Vice chairman 1^st division Arambagh football club.

4) Donor of Ln Ferozur Rahman Residential Academy , Brahmanbaria.

He is a widely travelled man who has travelled the SAARC region and USA, UK, Australia, Morocco and etc. As a lion & a business giant Lion Aziz received numerous numbers of awards & recognition in his field.

Mr. S. A. M. Hossain

Mr. S.A.M. Hossain is a prominent, innovative and successful businessman of this country. He holds a Bachelor Degree in commerce. He was born in a glorious and highly respectable Muslim family of Noapara, Rowzan Thana under Chittagong district. He has started his glorifying business career in the Field of Electronics since 1980 and excels in this field like a star. Now He is the Honorable Chairman and Managing Director of Victor Group. His organization Victor Group, Victor Electronics and Victor International has become one of the trusted names across the country and also abroad. He has expanded his business into many dimensions. He is the Chairman of Hotel Victory Ltd., Link Up Steel Mills Ltd., Eastern Metal Ind. (Ctg.) Ltd., and A & B pumps Ltd. He is the Director of Standard Bank Ltd., Prime Insurance Co. Ltd., Central Hospital Ltd., Eastern Paper and Board Mills (Ctg.) Ltd., Intercontinental securities Ltd., Human Resource Development Co. Ltd., and Surprise Industrial Corporation. He is the Proprietor of Victor Electronics, Victor International and Samira Electronics

He is actively associated with several distinguished educational and socio-cultural organizations. He is the life Member of Army Golf Club, Dhaka and Permanent Member of Chittagong Club Limited. He is also the Associate Member of Chittagong Chamber Of Commerce & Industry.

He is a philanthropist and does a lot of charity to variety of organizations. He is the founder of Aslam Sriti foundation at Noapara Chittagong. He is working in the field of education and holds very key post in many institutions. He is the founder member of Noapara Muslim High School and Executive member of Noapara University College. He has been working for the upliftment of the downtrodden at his village Noapara Chittagong.

With his brilliance and prudence, he has been contributing in SBL to reach its vision through providing best banking services.

Mr. Ferdous Ali Khan

Mr. Ferdous Ali Khan is a reputed businessman hails from a very respectable Muslim family of Dinajpur. All of his brothers, sisters are highly educated and well placed in the society.

His father late Siddique Ali Khan was an educated businessman of Dinajpur. In order to gain expertise in Tailoring, Mr. Khan started his career as a maker in a Tailoring Factory in Dhaka in the year 1972. After five years, he worked as a Cutting Master and worked till 1980. In the year 1980, September 18th he started his own Tailoring shop at Jahan Mansion, 29 Mirpur Road, Dhaka-1205. His devotion and dedication helped him gaining far and wide reputation as an Iconic Tailoring House in the city. In September 1986, he opened his 2nd branch at the diplomatic area of Gulshan. Since then, he has been marching forward and opened branches in Chattogram port city, Hotel Isha Kha Market, VIP Road, Kakrail, Panthapath Dhanmondi & Kuril.

For his proposed factory & branch, he already purchased floor spaces for another branch at Kazi Shopping Center, Progoti Sharani (Bishwa Road), Badda, Dhaka- 1229 in June, 2006. He has already started a world class central factory & showroom. He is a sponsor Director of Standard Bank Ltd., member of Uttara Club Ltd., Army Golf Club and BCI, Dhaka. Mr. Khan is married and a proud father of two daughters and one son.

Mr. Kazi Khurram Ahmed

Mr. Kazi Khurram Ahmed is a Computer Engineering alumnus of Purdue University, USA. He is a Fellow of National Defense College. He is also the honorary consul of Gambia in Bangladesh. Mr. Ahmed is the author of Amazon.com’s number one best seller book "The Dark Science of Logical Fallacies� which is now part of the syllabus at University of Dhaka and Canadian University of Bangladesh.

He was recognized as one of the “Leading Professionals of the World� by the International Biographical Centre of UK in 2010. American Biographical Institute named him “Man of the Year" in the same period. Prior to his induction into the Board of Standard Bank PLC., Mr. Ahmed has been serving as a Director of SBL Capital Management Limited and Member of Shariah Supervisory Committee of Standard Bank PLC. and left his mark on different policy aspects of the Bank since long. As the only son of Mr. Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, honorable Chairman of the Bank & International Director of Lions Clubs International, Mr. Kazi Khurram Ahmed also embraced Lionism at a very early stage of his life and has been involved in a host of humanitarian activities.

He has been involved in multifarious business activities for more than 16 years. Presently, he is the Director of Eastern Engineering Works Limited, Proprietor of Ahmed & Sons and Chairman & Managing Director of EMX Limited. He was also the Chairman of Standing Committee on International Affairs of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI).

Mr. Ahmed has keen interest in global financial markets with particular focus on global foreign exchange and commodity markets. He has in-depth knowledge of the operational mechanics of commodity market, forex market and exchange- traded financial products. He is married with a son.

Mr. Md. Ali Reza FCMA,CIPA