The New Nation - Internet Edition

Veteran banker Md. Nurual Huda Chowdhury, on promotion, joined as the Managing Director of Ansar-VDP Unnyan Bank on June 1.

Formerly he was the Deputy Managing Director of Bangladesh Krishi Bank.

He started his service life as a lecturer of Dattapara College, Laxmipur in 1977 and his banking career started as 'Probationary Officer, Class-I, of Bangladesh Krishi Bank in the same year. During his chequered banking career he worked as Branch Manager, Regional Manager, Deputy General Manager, General Manager of the bank. He also worked for two years as micro finance specialist under UNDP at Nairobi, Kenya from 2001 to 2003.

Md. Nurual Huda Chowdhury comes of a respectable Muslim family of Ramnarayanpur Union under Chatkhil Upazila of Noakhali district in 1954. Meritorius student Md Nurul Huda Chowdhury obtained his M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Economics from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh in 1976. He obtained diploma and undertook various training on banking from home and abroad including different institutions of the USA, Cyprus and Turkey.

He is a writer and a regular contributor to different papers and journals at home and abroad. He presented at least 20 keynote papers in different national-level seminars. In personal life he is the father of one daughter and one son.