The New Nation - Internet Edition

The Institute of Internal Auditors of Bangladesh (IAB) elected its new Board of Governors with Raihan Shamsi as the President.

The 10-member Board for 2008-09 was announced at a members' meeting of the institute in Dhaka.

The other members of the Board are Vice Presidents: K Atique-e-Rabbani of KA Rabbani & Co, and Chowdhury MAQ Sarwar of Standard Chartered Bank; Secretary General: Gopal Chandra Ghosh of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd; Treasurer: Shahjahan Majumder of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka; and Members: Sarwar Azam Khan of GlaxoSmith Kline (Bd) Ltd, Abul Khair Chowdhury of Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co, Ms Parveen Mahmud of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Ms Suraiya Zannath Khan of The World Bank, and Farhad F Ahmed of Grameenphone Ltd.

New president Raihan Shamsi, Director Financial Management of Grameenphone, thanked the members and shared future plans for the institute.

A seminar on 'IT Audit for Internal Auditors' was also held where the importance of IT knowledge for auditors was discussed in relevance to Bangladesh.

The IIAB is an affiliate of the US-based IIA Inc, a global organisation having more than 150,000 professional members in 165 countries around the world dedicated to contribute to the development of internal audit practice toward good, corporate governance.