Audit Committee

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.

Mr. Wasiful Hoq hails from a reputed and noble family of Dhaka District. He was born on 17^th August, 1968. He obtained his B.Com (Hons) and M.Com both in Accounting from the University of Dhaka. He also did his MBA from Stamford University. Mr. Hoq is also an Associate of Bangladesh Insurance Academy (BIA). Presently, he holds the position of General Manager in Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) and has 29 years of working experience. He took part in various professional training programme on different fields of Insurance and Risk Management held in London, Philippines, South Korea and India and also worked as a Project Director in ADB financed Weather Index Based Crop Insurance (WIBCI) Project. In 2019, He was appointed as a Nominated Director representing the Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) in the Board of Uttara Bank PLC. He is also a member of the 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. A. S. M. Ataur Rahman is a Business Graduate having B.Com (Hon) from Dhaka University  and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from De La Salle Graduate School, Manila, Philippines.  He was born on 1 November 1947.

At the early stage of his career, Mr. Rahman worked as Country Specialist, DATA ASIA (a weekly bulletin covering 24 countries of Asia financed by UNDP), Press Foundation of Asia (PFA), Manila, Philippines. Afterwards, he joined as Administrative Officer (In-charge of Training Unit), Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka and organized training courses on project analysis for bankers jointly with the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank. He has also worked in various senior positions with the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a regional inter-governmental organization having its headquarter in Dhaka. Further, he worked as General Manager (Finance & Administration) of Bangladesh Silk Foundation (BSF) established by the Government as a not-for-profit company and promoted to Managing Director before completing his tenure.

Presently, he is the Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Bangladesh, The world business organization, organizing training workshops /seminars mainly on international trade finance for bankers both at home and abroad and also organized a number of international conferences in Dhaka attended by Heads of State, governments, ministers, international organizations, business leaders, bankers, experts from home and abroad where each conference was attended by more than 600 delegates. He has more than 49 years of professional experience.

He was appointed as Independent Director of the Bank on 21 January 2021. He is also a Member of the Audit Committee.

Biography of Mr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sarker, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh, is one of the Directors of the Board of Uttara Bank PLC. 

Mr. Bibhuti Bhusan Sarker obtained both his Honor’s and Master’s Degree in Accounting from University of Rajshahi. He also has completed ACBA from IBA, University of Dhaka. He has vast working experience of more than 30 years in diverse fields. In his long illustrious career, Mr. Sarker held various key positions in Poultry, Real Estate, Garments, Textiles, CNG, Dairy and Pump Industries.

Mr. Sarker sits on the Executive Committee of the Rajshahi University Accounting Alumni Association and member of Rajshahi University Alumni Association. He is also sits on the Executive Council of Bangladesh Accounting Association.

He was appointed a member of the Board of the Bank on August, 2021. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.