Prime Bank gets new independent director

Prime Bank PLC has appointed M Mosttafa Shazzad Hasan, a director and chairman of the audit committee of the bank, as an independent director.

A certified forensic accountant, chartered accountant, and corporate legal expert, Hasan has extensive experience in accounting, finance, financial fraud investigations, business dispute settlements, anti-money laundering, taxation, and corporate legal issues.

He is also a chartered accountant, a qualified fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh, and a certified public accountant from the Certified Public Accountants Institute of Ireland, according to a press release.

Hasan is a certified professional forensic accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants, the USA.

He earned a diploma in forensic accounting from Bentwood College in the UK and was awarded a PhD in forensic accounting and financial fraud prevention from the Putra Business School at University Putra Malaysia.