Bank Asia gets new additional managing director

Adil Chowdhury has recently been promoted to additional managing director of Bank Asia Ltd.

Prior to his promotion, Chowdhury was deputy managing director of the bank, a press release said.

He has over two decades of successful banking experience with more than 15 years of international exposure, most recently serving as director of The Bank of Nova Scotia (Canada) in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Chowdhury brings with him his international banking, group treasury, regulatory laws and comprehensive enterprise-wide operations experience to Bank Asia Ltd.

He began his professional journey as deputy manager of Credit Agricole Indosuez, Dhaka in 1995. After serving there for more than three years, he joined American Express Bank (Dhaka).

Chowdhury joined as head of treasury at The Bank of Nova Scotia (Dhaka) in 1999.

In 2001, he was relocated to The Bank of Nova Scotia in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for business development and strategic planning that covered financial institutions for 13 countries in Asia.

He was promoted to director of international funding under group treasury at The Bank of Nova Scotia, Singapore, in January 2011, where his mandate covered the Asia Pacific region, the Middle East and North Africa.

In 1990, Chowdhury was selected as one of the most outstanding international students in American Universities and Colleges based on his academic achievements, and was awarded "Who's Who Student Certificate of Merit".

He obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in VLSI Design from the University of Texas and an MBA degree from Richard Ivey School of Business, the University of Western Ontario in Canada.