Selim elected ABB chairman

Selim RF Hussain, managing director of Brac Bank, has been elected chairman of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh (ABB) for a two-year term (2022-23) effective from January 1, 2022.

The announcement came from the association's 24th annual general meeting held virtually on December 27, says a press release.

Hussain, a banker with over 35 years' experience in South Asian financial institutions, started off his career at ANZ Grindlays Bank and later served Standard Chartered Bank.

He moved to non-banking financial institution IDLC Finance as managing director in 2010. He also served as the chairman of IDLC Investment and IDLC Securities. Hussain obtained a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Dhaka and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration.