Stakeholder Profile
Sajjad Kabir Md Shariful Alam (Tapash), PMP
Founder & CEO
Head of last Core Banking System (CBS) Upgrade Project, Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) (2022) which was the biggest project
Head of CBS IT, EBL for more than 15 years
Head of Card Management System, IT Team, EBL
Head of different other large projects; i.e; CMS, AML (SAS & DataSoft), EKYC, LAPS of EBL
Extended Management Team (EMT) Member of EBL for more than a decade
Head of Software Project Management, EBL
Joined EBL as Management Trainee Officer in 2000
Seasoned & certified Project Management Professional (PMP) of PMI, USA
Honors & Masters, Finance & Banking, Dhaka University (1997)
MBM, BIBM (1999) & OCA (2008)
Having partnership with two foreign IT Companies (i) Cyber Realm Labs (India) for different financial solutions & (ii) In Morocco for Card Management System)
Worked in different Branches in all desks & Head Office, EBL; hence having practical banking knowledge
Worked as Central Compliance Unit (CCU) Member of ICCD from IT
Closely worked with Audit Team throughout my career to face branch / dept. audit and compliance
Led to setup (functional) Offshore Banking Unit (OBU) and Hong Kong Branch of EBL
Being Head of Core Banking System & Card Management System, I had practical experience & knowledge of most of dept. (total 24 years of Techno-Banking practical experience)
ISO 20022 Enthusiast
Left EBL Sep, 2022 being EVP and started Project2Morrow (one of the most promising software development & IT consultancy company)
Stood First in HSC in Jashore Board in 1991 from Commerce Group
Chowdhury MAQ Sarwar
Consultant
Present Chairman of Audit Committee in one of the largest Private Bank in Bangladesh
Ex - DMD of ICCD, EBL
Past Chairman of Association of Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh (AACOBB)
Longest serving CAMLCO (Citibank NA, Standard Chartered & EBL) in the Bangladesh
Consultant to IBBL, the largest Bank of Bangladesh helping to raise their AML/CFT control and compliance standards.
Expert in financial crime risk framework, implementing money laundering prevention & monitoring systems, sanctions compliance, and operational risk trainings
35 years of diverse banking experience in IFIC Bank, America Express, Citibank NA, Standard Chartered, Islami Bank & Eastern Bank
Expert in managing banking operations and leading and developing Internal Control & Compliance functions
Expert in risk and governance expertise, guidance and mentoring to process owners, risk owners, control owners, control operators
Subject matter specialist in various focus groups/committees of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU).
Main contributor to the first Guidance Notes on Prevention of Money Laundering rolled out by Bangladesh Bank in October 2003 for the banking industry
Trainer and presenter having delivered bespoke Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud Risk Management, Operational Risks and Compliance
Dr. A K M Golam Hasnaine
Consultant (UAE)
Worked in different well known organization in different key positions including Managing Director, CEO, GCEO, Sales & Marketing Executive Director
He is based in Saudi Arab and UAE.
His total Experience is 21 years in Middle East mainly
He is a Doctor
On his working area, he was assisting different surgical procedure Spine, Orthopedic, Arthroplasty, Arthroscopy etc.
Md Abdul Matin
Consultant
Having strong expertise in Financial Management, Md Abdul Matin is the Chief Consultant & CEO of VFMA.
Mr. Matin started banking career as Probationary Officer of Southeast Bank in the year 1996. During more than 28 years of banking career Matin has played an integral role in streamlining Credit Risk Management (CRM) process of some leading commercial Banks like Eastern Bank and Dhaka Bank as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of CRM.
Matin also worked / contributed in the business transformation / centralization process of Prime Bank while he was entrusted with the responsibility of Senior Vice President & Unit Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking (C&IB).
In about three decades of experience in different areas of banking, Matin worked as Deputy Managing Director (DMD) & CRO of SBAC Bank. After reform of Board of Directors of National Bank, Matin joined as DMD & Chief Credit Officer and contributed a lot as one of the members of Senior Management Team in preparing different policies as a part of strategic reform initiative.
Matin has extensive experience in Financial Management, Credit operations and Risk Management in Commercial Banks and corporate customers relationship. As such he has got proven ability to identify market trends and develop comprehensive business strategies aligned with credit needs.
Matin did MBA in Management from the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka. He achieved his Bachelor(Hons) and Master’s in Accounting from University of Dhaka.
Matin also completed “Certified Expert in Risk Management (CERM) program jointly conducted by Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Dhaka.
Matin has authored a book namely “ Credit Operations & Risk Management in Commercial Banks” which is very much helpful in enriching the knowledge of Credit Risk Management for wide range of professionals related to Banking Industry.