Masud Khan made new BSEC chairman, 3 commissioners appointed

Masud Khan has been appointed as the new
Chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).
He currently serves as chairman of Unilever
Consumer Care Limited. The government has also appointed three new
commissioners to the commission.
The Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance
issued the official appointment notification on Thursday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, the outgoing BSEC Chairman
Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, and four commissioners of the regulatory body
resigned from their positions.
The three newly appointed commissioners are
Nafeez Al Tarik, managing director of Dhaka Bank Securities; Nahid Mahtab, an
advocate of the Supreme Court; and Tanwir Habib Rahman, director (finance) of
ASA International.
Sources said that the newly appointed chairman
and commissioners are scheduled to hold a press conference at 3:00 pm today,
Thursday.
Meanwhile, earlier this morning, outgoing BSEC
chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood and the commission's four commissioners
submitted their resignations.
They lodged their resignation letters with the
Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance.
According to sources within the Financial
Institutions Division, they cited personal reasons for their resignations.
The four commissioners who resigned are Md Mohsin Chowdhury, Md
Ali Akbar, Farzana Lalarukh and Md Saifuddin.
















