6th Annual General Meeting of Primary Dealers Bangladesh Limited (PDBL)

The 6th Annual General Meeting of Primary Dealers Bangladesh Limited (PDBL) was held on June 19, 2014 at a local hotel in Dhaka. Chief Executives/Managing Directors and representatives, Treasury Heads of the 14 members of PDBL, Legal Advisor, guests and mediapersons attended the meeting. The AGM was presided over by the outgoing PDBL Chairman Md. Ehsan Khasru, who is also Managing Director & CEO of Prime Bank Limited. The audited financial statements for 2013 were adopted at the AGM and Malek Siddiqui & Wali reappointed as the association’s External Auditors for the year 2014.

Anis A. Khan, Managing Director & CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB) was elected as the Chairman while Shahid Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank Limited the Vice Chairman by the newly formed PDBL Board of Directors. Besides the newly elected Chairman and Vice Chairman the 10-member Board now includes Pradip Kumar Dutta, Managing Director & CEO, Sonali Bank Limited, S. M. Aminur Rahman, CEO & Managing Director, Janata Bank Limited, Syed Abdul Hamid, Managing Director & CEO, Agrani Bank Limited, Shafiqul Alam Managing Director, Jamuna Bank Limited, Md. Ehsan Khasru Managing Director & CEO, Prime Bank Limited, Mustafizur Rahman Managing Director, International Leasing and Financial Services Limited, A K M Shafiqur Rahman, Managing Director & CEO, National Bank Limited & M. Ehsanul Haque Managing Director & CEO, Mercantile Bank Limited. Ashim Kumar Saha, Executive Vice President of National Credit & Commerce Bank Ltd was made the Convener of the Technical Committee comprising the Heads of Treasury of PDBL members.

The new Chairman and Vice Chairman of PDBL have pledged to contribute their utmost, along with the new Board of Directors, to contribute to the development of a vibrant and deep secondary market for government securities including treasury bills and bonds. In this connection they sought the continued support of Bangladesh Bank and the Finance Ministry.