A. H. M. Habibur Rahman

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A. H. M. Habibur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and former chairman of Sonali Bank, the largest bank in Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] He was a professor and the dean of the school of business at Primeasia University. [4] [5]

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Early life

Rahman did his bachelor's and master's degrees in commerce at the University of Dhaka. [6] He completed his PhD at Durham University. [6] He completed a postgraduate diploma at the Brunel University of London. [6]

Career

From 1981 to 1987, Rahman was the dean of the faculty of business studies at the University of Dhaka. [7] From 1999 to 2000, Rahman was the chairman of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Shangstha. [8]

Rahman was appointed chairman of Sonali Bank in December 2012 replacing Quazi Baharul Islam. [9] He was the dean of the school of business at Primeasia University. [9] The Bank profits plunged 70 percent in 2014. [10] In April 2015, Rahman resigned as chairman of the Sonali Bank in a letter to the managing director of the bank, Pradip Kumar Dutta. [4] He is an independent director of Pride Group. [6] He has served as a director of Paramount Holdings Limited, Paramount Green Garments Limited, and H.R.Textile Mills Limited. [11] [6]

Rahman established the Prof. Dr. A H M Habibur Rahman Trust Fund at the University of Dhaka to establish a merit-based scholarship for students of the department of Finance at the University of Dhaka. [7] He is a founding executive member of The University of Comilla, UNIC. [12]

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  12. "Founder Members – The University Of Cumilla" . Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  13. Rahman, A. H. M. Habibur (1979). Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprise Development in Bangladesh. Bureau of Business Research, University of Dacca.