M. Aslam Alam is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and chairman of the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh. [1] [2] He is the former rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. [1] He was the secretary of the Bank and Financial Institutions Division. [3]
Alam did his bachelor's and master's in accounting at the University of Dhaka. [4] He did another master's in international relations at the International University of Japan. [4] He did his PhD at the University of New South Wales in sociology. [4]
In October 2012, Alam was appointed secretary of the Financial Institutions Division replacing Md. Shafiqur Rahman Patwary. [5] He was the secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief. [5] He dissolved the board of directors of BASIC Bank Limited over loan and financial irregularities. [6] He attended the plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force in Paris. [7] He was removed from his post and made an officer on special duty following the Bangladesh Bank hacking in an attempt to steal one billion USD. [8] [9] The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected it was the North Korean government. [10]
Alam served from 4 May 2017 to 28 July 2019 as the rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. [11] He had served as the Director General of the Prime Minister's Office. [4]
Alam was the chairman of the Bangladesh Institute for Information Literacy and Sustainable Development. [4]
Alam was appointed chairman of the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh on 9 September 2024 following the resignation of Mohammad Jainul Bari. [12]
In July 2025, Alam's allotment of a flat in the Dhanmondi Housing Project was cancelled by the government of Bangladesh. [13]