Shamima Nargis is a retired government senior secretary [1] and chairperson of the Bangladesh Development Bank. [2] She is a former member of the Planning Commission. [3]
Nargis graduated from the University of Dhaka with a bachelor's and master's in English literature. [4] She received a Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship to study at the University of Minnesota. [5] [4]
Nargis joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1988. [5]
In 2010, Nargis was the deputy secretary at the Economic Relations Division at the Ministry of Finance. [6] She then worked at the Local Government Division as a joint secretary. [7]
In July 2015, Nargis was the additional secretary at the Economic Relations Division at the Ministry of Finance. [8] She signed an agreement, titled Efficient and Accountable Local Governance, between the Economic Relations Division and the United Nations Development Programme. [9]
In April 2018, Nargis was promoted to secretary. [10] She was working as the acting secretary at the Planning Commission. [10]
Nargis was promoted in March 2020 to senior secretary. [11] She retired from the civil service in October 2020; she was serving as a member of the Planning Commission. [4]
On 15 November 2021, Nargis was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Development Bank by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance. [5]