Ziaur Rahman elected chairman of SBAC Bank audit committee

Ziaur Rahman Zia, a fellow chartered accountant, has been elected chairman of the board audit committee of SBAC Bank PLC.

Ziaur Rahman, who serves as an independent director of the bank, has more than 21 years of professional experience in audit, finance and corporate governance, according to a press release. He is an elected council member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He holds a master’s degree in accounting.

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Ziaur Rahman began his career in 2005 and has since worked in audit, assurance, advisory and compliance across various sectors.

He previously served as a partner at A Qasem & Co, a chartered accountancy firm in Bangladesh, and has received specialised training in bank audits.

He is the chairman of RS Technologies Ltd and the board of directors of Progoti Systems Ltd. He also represents Bangladesh on the Public Sector Accounting Committee of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) at the regional level.

In 2020, he served as chairman of ICAB’s Dhaka Regional Committee. He is also involved in social welfare activities through Drishti Unnayan Sangstha (DUS), Dhaka.