Mohd Safwan Choudhury and AM Nurul Islam Anu have recently been re-elected vice-chairmen of Bank Asia at a meeting of the bank’s board of directors held in Dhaka.

Safwan, a former president of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industries, is the managing director of M Ahmed Tea & Lands Co Ltd, Phulbaria Tea Estates Ltd, M Ahmed Cold Storage Ltd, Premier Dyeing and Calendering Ltd, and M Ahmed Food & Spices Ltd.

He is the chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Association and president of Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, an NGO providing education to the under-privileged children.Nurul, a former teacher of the University of Dhaka and a former CSP, was director of National Bank since 2003 and acted as chairman of its audit committee. Subsequently, he joined Bank Asia and acted as chairman of the bank’s audit committee for three years. At present, he heads the Risk Management Committee of Bank Asia.