Md Hashem Chowdhury was promoted to the post of additional managing director of Mutual Trust Bank on Sunday, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

He was serving as the deputy managing director prior to the promotion, it added.

He has also worked as the chief operating officer and CAMLCO of the bank previously, as well as being responsible for MTB's Dhaka division branches, banking operations division, infrastructure division, engineering department, special asset management division, credit monitoring department, and legal department. Chowdhury began his banking career with Janata Bank in 1981. He joined MTB as a member of its founding team in 1999.