Azam J Chowdhury has been elected chairman of Prime Bank for two years from June 1, the bank said in a statement yesterday.
Chowdhury, an industrialist and entrepreneur, is the chairman of East Coast Group and Consolidated Tea and Lands Company Bangladesh (formerly, James Finlay).
He is also the managing director of MJL Bangladesh, distributor of Exxon Mobil Corporation, and serves as director of Central Depo-sitory Bangladesh.
Chowdhury has also been serving as the vice president of Bangladesh Energy Companies Asso-ciation and was recently elected as president of Bangladesh Ocean Going Ship Owner's Association.