Kamaluddin Ahmed has recently been elected chairman of Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL). The election took place at the bank's 250th meeting in Dhaka.

The bank also elec-ted Md Anisul Haque and Mohammad Azam as vice chairmen, the bank said in a statement.

Ahmed is the chairman of Alif Group of Industries and former vice-president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and former president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce.

Haque is the finance director of Hamdard (Waqf) Bangladesh. He has been serving SIBL as director on behalf of Hamdard.

Azam is a director of Northern General Insurance Company Ltd.

Source: The Daily Star, Bangladesh/16th June, 2011