Dhaka, July 23 -- Professor M Zubaidur Rahman has been appointed as the Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC.

The Board of Directors elected him to the position on Wednesday.

Prior to this, he served as an independent director of the bank.

Prof Zubaidur Rahman began his career in 1975 as a lecturer at the Department of Finance of Dhaka University. He later earned a PhD in Finance from the University of Manchester, UK.

His academic career includes roles such as Professor at the State University of New York, Visiting Professor at Bocconi University in Italy, and Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and Moscow State University, Russia.

He is also the founder and Vice Chancellor of ZNRF University of...