Mr. Dewan Nurul Islam MBA, FCA
Chairman
Mr. Dewan Nurul Islam MBA, FCA did his MBA in Finance from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia and Financial Analysis Course from the same university with distinctions. He has many years of senior level financial, investment management, capital markets and general management experience in the country and abroad. He has worked as Country Finance Manager for a multinational Company and was Finance Director for a major local business conglomerate in Bangladesh. Mr. Dewan worked for two years as Senior Consultant for an Investment Bank in Australia, focusing enterprise funding, valuations, initial public offerings, business acquisitions and research. He has been involved in Bangladesh capital market investment since 1990.
He has participated and led a number of initial public offerings (IPO), fund raising, valuations, deal negotiations, mergers and acquisitions in Australia and Bangladesh capital markets. Mr. Dewan is a senior Chartered Accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and he was the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.
Mr. Dewan was a Government Nominated Director to the Board of Bangladesh Development Bank (BDBL), a bank created by merging Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) and Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS).
He is now working as Managing Director and CEO of Grant Thornton Consulting Bangladesh Ltd., one of the world’s leading Professional Services and Consultancy Firm.