Selim Reza Farhad Hussain

Mr. Selim Reza Farhad Hussain is a Director of bKash Limited nominated by BRAC Bank Limited. He joined BRAC Bank Limited as the Managing Director & CEO on November 8, 2015. Mr. Hussain is a career banker and an immediate past CEO & Managing Director of IDLC Finance Limited who is widely recognized and highly acclaimed across the financial sector for being the architect of IDLC Finance’s meteoric rise over the past six years. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012 of IDLC Finance’s two subsidiaries – IDLC Investments Limited and IDLC Securities Limited. Mr. Hussain has an Honors degree in Accounting from Dhaka University and an MBA (Major in Finance) from the Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University.He worked in various roles with the two largest multi-national banks in Bangladesh, ANZ Grindlays Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, for twenty-four years, before moving to the IDLC Group in 2010. He has resided and worked in India and Australia for a significant period of his career. Prior to taking over the helm at IDLC Finance Limited, he was the Head of Finance & Strategy for Standard Chartered Bank\s Consumer Banking Division in Mumbai, India. Mr. Hussain was also the CFO of Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh, from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Hussain was also a Director at the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB) and the Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Leasing & Finance Co Association (BLFCA) since 2012.