New chief for Farmers Bank

AKM Shameem has recently been appointed as the managing director of The Farmers Bank Ltd.

He joined this new bank in May 2013, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Before joining the bank, he has been serving Mutual Trust Bank, according to the statement.

He started his banking career with Agrani Bank. Shameem did his honors and masters in economics and MBA from the Institute of Business Administration under Dhaka University.

He has also been an executive committee member of Bangladesh Economic Association.