DSE gets new MD

An executive director of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) was appointed managing director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday on deputation for a three-year tenure. 

The stock market regulator on August 8 approved the appointment of ATM Tariquzzaman, who had joined the BSEC as a deputy director in 1997, the DSE said in a press release.

While working at the BSEC, Tariquzzaman got an AusAid scholarship to study for masters in financial planning and professional accounting from Deakin University in Australia during 2007-2009.

He obtained a PhD in accounting and finance from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

Tariquzzaman was an adjunct lecturer at Southeast University and the University of Asia Pacific in Bangladesh.

He was also a lecturer and teaching assistant at the Victoria University of Wellington, Monash University and RMIT University.

He also attained professional memberships from CPA (Australia), the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc.

He obtained an MCom in accounting from the University of Dhaka and an MBA in financial management from Southeastern University.