Dilwar H Choudhury has recently been elected independent director of Bank Asia.

He is a recognised professional banker having 35 years of work experience in eight different countries of Asia, Europe and Africa, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Choudhury was managing director (current charge) of City Bank.

He also worked as chief executive officer of three different banks in Turkey, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

He had also worked as a banking associate of KPMG, Dhaka under the World Bank's Financial Sector Reform Program during 2004-2005.