Bank Asia re-elects vice chairman

Mohd Safwan Choudhury has recently been re-elected vice chairman of Bank Asia.

The election took place at a meeting of the board of directors, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Industrialist Choudhury is a former president of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry and had served as chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association.

He is the managing director of M Ahmed Tea and Lands Co, Phulbari Tea Estates, M Ahmed Cold Storage, Premier Dyeing and Calendering and M Ahmed Food and Spices.

He is also the president of Friends In Village Development Bangladesh, a non-government organisation providing primary education to underprivileged children.