Prime Bank gets new chairman

 Tanjil Chowdhury has recently been elected the new chairman of Prime Bank.

At 36, Chowdhury, who is succeeding his father Azam J Chowdhury, is the youngest chairman of any private bank in Bangladesh, the lender said in a press release yesterday.

He previously served as a member in the bank's board and the chairman of its executive committee.

Chowdhury is the managing director of East Coast Group, a business group that has a presence in downstream hydrocarbons and energy sector for more than 42 years.

He completed the bachelor degree in accounting and finance and a master's degree in international management (finance) from King's College London, the University of London.