Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 354 Fri. May 27, 2005  
   
Business


Fakhruddin Ahmed made PKSF MD


Fakhruddin Ahmed, former governor of Bangladesh Bank, has been appointed new managing director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), a press release said Thursday.

He will take over charge on June 1.

Ahmed started his career as a lecturer in Economics at University of Dhaka. Later he joined the civil service of Pakistan and served the government in various capacities until 1978.

Prior to his appointment as governor of Bangladesh Bank, he held senior positions at the World Bank from 1978 to 2001.

PKSF is the country's apex micro finance organisation funding micro finance programme of NGOs and other organisations and providing them various institutional development services for poverty alleviation.