Md. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury

Managing Director & CEO

Mr. Md. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury is the Managing Director and CEO of Mercantile Bank Limited. He was the Additional Managing Director of the same bank.

He joined Mercantile Bank Limited in February 2001 and posted as Branch Incumbent of Khatungonj Branch, Chittagong. He served as Head of Agrabad Branch, Chittagong, Zonal Head of Chittagong Region and Head of Main Branch, Dhaka.

He started his banking career in National Bank Limited in 1983 as Probationary Officer. Mr. Chowdhury later joined in NCCBL holding position of Senior Asstt. Vice President and Branch In-Charge of Jubilee Road Branch, Chittagong.

Mr. Chowdhury obtained Master's degree in Marketing from Dhaka University. He is highly committed and successful banker especially in exploring business opportunities and providing creative solutions for the difficulties in banking operations. He has a wide range of experience in International Trade, Card & Retail Banking and Mobile Financial Services. He converged training program, seminar & workshop in both home and abroad viz: USA, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore etc.

Mati Ul Hasan

Additional Managing Director

G.W.M. Mortaza

Deputy Managing Director

Mr. G.W.M. Mortaza has joined as Deputy Managing Director of Mercantile Bank Limited.

Mr. Mortaza is a dynamic professional with amiable personality having more than 30 years of banking experience with BSB, BASIC, Trust, Dutch Bangla, The City, Bank Asia in different capacities. He had schooling from Mirzapur Cadet College and did his M.Com (Finance), University of Dhaka and MBA from IBA, University of Dhaka. He started his career with Bangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) as Financial Analyst and had the opportunity to play managerial roles in BASIC, EBL, Trust, Dutch Bangla, The City and Bank Asia in different Capacities. Prior to joining Mercantile Bank as DMD, Mortaza was holding the position of DMD in BCBL.

Besides, Mr. Mortaza was awarded by the Rotary International, USA as an outstanding young professional from Bangladesh and had an on-the-job training in different Banks in Virginia & Tennessee, USA. Further, he was recognized by the South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF), a concern of IFC/World Bank and assigned as one of their resource persons as a Trainer in different banks on Core Risk Management on behalf of Bangladesh Bank.

His expertise ranges from Corporate Banking, Foreign Exchange, Credit Functions, Special Asset Management, Branch Banking Operations and Credit Administration.

Md. Zakir Hossain

Deputy Managing Director

Md. Zakir Hossain is a senior banker with experience of about 27 years in the banking industry of Bangladesh. He started his banking career in 1993 with Janata Bank- the 2nd largest state-owned Commercial Bank of Bangladesh as Financial Analyst in the position of Senior Officer. Thereafter, he moved to Prime Bank Limited. in 1995 and served there as Credit Officer in Credit Risk Management Division till 1999.

Then Mr. Zakir joined Mercantile Bank Limited in June 1999. He has been serving MBL since it's inception in various capacity and positions at Branch and Head Office. He was the Head of 3 (three) leading Branches including Main Branch of the Bank. He worked as Head of Corporate Banking Division before his elevation to DMD & Deputy Chief Business Officer (DCBO).

As DMD & DCBO he supervised 4 (four) Divisions i.e. Corporate Banking Division, Agriculture Credit Division, Research & Planning Division and Islamic Banking Division of the Bank. At Present, he is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Bank.

He has experience of working as a member of the committee for Review of Credit Risk Management Guidelines and of the committee for formulation of guidelines for Internal Credit Risk Rating (ICRR) System of Bangladesh Bank.

Mr. Zakir is a Finance graduate from University of Dhaka with major in Banking. Alongside the banking career, he has academic track also. He was associated with BD jobs as professional trainer and adjunct Faculty of reputed Universities. Main focus of banking experience of Mr. Zakir is project finance and corporate business.

Adil Raihan

Deputy Managing Director

Shamim Ahmed

Deputy Managing Director

Hasne Alam

Deputy Managing Director

Mercantile Bank Limited has appointed Hasne Alam as the new Deputy Managing Director of the bank recently. Earlier he was the Deputy Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.

Hasne Alam is a career banker with years of multi-functional experience. He started his banking career with Rupali Bank Limited as Probationary Officer in 1986. He has over 34 years experience with Rupali Bank Limited and Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. He worked in various management capacities in bank being in the role of Branch Manager, Zonal Head, Divisional Head, Head of International Division, Treasury Division, Engineering Division, Human Resources Division and Industrial Credit Division. He was also the CAMLCO of Rupali Bank Limited. He was member of technical committee, Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (BAFEDA).

Mr. Alam obtained Honors and Masters Degree from Chattogram University in Management. He is a Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (DAIBB). He participated many training Courses, Seminars, Conferences, workshops at home & abroad and traveled many countries around the globe including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Austria, France, Hungary, KSA, Bahrain and UAE.  

Md. Mahmood Alam Chowdhury

Deputy Managing Director

Ashim Kumar Saha

Senior Executive Vice President

Shah Md. Sohel Khurshid

Senior Executive Vice President

Mohammad Iqbal Rezwan

Senior Executive Vice President

Mr. Mohammad Iqbal Rezwan has 24 years of professional exposure in banking industry in various capacities. He started his banking career in Arab Bangladesh Bank as Probationary Officer in 1994. He also served in different banks like HSBC, Premier Bank, Trust Bank holding important positions in different branches and Head Office.

Mr. Rezwan has been serving Mercantile Bank Limited as Head of HR Division since 13th December, 2015. He joined MBL as Senior Vice President. During his journey with MBL, he was posted as Head of different Divisions and Branches and gained extensive banking experience and developed wide range of expertise in almost every areas of commercial banking.

Mr. Rezwan did his Honors and Masters in Economics from Chittagong University. Later on, completed Masters in Bank Management (MBM) from University of Science and Technology, Chittagong.

Besides, Mr. Mohammad Iqbal Rezwan is an alumnus of the Economics Department of the University of Chittagong. He is an active member of Lions Club of Chittagong Karnaphuli. He attended numerous seminars, workshops and training programs at home and abroad.

Tapash Chandra Paul, PhD

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Tapash Chandra Paul, PhD has around 20 years of diversified experience in Banking Sector. Mr. Paul was appointed as 'Chief Financial Officer' of the Bank in 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served at different divisions of the Bank at different capacities including Head of Division.

Mr. Paul has sound academic track record. Having completed his B.Com (Hon's) & M. Com from University of Dhaka and obtained MBA from reputed university, Mr. Paul was also awarded PhD for his contribution in Research work on Strategic Management of Commercial Banks in Bangladesh.

He has attended a good number of training courses, workshops & seminars/webinars at home & abroad. He's a regular trainer at the Mercantile Bank Training Institute and the training institutes of other Banks/FIs. He's lecturing both nationally & internationally as a keynote speaker in the field of Finance, Banking, Economics & Risk Management.

He writes insightful and informative articles regularly on Banking and Economics in the widely circulated National dailies.

Since taking over the supervisory role of ‘Research & Planning Division’,  Mercantile Bank monthly online bulletin ‘MBL Spectrum’ is being published under his dynamic leadership.