City Bank gets new AMD

City Bank has promoted Mahia Juned to the post of additional managing director (AMD).

Mahia has been with the bank as deputy managing director, chief operating officer and chief anti-money laundering compliance officer (CAMLCO), said a press release.

In her new position, she will continue to be the chief operating officer and CAMLCO and also be in charge of the women affairs of the lender concurrently.

She started her banking career with Citibank, NA Bangladesh as an operations officer in 1994 and left the bank in 2001 as resident vice-president and head of operations. 

She joined City Bank in 2007 as the first vice-president and head of project management. She became the DMD of the bank in 2016.

Mahia obtained her BBA degree from the Assumption University of Thailand.

Mahia's responsibilities have significantly expanded during her tenure in City Bank. Of late, she started directly assisting the CEO in running the human resources functions of the bank as well.

She is the first female AMD in the bank's 40 years of history and became the first female member in bank's management committee in 2013.

She is also serving on the boards of City Hong Kong Ltd, a subsidiary of City Bank, and in IDLC Finance Ltd.