Mirza Azhar Ahmad has recently joined Bank Asia PLC as deputy managing director (DMD) and chief operating officer.

Ahmad started his career at Standard Chartered Bank in 1999 and served there till 2022, the bank said in a press release.

He previously worked at ONE Bank PLC as senior executive vice-president and head of operation in February 2022, where he played a pivotal role in heading and managing the operations division.

His area of expertise covered branch operations, card operations, centralised clearing unit, cash management operations, ATM operations, centralised service delivery, retail loan administration, treasury back office etc.

He has more than two decades of banking experience to his credit.

Ahmad obtained his honours and master's degrees in international relations from the University of Dhaka.