Two-day long Annual Business Conference-2022 of Social Islami Bank Limited was held at hotel Le Meridien Dhaka during 14-15 January 2022. Dr. Md. Mahbub Ul Alam, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, was present as Chief Guest while Mr. Md. Kamal Uddin, Dr. Md. Jahangir Hossain and Mrs. Jebunnessa Akbar, Directors of Social Islami Bank Limited were present as Special Guests. The program was presided over by Mr. Zafar Alam, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank. Mr. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Additional Managing Director delivered address of welcome in the program.

In his speech, Dr. Md. Mahbub Ul Alam stated that SIBL has been contributing to national economy through its innovation, competence, accountability, technology and financial inclusion for last 26 years. He also added that Islami Banking is a sustainable banking system which is very beneficial for the well-being of the people. All employees will be enlightened by the beauty of Islamic banking and our clients will also be enlightened by this beauty, he urged.

In his speech, Mr. Zafar Alam mentioned that despite a lot of challenges in 2021 we have been successful to keep consistent business growth with our professional competence and hard work. He also said that Management of the Bank has taken strategic business policy to increase the overall business growth of the Bank in 2022. He hoped Social Islami Bank Limited will be able to maintain a steady growth in all its business indicators and business targets.

Additional Managing Directors, Deputy Managing Directors, Divisional Heads, Senior Executives and all Branch Managers of the Bank attended the program.  

Mr. Md. Mahbub ul Alam, newly elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Social Islami Bank Limited, along with newly appointed Managing Director & CEO Mr. Zafar Alam, and Additional Managing Director Mr. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, paid tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on 28 December 2021. Mr. Md. Moniruzzaman, SVP & Head of Marketing & Brand Communication, and other senior officials of the Bank were also present on the occasion.

After laying the wreath at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu, they offered Sura Fateha and special munajat there seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Bangabandhu and His family members brutally killed on the fateful night on August 15 in 1975.

Managing Director & CEO of Social Islami Bank Limited  Zafar Alam inaugurated 04 (four) new subbranches namely Baburhat Subbranch in Chandpur, Trishal Subbranch in Mymensingh, Moilaputa Subbranch in Khulna, Horina People Baria Bazar Subbranch in Sirajgonj,  as chief guest through virtual platform on December 30, 2021. Md. Tajul Islam and Abu Reza Md. Yeahia, Additional Managing Directors, Abu Naser Chowdhury, Md. Sirajul Hoque and Md. Shamsul Hoque, Deputy Managing Directors, Abdul Hannan Khan, Company Secretary, Md. Moniruzzaman, Head of Marketing & Brand Communication, Saif Al-Amin, Head of BC & GB were also present in the program. Manager of Chandpur Branch, Mymensingh Branch, Khulna Branch, Sirajgonj Branch; senior officials, in-charge of the subbranches and other local dignitaries also attended the program.

Mr. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia joined Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) as Additional Managing Director recently. Prior to join SIBL, he served Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) as Deputy Managing Director.

Mr. Abu Reza Md. Yeahia started his career at IBBL as a Probationary Officer in 1989. In his long 32 years career, he served IBBL as Company Secretary, CAMLCO, and head of Internal Control & Compliance Wing, Investment Portfolio & Retail Investment Wing, Legal Division, and other important positions as well. He obtained his LLB & LLM from University of Dhaka. He is a life member of Dhaka University Alumni Association and Bangladesh Ain Samity. He travelled to different countries like, Russia, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei, and Myanmar to attend seminars and conferences.

He is a motivational speaker and appears regularly on talk shows of different TV channels of the country as a discussant on the contemporary topics related to banking and economy.  He regularly contributes to the national dailies on the issues like banking, economy, and sustainable development. He has so far written five books covering issues regarding business and motivation.

The Board of Directors of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) elected reputed banking personality Mr. Md. Mahbub ul Alam as Chairman of the Board of Directors on 21 December 2021 in its 473rd Meeting. Prior to join SIBL as Chairman, he served First Security Islami Bank Ltd (FSIBL) as advisor and Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) as MD & CEO. He started his career at Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. as Probationary Officer in 1984 and became MD & CEO of the Bank. In his long 37 years banking career, he achieved numerous accolades and milestones including ‘Best Emerging CEO in Islamic Banking-2018’ and 'CEO of the Year-2019' award in World Islamic Banking conferred by UK-based Cambridge International Financial Advisory.

He completed B. Com. (Hons) and M.Com. in Marketing from University of Dhaka. He is a graduate in Finance of International Trade (FIT) from Business School of Ireland. He also obtained Professional Doctoral Certificate in Banking from European International University, Paris.

He is member of ICC Standing Committee for Banking Technique and Practice, ICC, Paris, Bangladesh Chapter. He is a regular resource person of various universities and training institutes in Islamic Banking, International Trade and Management.

He traveled different countries including USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia and many more for professional training and remittance marketing.