Eastern Bank gets new chief risk officer

Eastern Bank has appointed M Khurshed Alam as the new chief risk officer with effect from January 8.

Alam had been serving the bank as deputy managing director and led the planning, strategy and governance division of the bank concurrently, said a press release.

He started his banking career with Eastern Bank as a management trainee officer in 1996.

He previously served NRB Bank as deputy managing director and worked in different capacities for some few years during his 27-year-long professional career.

Alam obtained his honour's and master's degrees in public administration from the University of Dhaka.