Written by The Banking Post
Mr. Syed Zubayer Ahmed joined National Bank PLC as Deputy Managing Director on November 3, 2025.
Before joining National Bank, Mr. Ahmed served as Vice President & Head of International Regulatory Reporting, Group Financial Control Department at Qatar National Bank (QNB), Doha—the largest bank in the GCC and MENA region and one of the most highly rated financial institutions in the world.
Mr. Ahmed brings with him over 25 years of extensive experience in finance, accounting, regulatory reporting, risk management, and strategic financial control across both multinational and domestic banking environments.
Prior to his tenure at QNB, he held several senior leadership positions at renowned financial institutions. As Resident Vice President (Financial Control) at Citibank N.A., Bangladesh, he oversaw financial planning, budgeting, IFRS-based reporting, and Basel II implementation.
He also served as Senior Vice President & Head of Finance at Eastern Bank PLC, where he played a key role in transforming the bank’s financial operations into a fully automated platform.
Earlier, he led the finance department of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. (DBH), contributing to the organization’s financial structuring and operational development.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Ahmed gained substantial audit and accounting experience working with professional firms in the United Kingdom and Bangladesh, as well as in industries such as oil & gas, insurance, and manufacturing.
A Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), UK, Mr. Ahmed also holds an Executive MBA (Finance) from North South University, Dhaka. He is an accredited trainer by the Bangladesh Bank on Asset Liability Management (ALM) and has completed multiple international training programs on IFRS, derivatives accounting, and project management.
Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. Ahmed has been instrumental in driving regulatory automation, system integration, financial consolidation, and core banking migrations across multiple countries—enhancing governance, compliance, and operational excellence within global banking networks.
