Sonali Bank Limited

Name of the Company : Sonali Bank Limited Chairman : Quazi Baharul Islam CEO and Managing Director : Md. Humayun Kabir Company Secretary : Zaheed Hossain Legal Status : Public Limited Company Genesis : Emarged as Nationalised Commercial Bank in 1972, following the Bangladesh Bank (Nationlisation) Order No. 1972(PO No.26 of 1972) Date of Incorporation : 03 June, 2007 Date of Vendor's Agreement : 15 November, 2007 Registered Office : 35-42, 44 Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh Authorised Capital : Taka 10.00 billion Paid-up Capital : Taka 09.00 billion Number of Employee : 21,839 Number of Branches : 1191 Phone-PABX : 9550426-31, 33, 34, 9552924 FAX : 88-02-9561410, 9552007 SWIFT : BSONBDDH Website : www.sonalibank.com.bd E-mail : sbhoid@bdmail.net sbhoitd@btcl.net.bd

Soon after independence of the country Sonali Bank emerged as the largest and leading Nationalized Commercial Bank by proclamation of the Banks' Nationalization Order 1972 (Presidential Order-26) liquidating the then National Bank of Pakistan, Premier Bank and Bank of Bhwalpur. As a fully state owned institution, the bank had been discharging its nation-building responsibilities by undertaking government entrusted different socio-economic schemes as well as money market activities of its own volition, covering all spheres of the economy.
The bank has been converted to a Public Limited Company with 100% ownership of the government and started functioning as Sonali Bank Limited from November 15 2007 taking over all assets, liabilities and business of Sonali Bank. After corporatization, the management of the bank has been given required autonomy to make the bank competitive & to run its business effectively.
Sonali Bank Limited is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 13(thirteen) members. The Bank is headed by the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, who is a well-known Banker and a reputed professional. The corporate head quarter of the bank is located at Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh, the main commercial center of the capital.

Board of Directors

Sl No. Name Designation 1. Mr. Quazi Baharul Islam Chairman 2. Mr. Md. Shahid Ulla Mia Director 3. Mr. Md. Anwar Shahid Director 4. Mr. A.S.M. Nayeem, FCA, FCCA Director 5. Mr. M. Lutfur Rahman Khan Director 6. Mr. K.M. Zaman Romel Director 7. Mr. Kashem Humayun Director 8. Mr. Shaimum Sarwar Kamal Director 9. Advocate Sattayendra Chandra Bhakta Director 10. Mrs. Jannat Ara Henry Director 11. Mr. Suvas Singho Roy Director 12. Mr. Md. Humayun Kabir MD & CEO

Core Business
Corporate Banking Project Finance SME Finance Consumer Credit International Trade	Trade Finance Loan Syndication Foreign Exchange Dealing Rural and Micro credit NGO-Linkage Loan	Investment Government Treasury Function Money Market Operation Capital Market Operation Remittance