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Zakir Ahmed KhanZakir Ahmed Khan is the Finance secretary of Bangladesh,[1] and Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation.[2] He is a former chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[3] He is an adviser to Southeast Bank and an independent director of the National Life Insurance Company Limited.[4][5] Early lifeKhan did his master's degree in economics at the University of Dhaka.[6] He completed an MBA at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.[6] CareerKhan was a Research Associate in the Bureau of Economic Research.[6] He worked as a lecturer of Economics and in the Department of Finance at the University of Dhaka.[6] In 1970, he joined the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service of Pakistan Civil Service.[6] From 1 August 2000 to 10 July 2001, Khan was the chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[7] He served as the secretary of the Internal Resources Division.[8] On 1 July 2001, Khan was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Finance replacing Akbar Ali Khan.[9] He served as the secretary of Finance till 31 July 2005 and was replaced by Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury.[9] He had served under Minister of Finance M Saifur Rahman.[10][11][12] Khan retired as an Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank in February 2009.[6] He was appointed an advisor of Southeast Bank Limited in October 2010.[13] He is an independent director of the National Life Insurance Company Limited.[5] In December 2018, Khan was appointed an independent director of MI Cement Factory Ltd (Crown Cement).[14] In 2019, he was elected president of the Salimullah Muslim Hall Alumni Association of Dhaka University.[15] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khan was appointed chairman of a special committee that looked at claims by retired public servants who alleged they were denied promotions during the 15 year rule of the Awami League government.[16][17] Over 1500 retired civil servants applied for retrospective promotions and the committee recommended promotions for 764 of the applicants.[18][18] In August 2024, he was appointed Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation.[19] He replaced Sheikh Abdur Rashid who was shifted to the Secondary and Higher Education Division.[20] References
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