Financial Excellence Limited, a leading consultancy firm in Bangladesh鈥檚 financial sector, celebrated its 15th anniversary event at a hotel in the capital on Saturday night.
At the event, Salehuddin Ahmed, finance adviser to the interim government, said as chief guest that in the coming months, the country would face even more challenges.
鈥楾he interim government must try to leave behind a meaningful footprint for the next government,鈥� he added, saying that if they failed to follow the path, the people would respond against them.
He said that training for bank officials alone was not enough, mental and moral development was equally important.
鈥楢 dishonest but trained person can harm an institution and the country more than someone untrained,鈥� he added, urging bankers to focus on both professional and moral development.
In his remarks, guest of honour Ahsan H Mansur, governor of the Bangladesh Bank, underscored the need to build domestic capacity in banking technology and management, noting that most core banking systems in Bangladesh was sourced from abroad.
鈥榃e must strengthen our capacity and invest more in human resource development,鈥� he added.
He said that political influence remained a major obstacle to good governance in the banking industry.
In his welcome address, Mamun Rashid, chairman of FinExcel, said that the organisation had conducted over a hundred specialised programmes on AI in banking, project management, negotiation strategies and relationship management, training over 7,500 professionals across 250 programs since its inception in 2010.
Nilufar Rahman, chief executive officer of FinExcel, also spoke at the event.
Chairmen of City Bank, IFIC Bank, BASIC Bank, Bangladesh Development Bank PLC, Alliance Finance, Green Delta Insurance, LankaBangla Finance and DataEdge attended the event.
Deputy governors of the Bangladesh Bank, Fahmida Khatun, CPD executive director, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, Sharif Zahir, chairman of UCB, and Syed Mohammad Kamal, country manager of Mastercard Bangladesh were also present.
