Independent Director

Prof. M. Sadiqul Islam, PhD, FCMA

Mohammad Sadiqul Islam has been teaching in the University of Dhaka for about 35 years. Presently he is a professor in the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka. He obtained M.Com in Finance from the University of Dhaka, MBA from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and PhD in Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece. He is working as the Supervisor of a number of students in PhD, DBA and M. Phil. programs. He also worked as PhD thesis examiner of the Aligarh Muslim University of India and the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He was the Executive Editor of the Journal of Finance and Banking. He served in the editorial board of a number of journals. He worked as an expert member for curriculum development in the University of Dhaka, University of Chittagong, United International University and National University. He is the Chair of Program Self-Assessment Committee for ensuring institutional quality assurance of the academic programs of the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka. He was the team leader for evaluating the institutional quality assurance of the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology. He has been serving as a member of academic council of a number of institutions. He organized a number of international conferences. He presented research papers and participated in a number of conferences held in Bangladesh, Australia, USA, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Thailand and India. He organized a number of training programs under the University of Dhaka. He is a Qualified Cost and Management Accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. He is a Director of the Center for Corporate Governance and Finance Studies, University of Dhaka and life member of the Finance Alumni Association, University of Dhaka. He authored a number of research monographs, research articles, working papers and cases. He was awarded Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship for pursuing MBA program and SSF Scholarship for pursuing PhD program in Greece.