Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Jafar Ahmed Khan has been appointed chairman of the board of directors for Expatriate Welfare Bank, says a statement of the government’s information department.
A circular issued by the banking and financial institution division under the finance ministry on Monday made the appointment.
An official of the 1982 special Bangladesh Civil Service (BSC) batch, Khan was the deputy commissioner of Rangamati district and commissioner of Sylhet division.
He also served BSC Administration Academy and Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre in Dhaka.
He was the director general of the Department of Environment before taking charges of a secretary to the expatriates’ welfare ministry.