There is enormous scope for women to work in corporate banking, SME banking, treasury banking, but for all that, ensuring an enabling environment for them is a must.
Humaira Azam, CEO and managing director of Trust Bank, made the comments during an interview with The Daily Star.
She took charge of the bank this month and set a milestone by being the first female CEO and managing director of any commercial bank in the 50 years history of Bangladesh.
The veteran banker has seen every up and down of the country s banking sector. From her experience, she believes it is the duty of the predecessors to create opportunities for women so that they can flourish as a banker.
The approval from the banking watchdog came to Humaira on April 11.
Humaira started her banking career as a management trainee officer in ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1990.
He later contributed to different local and foreign banks and non-bank financial institutions.
Trust Bank recruited her as an additional managing director in 2018 and she has been serving the bank sponsored by the Army Welfare Trust as an acting managing director before the new appointment.
She also served Bank Asia as deputy managing director and IPDC Finance Ltd as managing director.
The veteran banker also worked for some other leading banks, including HSBC and Standard Chartered.