Dr. Jamaluddin Ahmed, FCA

Jamaluddin Ahmed FCA PhD is the former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and the former General Secretary of the Bangladesh Economic Association.

Dr. Jamaluddin Ahmed is one of the sponsor directors of Emerging Credit Rating Ltd. (ECRL). He is also the Chairman of the company. Professionally a Chartered Accountant and the fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) since 1990; he has been awarded Ph.D in Accounting from Cardiff Business School, University of Wales, under Commonwealth Scholarship in 1996, and secured First Class in Masters Degree and Bachelors with Honours from Accounting Department of Dhaka University. He has many years of experience in the financial sector of Bangladesh and has used his expertise and experience to carryout numerous research work and publications. He is the Audit Engagement Partner of 10 banks and leasing companies, 4 energy companies, 10 listed non-bank companies and tax advisor for many local and multinational companies. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank Limited (2008-2013), Essential Drugs Limited, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited. He has been the Chairman of Board Audit Committee of Janata Bank Limited (2008-2013) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited. He is also the Member of Board of Directors and Chairman of Audit Committee of Grameen Phone Limited, Advisor to the Board and Audit Committee of Bangladesh Bank. Previously He had been the representation of ICAB to the Board of Dhaka WASA, Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd, Consultative Committee at the Security and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited. From 1999 to 2013 he was a partner at Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co., An Independent Firm of Deloitte Touche & Tohmatsu. He has taken a number of training courses in the power and energy sector and has completed assignments at numerous banks.