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Mr Abdul Karim has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MIDAS Financing PLC for a period of 2 years in its 368th Board Meeting held on August 15, 2024.
Mr Abdul Karim joined the Board of MIDAS Financing PLC on February 28, 2017, according to a press release.
Mr Karim is a B.A. (Hons) and M.A. in Economics from the University of Dhaka and has training in Advanced Accounting, Management Accounting, Public Administration, and Small Enterprise Promotion at both home and abroad.
He is a retired Secretary to the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and served the Government in different capacities.
He also worked in the Ministries of Communications, Defense and Finance and held the posts of Member (Finance) and Chairman, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Director, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, Managing Director, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation and Managing Director, Bangladesh Shilpa Bank.
After serving the Government for more than 31 years he joined Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS) in December 1992 and discharged the responsibilities of Managing Director, MIDAS till December 11, 2011.
He had also served as Managing Director of MIDAS Financing PLC from May 1995 to April 2004.