Salehuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi economist, and the current Governor of
Bangladesh Bank. As Governor, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Bangladesh Bank.Ahmed earned his B.A. and M.A. in economics at
Dhaka University and obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from
McMaster University,
Canada in 1978. He started his career as a lecturer in Economics at
Dhaka University in 1970. He worked in the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a regional inter-governmental organization with its headquarters in Dhaka. Dr. Ahmed was the Director General of
Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD),
Comilla and also Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Office of the Prime Minister. During 1996-2005 Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), the apex funding agency of macro credit operations in Bangladesh.
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