Staff Correspondent

Md Nazrul Islam Swapan, a businessman and industrialist, was unanimously elected as the chairman of the board of directors of EXIM Bank yesterday.

The decision was taken at the 174th board meeting of the Exim Bank, said a press release.

Before this, Nazrul served as a member of the board of directors of the same bank.

He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social sciences from Chittagong University. He has a long experience of 44 years in readymade garment sector.

At present, Nazrul is the Chairman and Managing Director of Tivoli Apparels Limited and Galaxy Stitch Limited.

He has been recognised as a commercially important person since 2000.

Nazrul has extensive expertise in real estate and aviation sectors.