Mr. Hasan Shaheed Ferdous
Chaiman
E-mail: hsferdous55@gmail.com

Hasan Shaheed Ferdous (Former Sr. District and Session Judge at the rank of Secretary of government) is the Court-appointed Director and Chairman of People’s Leasing And Financial Services Limited pursuant to the Hon’ble High Court Division’s Company Bench Order No. 96, 132&; 143 dated 12.07.2021, 31.10.2022, and 25.05.2023 respectively in the Financial Matter No. 1 of 2019. He was born on the 5th October in 1955 and hails from a respectable Muslim family of Dhaka. He studied at Mirzapur Cadet College and obtained a Bachelor's with Hons and a Master's in Law from Dhaka University with Economics and History Subsidiary subjects with distinctions. He joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Judicial) Cadre as an Assistant Judge and retired as Senior District and session Judge. Now he is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and Senior Consultant of LAW FOCUS, a reputed law firm dealing with Business Law, in Gulshan. He started his legal career as a junior of eminent jurist Dr M Zahir. He holds degrees in International Law and Human Rights from the University of Strasbourg, France and Judicial Education from Canada. He was Project Director (PD) [Joint Secretary] and PD on various projects of the World Bank, DANIDA, and SIDA etc. He was the founder Director-Training of the Judicial-Administration Training Institute. He was the founder of the Court Automation of the World Bank Pilot Project in Gazipur by developing the basic work of using technology in court (ICT). He visited India, Canada, Denmark, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia to represent the government on institutional development for the Ministry of Law. He is experienced in the restructuring of sick companies and authored a good number of books. He was associated with the historical struggle for national liberation in 1971.

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Barrister Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman
Member
E-mail: barrister.shafiq@gmail.com

Mr M. Shafiqur Rahman obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in law from the University of Dhaka in 1995 and 1997 respectively. Having done his LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of London in 2001 and Bar Vocational Course from University of Northumbria in 2002, he was called to the Bar from Lincoln’s Inn in 2002. Back to Bangladesh, he joined the Chambers of Dr M. Zahir, a renowned corporate and constitutional lawyer (now deceased), and has been practising in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh since. His main areas of practice are: Admiralty, Corporate, Commercial, Securities, Banking, Insurance, Judicial Review (Writ) and International Arbitration. He advises and represents several Protection and Indemnity (P & I) Clubs, including Standard Club Europe, Standard Club Asia, Swedish Club Hong Kong and Japan P & I Club. He is the lawyer on retainer for Dhaka Stock Exchange, advising on capital market and securities law. He is also the lawyer on retainer for several other entities, including Popular Life Insurance Company (advising on insurance law and company affairs) and Epic Group (advising on commercial law and international trade). He acted as the Court-appointed Chairman of several companies for the purpose of holding annual general meetings. He is currently contributing to four companies as a Court-appointed independent director. He is frequently appointed “amicus curiae” by the Company Bench of the High Court Division in critical cases to assist the court in arriving at correct judicial decisions. He regularly contributes legal articles in the law journal “Bangladesh Legal Times”.

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Mr. Md. Sagir Hossain Khan
Member Secretary
E-mail: sagirhkhan@plfsbd.com

Md. Sagir Hossain Khan Joined People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. (PLFSL) as Managing Director in May 2023. Prior to joining PLFSL, he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL), a fully government owned Non-Bank Financial Institution (NBFI). He also served as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO) of BIFFL. Before joining BIFFL, he served Saudi Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited (SABINCO) as Deputy Managing Director & CRO. He also served The City Bank Limited as Head of Special Asset Management and Head of Credit Administration. He started his career with Rupali Bank Limited as a Senior officer in 1986 through the recruitment of Bankers Recruitment Committee (BRC) of Bangladesh Bank. He also worked for National Bank of Pakistan, Faisal Islamic Bank of Bahrain and Bank Alfalah Limited in different mid level management positions in Credit during the period of 1996-2007. He did his Master of Businees Administration (MBA) from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of University of Dhaka. He is an Associate of Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (IBB).

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