KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 3
Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Ltd (SCBNL) has announced the appointment of Md Yasir Arafin as chief financial officer.
In his previous role, Arafin was leading the CCIB Business Finance Team in Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh. With over 15 years of experience in leading MNCs and local banks in Bangladesh, he is an expert in budgeting and forecasting, quantitative and qualitative analysis, KPI monitoring, RWA optimisation and RoTE related decisions, as per a media release.
Prior to this, Arafin was the head of business planning and analysis (senior vice-president) in BRAC Bank Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016 to 2021); before which he was senior manager, finance in Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh looking after balance sheet and performance management (2010 to 2016). He also has experience in BASIC Bank Ltd, Dhaka during the initial years of his career.
Arafin completed his MBA from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a fellow cost and management accountant from Bangladesh and Associate Chartered Certified Accountant from ACCA-UK.
A version of this article appears in the print on September 05, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.