The interim government on Tuesday appointed economist M Masrur Reaz as the new chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

The Financial Institutions Division (FID) of the finance ministry issued a circular in this regard Tuesday, Daily Sun reports.           

Masrur is the chairman and founder of Policy Exchange Bangladesh. During 2010-20, he served in many senior roles within the World Bank and was employed in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, among others.

Previously, during 2007-10 he was and adviser at UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID).

He earned his PhD from the University of Manchester, UK and did master’s at University of New Orleans, US.

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