The Graduation Ceremony of BIBM’s Certification Courses organised by Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) was held on the premises of BIBM in the city on Thursday.
Fazle Kabir, Chairman of the BIBM Governing Board and Governor, Bangladesh Bank was present at the event as the chief guest.
This is the first Graduation Ceremony of BIBM for the Certified Expert Bankers of three programmes: Certified Expert in Risk Management (CERM), Certified Expert in Credit Management (CECM), and Certified Expert in Trade Services (CETS).
A total number of eighty one graduates received certificates in the programme.
Md. Arfan Ali, President and Managing Director of Bank Asia Limited delivered the Ceremonial Lecture on behalf of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh Limited (ABB). Ari Lehavi, Executive Director of the Moody’s Analytics also delivered a special speech in the programme.
Dr. Shah Md Ahsan Habib, Professor and Director (training) and Director of the Certification Programs of BIBM delivered inaugural speech.
Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury, Director General, BIBM chaired.
BIBM launched four more Certification Programmes during the event: Certified Expert in Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime (CEAF); Certified Expert in E-Banking (CEEB); Moody’s-BIBM Joint Certificate in Commercial Credit (MBCICC); Moody’s-BIBM Joint Certificate in SME Credit (MBCSMEC).
Governor of the Bangladesh Bank Fazle Kabir said, now-a-days banking, has become knowledge-based and dynamic profession. Hence improving the capacity of the banking industry is imperative. In addition to the bank level initiative to enhance the capacity, BIBM is also doing the needful since its inception.
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