Mati Ul Hasan

Managing Director

Mr. Mati ul Hasan is the Managing Director of Mercantile Bank PLC. Earlier he served in the same bank holding the position of Additional Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer and Deputy Managing Director. Over 41 years of experience in the financial sector, he has been working in Mercantile Bank from 2014. He joined IFIC Bank in 1st April, 1984 as Probationary Officer. He has experience of 10 years in oversees operation in Pakistan and 2 years in Nepal Bangladesh Bank, Nepal. He was the Head of overseas branch in Pakistan and Nepal, Head of Branch Local Office of IFIC Bank- Dhaka. He completed B.S.S. (Hons) in Economics from Dhaka University and Masters in Bank Management. He is a Diplomaed Associate of Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (DAIBB) and Associate Member of Institute of Bankers, Pakistan.

Md. Zakir Hossain

Deputy Managing Director & CRO (Acting)

Md. Zakir Hossain is the Deputy Managing Director of Mercantile Bank PLC having experience of about 32 years in the banking industry of Bangladesh. He started his banking career in 1993 with Janata Bank, a state-owned Commercial Bank of Bangladesh as Financial Analyst in the position of Probationary Officer. Thereafter, he moved to Prime Bank Limited in 1995 and served there as Credit Officer in Credit Risk Management Division till 1999.
 

Then Mr. Zakir joined Mercantile Bank PLC in June 1999. He has been serving Mercantile Bank since it’s inception in various capacity and positions at Branch and Head Office. He was the Head of 3 (three) leading Branches including Main Branch of the Bank. After promotion as Deputy Managing Director, he had been designated as Deputy Chief Business Officer (DCBO), Chief Operations Officer (COO) and Head of Chattogram Region at different periods. At Present, he is the Chief Risk Officer (Acting) of the Bank.
 

As DMD he has had been supervising several functional Divisions of the bank i.e. Corporate Business Division, SME Financing Division, Agriculture Credit Division, Research & Planning Division, Islamic Banking Division, Internal Control & Compliance Division (ICCD), MIS Division and Central Law Division.
 

He has experience of working as a member of the committee for Review of Credit Risk Management Guidelines and of the committee for formulation of guidelines for Internal Credit Risk Rating (ICRR) System of Bangladesh Bank.

Shamim Ahmed

Deputy Managing Director & CAMLCO

Mr. Shamim Ahmed has over 30 years experience in the Banks including United Commercial Bank Ltd and Prime Bank Ltd. He is with Mercantile Bank PLC. from June, 1999. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. in Statistics from University of Dhaka. He has specific expertise on foreign trade, treasury and branch banking. He is selected as a Trainer for outreach training program on “Foreign Exchange Risk Management” designed for the ‘Training of Trainers’ arranged by Bangladesh Bank Training Institute and South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF). He participated in a good number of training program at home and abroad in International Trade, Foreign Exchange, Tresury, Banking operation and AML & CFT. Mr. Shamim is actively associated with many social activities.

Ashim Kumar Saha

Deputy Managing Director & Head of ICCD

Mr. Ashim Kumar Saha has completed Post-Graduation in Accounting from University of Dhaka. Over 31 years of experience in the banking sector, Mr. Ashim Kumar Saha has expertise on Government Securities, Local & Foreign Currency Management, ALM Analysis and Risk Management. He is also expertise in private bonds and equity market. He started banking career in 1990 with Uttara Bank Limited as Probationary Officer. He worked at NCC Bank Ltd for 20 years. During the tenure of NCC Bank Ltd, he worked in Financial Administration Division and thereafter taking the responsibility of Treasury Division Front Office. On 10th August 2016, he joined Mercantile Bank Ltd as Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Treasury.

He is serving as the Member Secretary of ALM, Investment Committee and member of SMT, Credit Committee, etc. He is also instrumental in integrating the entire Treasury Operation with in- house IT solutions.

He has attained different professional training programs and workshop in USA, Germany, Japan, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong,  & Indonesia vastly for developing bonds and equity market in Bangladesh. He is a Convener, Technical committee of PDBL. He is the chairman of Technical committee of BAFEDA. He is a Registered Income Tax Practitioner.

Dr. Md. Zahid Hossain

Deputy Managing Director & CBO

Dr. Zahid Hossain began his banking career in 1996 as a probationary officer at Eastern Bank. Later, he joined Bank Asia, where he dedicated over 21 years of service. On 30th December, 2024 he joined Mercantile Bank PLC. as Deputy Managing Director and CBO. He holds a B.Com (Honors) and an M.Com in Finance & Banking from the University of Dhaka. Additionally, he earned an MBA and a doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from the institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.