Md Yasir Arafin joins as Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited

Kathmandu: Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited has appointed Md Yasir Arafin as Chief Financial Officer.

Earlier, Yasir was leading the CCIB Business Finance Team at 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 optimization, and RoTE-related decisions.

Before this, Yasir was the Head of Business Planning and Analysis (Senior Vice President) at BRAC Bank Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016 – 21). He was Senior Manager of Finance at Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh looking after Balance Sheet and Performance Management (2010 – 16). He also has experience in BASIC Bank Ltd., Dhaka during the initial years of his career.

Yasir completed his MBA from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant.