Leading private commercial bank of the country Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has won gold award in the banking category at the 9th ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2021. Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO of EBL received the country’s top award in corporate governance from Salman F. Rahman, Private Industry and Investment adviser to the Prime Minister at a gala award ceremony held on December 17, 2022 evening at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.

After receiving the award Iftekhar said, ‘It is a great honor for EBL and recognition of our continuous effort to adopt and adapt to international best practices in corporate governance. Our system of governance provides basis for our transparency of processes and compliance to regulatory framework with focus on sustainable value creation.’

Earlier, EBL won ICSB gold award in 2013, 2014 and 2017 for promoting corporate governance excellence. 

Caption: Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director and CEO of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) receives the gold award in banking category from Salman F. Rahman, Private Industry and Investment adviser to the Prime Minister at the 9th ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2021 ceremony held  at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on December 17, 2022 evening.