Zaid Bakht

Zaid Bakht is a Bangladesh economist, researcher, and former chairperson of Agrani Bank Limited, the second largest nationalized bank in Bangladesh. He worked as a research at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies.

Early life Bakht was born in 1949 in Sylhet District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed his undergraduate in economics from the University of Dhaka. He completed his Masters and PhD in economics from Cornell University.

Career

Bakht joined Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in 1971 as an economist.

Bakht was a member of the National Committee on the Formulation of Industrial Policy in 1982. Bakht had served as a Director of Sonali Bank Limited in 2012. He had also served as a member of the syndicate board of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He has worked as a visiting faculty at East West University and North South University.

On 7 December 2020, Bakht was reappointed, third time in a row, chairman of Agrani Bank by the Financial Institutions Division for three years.