Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed

Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed joined as the Governor of the Bangladesh Bank (The Central Bank) on 02 May, 2005 and completed his four year tenure on 30 April 2009. Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), the apex-funding agency of microcredit operations in Bangladesh. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University, Canada in 1978. He started his career as a teacher in Economics at Dhaka University and then joined the civil service of the government in the erstwhile Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) cadre. He served in various capacities in field of administration in the Government of Bangladesh. He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), a regional inter-governmental organizations with its headquarter in Dhaka. He was the Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) Comilla. A  He also worked as the Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau under the Office of the Prime Minister. He has authored more than 60 books, reports and journal articles that have been published at home and abroad. He is now a Professor, School of Business, North South University, Dhaka.