PROFESSOR MELITA MEHJABEEN, PhD

Independent Director of the Bank, has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of National Bank PLC with immediate effect at the 539th meeting of the Board of Directors held on 28 February 2026.

Dr. Melita herself has completed her bachelors and masters from IBA itself and has joined the Institute in 2009 as lecturer. A commonwealth scholar, Dr. Melita has completed her PhD from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK in Accounting and Finance. Her PhD research was on “The Politics of CSR Reporting: A traditional Economy Perspective”. She also has a master’s in development studies from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Before entering the academia, Dr. Melita has worked at the corporate sector for 5 years, serving at British American Tobacco, Bangladesh and Citibank, N.A.

She has published a number of articles in national and international journals. Dr. Melita is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Markets and Governance and the Journal of Business Administration.

Currently she is Independent Director of Grameen Phone, British American Tobacco, Bangladesh & Unilever Consumer Care Limited.