Kazi Sanaul Hoq is a Bangladeshi banker and former Chairman of

Rupali Bank Limited Rupali Bank () is a Bangladeshi state owned commercial bank that operates across Bangladesh. Its headquarters is in 34 Dilkusha, Dhaka. Md. Nazrul Huda is the chairman of the bank. Kazi Md. Wahidul Islam is the managing director of the bank. H ...

. He is a former managing director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh. His the former managing director of

Dhaka Stock Exchange The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ( ''Dhaka stôk ekschenj''), located in Nikunja, Dhaka, is one of the two stock exchanges of Bangladesh, the other being the Chittagong Stock Exchange. In January 2023, DSE and Nasdaq announced their partnership ...

. His appointment as the managing director of Dhaka Stock Exchange was controversial as it had been alleged that the selection process was gamed in his favor through pressure from "upper levels".

Early life

Sanaul Hoq was born on 4 January 1961 in

Nilphamari District Nilphamari District () is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Rangpur Division. It is about 400 kilometers to the northwest of the capital Dhaka. It has an area of . Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

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. His father, Kazi Ekramul Hoq, was a judicial officer in the East Pakistan Civil Service. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in accounting from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

Career

Sanaul Hoq joined the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh in 1984. He worked as the General Manager of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited. Sanaul Hoq had served as the managing director of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank. On 20 January 2015, Sanaul Hoq was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Agrani Bank. From 2017 to 2019, he was the managing director of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh. During his time at the helm of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh profits reached a 12-year low. Sanaul Hoq was working as the managing director of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh when on 23 August 2019 Hoq was appointed the managing director of Karmasangsthan Bank. Before his appointment he was serving as the managing director of

Agrani Bank Agrani Bank PLC. () is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972. Its headquarters is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Md. Anwarul Islam is the CEO of Agrani Bank. History Agrani Bank Lim ...

. From 9 February 2020 to 7 January 2021, Sanaul Hoq served as the managing director of

. Sanaul Hoq was a controversial candidate of the post of the managing director of the Stock Exchange because of the allegation of irregularities against him by the Anti Corruption Commission during the time he was the managing director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh and his failure to revive the market then. Despite being appointed for a three-year term he resigned after 10 months on "personal grounds". On 13 June 2021, Sanaul Hoq was appointed the Chairman of Rupali Bank Limited.

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