Zaid Bakht

Bakht was born in 1949 in Sylhet District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.^[7] He completed his undergraduate in economics from the University of Dhaka.^[8] He completed his Masters and PhD in economics from Cornell University.^[9]

Bakht joined Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in 1971 as an economist.^[10]

Bakht was a member of the National Committee on the Formulation of Industrial Policy in 1982.^[10]

In 2002, Bakht served as a member of the Public Expenditure Review Commission.^[10]

Bkaht worked as an economist on the development of the Sixth Five Year Plan of the Government of Bangladesh.^[10]

In 2012, Bakht evaluated the Equity Entrepreneurship Fund for Bangladesh Bank.^[7] He visited Colombo, Sri Lanka, to attend the 12th annual conference of South Asia Network of Economic Research Institute.^[11] Bakht had served as a Director of Sonali Bank Limited in 2012.^[10][12] He had also served as a member of the syndicate board of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.^[10]

Bakht worked at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies till 2014 when he retired from it as a research director and head of research.^[10][13] He has worked as a visiting faculty at East West University and North South University.^[7] He was appointed Chairman of Agrani Bank, a state owned bank, in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh.^[14][15]

On 7 December 2020, Bakht was reappointed, third time in a row, chairman of Agrani Bank by the Financial Institutions Division for three years.^[8][14] He was also the chairperson of Agrani Exchange House Private Limited.^[12] He was the chairman of Agrani Remittance House Sdn Bhd.^[16]