Non-Executive Director
Background
Ms. Zakia Sultana, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Industries, is an experienced civil officer. Ms. Sultana entered the administrative cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991. She held several significant positions in government at the field level in Narayanganj and Munshiganj districts. She has also held significant positions in the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Environment and Forests, Finance, and Health and Family Welfare. She obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Anatomy from the Post Graduate Medicine and Research Institute (IPGMR) of Dhaka University in 1989 and 1991 respectively.
Date of appointment to BATB Board
Ms. Zakia Sultana was appointed to the Board of Directors in the year 2021.
Achievements
Other Achievements
Ms. Zakia Sultana has achieved advanced degrees and training from various reputed universities and institutes in the country as well as abroad. She has completed her MS degree in Environmental Management from Victoria University, Australia in 2010 with distinction number. She was selected one of the best students from Asia region in the Victoria University and awarded by the Australian Government for her outstanding achievements. She completed a short course in Top Management (MATT-2) in Singapore and a Super MATT course from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. She also completed a course in strengthening of BCS Admin Cadre Officials from Duke University in the United States. She participated in various conferences, workshops, and trainings in United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, France, Italy, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. Under participating in different training courses in the Country, she acquired knowledge on Rural Development, Women's Empowerment, Human Resource Management, Environment Development, Budget & Accounts Management, WTO Notification Procedure and Obligation and Investment Treaty Negotiation and Disputes.
She was a member of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center (BITAC), Bangladesh Child Hospital and Birdem. She is currently the Director of the Board of Directors of Bangladesh Palli Sanchay Bank and Sadharan Bima Corporation.