Sheikh Rakibul Karim

CFO, DMD & Acting CEO

Mr. Sheikh Rakibul Karim, FCA is currently holding the position of CEO (Current charge) of Guardian Life Insurance Limited. He joined the company as the chief financial officer on May 2019. Prior to joining Guardian Life, Mr. Rakib was a Director of Audit & Advisory Services at KPMG Bangladesh.

Mr. Sheikh Rakibul Karim is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), qualified in 2006 from KPMG Bangladesh under ICAB. He has over 22 years of total management experience and 18 years of cumulative experience in Senior Financial Management roles at highly acclaimed companies like Grameenphone, Banglalink and KPMG.

Shamim Ahmed

EVP & Chief Operating Officer

As a Chief Operating Officer of Guardian Life Insurance Limited (GLIL), Shamim Ahmed is responsible for the entire operations of the company. He gathered more than 18 years of experience. His experience and leadership have been focused on developing and delivering technology driven business services and solutions, providing outstanding client service, and driving to support profitable revenue growth.

Prior to joining GLIL in 2018, Shamim Ahmed was the Vice President and Deputy Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer (D-CAMLCO) of HSBC in Bangladesh, leading and managing the compliance function. He had the responsibility of leading a group of teams in ensuring HSBC’s global and regulatory AML compliance obligation for entire operation in Bangladesh.

Shamim was also responsible for leading compliance assurance function ensuring entire AML compliance assurance responsibilities for HSBC, Bangladesh from 2017 to 2018, serving as Head of Financial Crime Risk prior to moving GLIL.

In addition to serving and leading over 05 years at HSBC Compliance and Assurance function, Shamim served for over ten years in various leadership positions in Information Technology Department of HSBC Bangladesh from 2003 to 2014, including leading its IT operation and management, software development function in Bangladesh and overseas.

Shamim is holding an international diploma on Information Technology and Software Engineering from NIIT and holding a number of internationally recognized certificates includes MCSE, MCDBA and CCNA.

In addition to the above, Shamim is also holding CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) which is the global benchmark for excellence in financial crime prevention. He completed Master of Professional Banking and Insurance under Business Faculty from University of Dhaka.

Tahsinur Rahim

EVP & Head of Internal Audit & Compliance

Tahsinur Rahim joined Guardian Life Insurance Limited on May 2017 as Head of Audit & Compliance and set up the department in accordance with International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF) guidelines from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). Tahsinur also oversees compliance and risk management within GLIL.

Tahsinur joined GLIL from Banglalink where he was the Head of Enterprise Risk Management and had 15 years of experience in different disciplines like internal auditing, external auditing, risk management, internal control, SOX, compliance, income tax and legal affairs from one of the world’s leading accounting firms KPMG and two other TelCos namely Robi and Citycell.

Tahsinur holds a Master’s in Accounting from Bangladesh National University and completed his CA article-ship from KPMG Bangladesh. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), has a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) and is a qualified Income Tax Practitioner (ITP).

Ahmed Istiaque Mahmud

EVP & Head of Bancassurance

Ahmed Istiaque Mahmud has joined Guardian Life as the Head of Bancassurance in 2018 with more than two decades of work experience in multiple sectors, including BRAC Bank as Cluster Head & Branch Manager; D&B as Head of Business Development; Regional Sales Manager at Johnson & Johnson; Operations Manager for Western Union and Product Manager at Servo Lubricants.

He has a Bachelor in Economics from the Fergusson College of University of Pune, MBA from Stamford University and ACBA from IBA. He is currently pursuing Doctor of Business Administration from the Organizational Strategy & Leadership Department of the University of Dhaka.

Shamima Afroze

SVP & Head of Actuary

Shamima Afroz has joined Guardian Life as the Head of Actuarial Functions Department in 2019 with more than 15 years of work experience in insurance and actuarial sectors.

She has practiced as Associate at Z. Halim & Associates, Actuarial and Pension Consultancy Firm for 8 years. She has played actuarial and Management role as Head of Actuarial and Technical Department, AGM in Pragati Life Insurance Ltd till 2018. She has completed MSc and Bachelor in Statistics from the Jahangirnagar University. She is a member of Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFOA), UK since 2011 and Society of Actuaries (SOA), USA since 2020. She is partly qualified Certified Actuarial Analyst and perusing Actuarial Study under Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFOA), UK and CAA Global, UK.

Habib Hasan Chowdhury

SVP & Head of Human Resources

Mr. Habib Chowdhury is holding the position of Senior Vice President & Head of Human Resources since April 2019. Prior to that he was the AGM – Human Resources at Apollo Hospital, Dhaka. Earlier, he played the role of Human Resources Lead at Samsung India Electronics – Bangladesh Country Office.

Prior to joining Samsung he worked in Avery Dennison for more than 6 (six) years with an enriching career in different areas of the Human Resources e.g. Payroll, Training & Development, HRIS, HR Operation etc. He has played pivotal role in organizational restructuring, salary restructuring, automation, process reengineering, employee rewards, csr, control and compliance, service quality etc.

He holds a Master’s in Accounting and a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management.