Chief Technical Advisor of dFin
Former DG of BIBM & BASM
Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury is a renowned Bangladeshi economist, academic, and banking sector expert with significant contributions to financial sector development and policy research. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Economics from Jahangirnagar University and earned his PhD in Economics from Himachal Pradesh University under a Commonwealth scholarship.
He joined Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management in 1981 and later served as its Director General from 2010 to 2019, playing a key role in strengthening banking education, research, and professional training in Bangladesh.
Dr. Choudhury has held important governance and advisory roles, including serving as an Independent Director of Eastern Bank PLC and contributing to institutions such as PKSF and the Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development. He also served as General Secretary of the Bangladesh Economic Association.
An accomplished scholar with over 50 publications, he has contributed extensively to research on banking, risk management, and financial sector reforms. He also served as Chairperson of Dnet, supporting innovation and knowledge-based development initiatives.