The Half-Yearly Managers’ Conference of Premier Bank has been held at its Head Office, Iqbal Centre, Banani, Dhaka. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank Dr. H. B. M. Iqbal graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Directors of the Bank Md. Lutfur Rahman, Mr. Shah Md. Nahian Haroon, Kazi Abdul Mazid, Managing Director Shah A Sarwar, Additional Managing Directors Abu Hanif Khan and Md. Mokhlesur Rahman were also present at his special moment. The conference discussed various core issues of banking and business in participation of all Branch Managers around the country and all Divisional Heads at Head Office.

Opening the ceremony as Chief Guest the Chairman Dr. H. B. M Iqbal expressed satisfaction over the achievement of the Bank till June 2009 in the backdrop of global recession and subsequent still competition in the local market. He emphasized on expansion of business, diversification of activities and downsizing of operational cost to meet the budgetary target for the year 2009. He stated that Premier Bank has established a separate Woman entrepreneur Cell to encourage the participation of Women Entrepreneurs in national economic development alongside the contribution of Male Entrepreneurs. He spoke out about a number of bank’s Remittance Partners in Abu Dhabi and Singapore to be connected with its remittance network very soon. “All these optimisms will come true if our Bankers remain committed to “service first” by hard work and developing efficiency at their workplace.” he remarked.

Speaking on the occasion Director of the Bank Kazi Abdul Mazid directed the managers to adopt strategies that can benefit the Bank in the wake massive interest cut in loans and advances. He urged them to strengthen the loan processing system such that default loans do not find a way all on a sudden. He also advised them to speed up SME business and loan disbursement process given the growing competition in the Banking industry. He concluded “Ours is an age of cutting edge technology and technical excellence. We have to ensure advanced service to our valued clients to win the race of modern banking”.
The Managing Director Mr. Shah A Sarwar advised the managers to keep hold of the concerted effort to ensure continuous success of the Bank. He discussed in details the Half-Yearly performance appraisal of the Bank, marketing of various asset and liability products, merchant banking, relationship banking, personal loan as well as investment in Small & Medium Enterprise (SME).