Mr. Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla

DMD, Agent Banking & CAMLCO

Mr. Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla is the Deputy Managing Director of Bank Asia PLC., overseeing Channel Banking and serving as the Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO). He joined Bank Asia as Executive Vice President on 2013 and became Deputy Managing Director in 2018. Prior to his current role, Mr. Molla also served as the Head of Principal Office Branch, as well as the Head of Tejgaon Link Road Branch and Gulshan-2 Branch, where he achieved significant success.

Mr. Molla has a distinguished career spanning over two decades, with experience in both the domestic and international banking arenas. He began his professional journey in 1997 at Alpha Tobacco (Ebra Limited), before transitioning into banking with Standard Chartered Bank. He later served at City Bank Limited and Premier Bank Limited. Additionally, he held the role of CEO at Five Continents Credit Limited, a non-banking financial institution in Hong Kong.

He holds a postgraduate degree in Finance from the University of Dhaka and an MBA from Newport University, USA. Mr. Molla is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and has completed the Training of Trainers (ToT) certification in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML & CFT) from Bangladesh Bank.

An active member of the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh (AACOBB), he has served as its Chairman. In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Mr. Molla received the “Intellectual Property Protection Award 2020” from the Bangladesh Copyright Board on behalf of Bank Asia.

Throughout his career, Mr. Molla has been instrumental in enhancing the bank's compliance frameworks and promoting financial literacy and inclusion across Bangladesh.