MANAGEMENT OF AIMS | AIMS of Bangladesh

THE AIMS FOUNDING TEAM,1999

AIMS is the first investment and fund management company of its kind under private initiative in Bangladesh. The shareholders of the company are all practicing professionals, highly qualified in their professed vocation and a majority of them are either returned or expatriate Bangladeshis. AIMS is equipped with a team of expert capital market professionals, research analysts and economists to run the outfit. The core management team has been recruited with experienced managers formally with leading institutions at home and abroad.

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Ms. Laila Mahmuda Shilpi

Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Laila Mahmuda Shilpi, Chief Operating Officer (COO), has more than 20 years of extensive experience at AIMS of Bangladesh Limited with a unique blend of business and management expertise, plus proficiency with the practices, policies, and procedures of the investment industry. She is responsible for the fusion between vision of the top and execution of strategy, organizational objective, regulatory compliance, hiring needs, research, and daily operations of the business while leading a team of high-performing professionals. Ms. Shilpi is an MBA and also earlier completed MSS from the University of Dhaka. Prior to joining AIMS, she worked at the merchant banking unit of the Vanik Bangladesh Ltd (currently LankaBangla Finance Limited).

Mr. Sukumar D' Costa

Chief Financial Officer &
Company Secretary

Mr. Sukumar D’ Costa, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary with 22 years of professional experience has a long association of over 18 years’ with AIMS. He is a Post-Graduate from University of Dhaka and CA (Part-Qualified) from ICAB. He is also NBR accredited Income Tax Practitioner and member of Dhaka Taxes Bar Association. He attended many training programs organized by BRAC, DSE & BICM. Prior to joining AIMS, Mr. D’ Costa served a number of leading private & publicly listed Financial Institutions like Purabi General Insurance Company Ltd, Sandhani Life Insurance Company Ltd., Nitol Group and BRAC, in different professional positions concentrating in Finance & Accounts, Audit & Corporate Tax.

Md. Ashraful Hasan

Chief Investment Officer

Md. Ashraful Hasan, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) is a Masters in Commerce and L.L.B (Bachelor of Law) from the National University of Bangladesh. He joined AIMS way back in 2002 has about 25 years ‘of experience in Bangladesh capital market. He has previously worked with Mona Financial Consultancy and Securities Limited. He has wide experience in trade and settlement, portfolio management, stock inventory, custodial services and CDBL operations. He has been privileged to work closely with the regulators and other stakeholders in order to develop the capital market of the country. He is also an enlisted Income Tax Practitioner (ITP) with the National Board of Revenue and a member of the Dhaka Taxes Bar Association (DTBA).