Mohammad Shazzadul Karim
Chief Executive Officer (in-charge)
Mr. M Shazzadul Karim is a
Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI) from Life Office Management
Association (USA) and holds two Masters Degrees (Masters in Accounting and MBA
with major in Management) from University of Dhaka. Mr. Shazzad started his career
in ALICO Bangladesh.
Prior to joining at Akij Takaful
Life Insurance PLC, he served as Chief Executive Officer (CC) at Sunlife
Insurance Company Limited, Deputy Managing Director at Pragati Life Insurance
Limited and Guardian Life Insurance Limited. Mr. Shazzad was the Project
Coordinator of an Asian Development Project titled “Developing Inclusive
Insurance Sector Project” implemented by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF).
He was the Project Director of the “Micro Initiative with Mutual Enabling” a
project on Microinsurance funded by Oxfam Novib and implemented by INAFI
Bangladesh.
Mr. Shazzad joined ALICO
Bangladesh in 1998 and worked till 2007. Later he joined International Network
of Financial Institutions (INAFI) Bangladesh as Project Director of “Micro
Initiatives with Mutual Enabling (MIME) Project” funded by Oxfam Novib for
introducing Microinsurance products suited for the micro borrowers between 2007
and 2010. He then joined Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) in 2010 as
Project Coordinator of “Developing Inclusive Insurance Sector Project (DIISP)”,
a project of Asian Development Bank (ADB) financed by Japan Fund for Poverty
Reduction (JFPR) and worked till 2014.
Mr. Shazzad joined Guardian Life
Insurance Limited as SEVP and Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and was promoted
to Deputy Managing Director in 2019 and worked till 2020. He joined Pragati
Life Insurance Limited as Deputy Managing Director, Operations in 2021 and worked
till April, 2024. He then held the position of Chief Executive Officer (CC) at
Sunlife Insurance Company Limited for a short period of time.
He attended various training
programs at home and abroad on Insurance and Management. He visited a number of
countries of the world.
Mr. Shazzad is a Life Member of
Dhaka University Alumni Association and Dhaka University Accounting Alumni and a
General Member of Club Notredamians, Bangladesh.