Dr. Zahid Hussain was appointed as Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank on September 27, 2020. He is also the Member of Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Management Committee of BRAC Bank Limited. Dr. Hussain served as a Consultant in the World Bank Dhaka Office from July 01, 2019, to June 30, 2020. He retired from the World Bank,
which he joined on May 1, 1995, as a Lead Economist on June 30, 2019

During this time, he was a key member of the Bank’s macro, trade, and investment global practice providing budgetary support (development support credit) and technical assistance to the government, and prepared growth diagnostics, public expenditure reviews, annual macroeconomic updates, and policy notes on macroeconomic management and structural issues. Dr. Hussain was also engaged as a Lecturer at Boston University, the University of Massachusetts Boston and Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts in the USA during 1987-1992. At present, he is a Director of BRAC EPL Investment Limited and BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited. Dr. Hussain obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, USA, in 1992 and completed Master of Arts in Political Economy from Boston University, USA, in 1987. He earned his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1979. Dr. Hussain has published in numerous journals and articles on Management, Business, and Economics.