Towfika Aftab re-elected Citizens Bank chairperson

Towfika Aftab has been re-elected as chairperson of Citizens Bank PLC.

Towfika has been in the legal profession for the past 26 years and acquired a good reputation for her professional acumen and dexterity.

In recognition of her immense contribution to promoting human rights, she was co-opted as a member of National Human Rights Commission in 2019 by the president of Bangladesh.

She served as a government appointed legal prosecutor in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders' murder cases.

To provide legal assistance to the deprived and helpless prisoners, Towfika founded a charitable and non-political organisation named "Legal Assistance to Helpless Prisoners and Persons".

She is associated with charitable and welfare-oriented organisations like Inner Wheel, a widely recognised international women's voluntary service provider.

She obtained her master's degree in political science and an LLB from the University of Dhaka.