Professor Dr. Mahmuda Akter

Professor, Department of Accounting & Information Systems

University of Dhaka

Professor Dr. Mahmuda Akter joined Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Ltd. (EGCB) as a Director on April 06, 2016. She is the Convener of the Budget and Audit Committee of the Company. She completed both Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Commerce from the Department of Accounting, University of Dhaka in 1987 and 1988 respectively. She completed her M.Sc. in Management Science and Engineering in 1997 and PhD in Management Science and Engineering in 2000 from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. She ‍served as an Executive President of Bangladesh Institute of Capital Market from 3^rd August 2020 to 31 December 2023. She attended a number of seminars and conferences on accounting at home and abroad. She has published papers in several internationally reputed refereed journals. She has published two books on Management Accounting and has written chapters in several edited books published abroad. She is the member of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Bangladesh. She holds the office of Director of Shofol AMC & Alternative Venture Limited. She is also the Member of Technical and Research Committee, Quality Assurance Board, Quard-e-Hasana Committee and Board of Studies of the Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh. She is the managerial editor of the Journal of Financial Markets and Governance. She is the member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Monden Institute of Management: Japanese Management & International Studies, Japan and Bangladesh Accounting Review, Department of Accounting & Information Systems, University of Dhaka. She has been appointed as the Member of the Selection Committee of the Banking & Insurance Department, University of Dhaka.