IRCG - Key Persons


Mr. Ejteba R. Khan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Founding Chairman
Mr. Khan was a veteran of the Bangladesh Insurance Industry. He started his career with the American Insurance Underwriters (AIU), and was appointed Director of the state owned Tista Bima Corporation in the newly formed country - Bangladesh. Mr. Khan had previously served as the Chairman of Fire Rating Committee, and the Insurance Institute. He later retired from Sadharan Bima Corporation as General Manager and subsequently joined Phoenix Insurance Co. Ltd. as its Founding Managing Director. Following his retirement from Phoenix, Mr. Khan remained active as the Advisor to the Bangladesh Insurance Association. Mr. Khan's in-depth knowledge and experience in Insurance and Reinsurance was not only invaluable to iRCG, but also to Bangladesh. As its Founding Chairman, we at iRCG cherish and honor the advice, direction, and leadership we had received from him. We hope to follow in his guiding light.

Mr. M. R. Khan

Job Titles:
  • CEO / Risk Management, Insurance

Mr. Suhel Rafaat - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
"Suhel has been instrumental in the development of the Information Technology Industry in Bangladesh since 1985. Educated in Singapore, Suhel has an impressive portfolio of wide ranging experience in IT Project Management within the financial sector as Business Process Re-engineering, Process Management, and IT Security. He is well versed in Oracle data depository, Application & Financials, having acted as core member of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Beximco, and IBM Dhaka Consortium Project Team. He lead and established the countries first banking automation, rollout, and operation of BexiBank and KBS (Kernel Banking System) at 18 banks, including the state owned Sonali Bank, as well as the State Bank of India and Banque Indosuez. He also designed the platform version of Inter Bank Settlement and Card Management software on behalf of Q-Cash Consortium for ATM/POS transactions. Suhel successfully steered projects within the Insurance industry with structuring projects, planning activities & tasks, developing deliverables, system implementation & integration, training, process to support enterprise function, and ensuring project's ultimate success. He has also been engaged as IT Auditor to Banks and Financial Institutes covering IT Governance, IT Management and IT process assessments as Expert Auditor. His specialty also extends to regulatory compliance, general controls, data security, systems architecture, business continuance and management needs. Suhel has also served as Banking Automation Consultant under the World Bank Funded project at the Bangladesh Bank. His recent achievement includes the RTGS implementation, also for the Bangladesh Bank.

Ms. Lori Joanna Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Director