NBL appoints Aryal as Chair of the BoD

Kathmandu, Aug 26

Suman Raj Aryal was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nepal Bank Limited (NBL) on Thursday. He took the oath of the post and privacy from Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Maha Prasad Adhikari, on the same day.

Aryal was appointed by the government as a director of the bank and the meeting of the BoD Thursday morning had elected him to the Chairman, said Prakash Kumar Adhikari, Spokesperson for the bank.

Aryal is the Financial Comptroller General.

Speaking on the occasion, Governor Adhikari wished all the best to the new chairman of the company and expressed hopes that the bank would establish it as a competitive financial institution in the market. He also hoped that the bank would contribute to the implementation of the programmes and policies formulated by the government for the entrepreneurship development and job creation.

Aryal expressed happiness on his appointment as the chairman of the first bank in the country and voiced commitment to contribute to the prosperity of the bank and its business development.

Chief Executive Officer of the bank Krishna Bahadur Adhikari had informed about the latest financial status of the bank.

Deputy Governors duo Nilam Sharma Dhungana and Bam Bahadur Mishra, and Execuvite Director of Banks and Financial Istitution Regulation Department at the NRB Dev Kumar Dhakal, members of the NBL BoD Dipendra Bikram Thapa, Suman Dahal, Dr. Sabitri Ranjit Shrestha, Bibek Shamser JBR, Bishnu Kumar Agrawal and Om Krishna Shrestha were also present on the ocassion.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 27 August 2021.