| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Office: | Vice-Chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology |
| Term Start: | 12 March 2020 |
| Profession: | Educationist, academic |
S. M. Mahfuzur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and former chairperson of Janata Bank. He is the vice-chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology. He is a former professor of finance at the University of Dhaka.[1] He is a former chairman of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh.[2]
Rahman completed his PhD from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1972.[3] He completed his second masters in economics in 1979 from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia.
Rahman joined the University of Dhaka in 1984 as a lecturer in the Department of Finance.[3]
In 1998, Rahman worked as a visiting faculty at the Nagoya University in Japan.[3] He had served a term as the general secretary, and previously treasurer, of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.[3] He is a Board of Trustee member of Banglapedia, the national encyclopedia published by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.[4] He was a director of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited.[5]
Rahman had taught at the University of Dhaka and served as the chairperson of the Department of Banking and Insurance from 1994 to 1997.[6] [7] He had also served a tenure as the chairperson of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh in 2011. He left the University of Dhaka in 2019.[3] He had also been the general secretary of the Bangladesh Economics Association.[8]
Rahman was the chief returning officer of the 2019 Dhaka University Central Students' Union election.[9] He expressed "embarrassment" over "irregularities" in the election process.[10]
On 26 January 2020, Rahman was appointed vice-chancellor of BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology. He is a former director of Rupali Bank Limited.[11] On 28 July 2020, Rahman was appointed chairperson of Janata Bank replacing Jamal Uddin Ahmed, who had faced allegations of graft in approving loans.[12]
Rahman was the chief returning officer of the 2021 Dhaka University Central Students' Union election.[13]