Ms. Mohammodi Khanam-a creative, dynamic and hardworking person who has a passion to take on new challenges where she works. She joined Desh General Insurance Co the CEO of the company in 2021. Before that she served Prime Insurance as the additional Managing Director in 2011-2014 and as the CEO of the same on March 10, 2014 – June, 2019. 

She has been playing a vital role not only to develop the company’s business but also to develop the non-life insurance sector of Bangladesh. With her strong will power, erudite knowledge, dependability, seriousness, sound insurance business knowledge along with positive leadership, the company has made history regarding business.

With an MSS and BSS (Honors) in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Ms. Mohammodi Khanam also completed ABIA from Bangladesh Insurance Academy. In addition to her academic and professional degrees, she always loves to read and acquire knowledge about new areas. 

She undertook various training at home and abroad including the U.K., Singapore, Bahrain, Sri Lanka and India to learn and perform her duties properly to meet the expectation of the employees, customers and shareholders. 

Ms. Khanam started her career in Insurance as a Trainee Executive officer in 1988 with Peoples Insurance Company Ltd. She has a very long and successful career of 34 years in the departments of underwriting, claims and reinsurance. Ms. Khanam is also a trainer of Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) and various training institutes of private banks. In the year 2017 she became the executive member of Executive Council of Bangladesh Insurance Forum (BIF). She had also been attached with BTV as a regular program announcer from 1981 to 2012 before performing holy Hajj. 

Ms. Khanam conducts research to identify market needs and contribute to the growth of the industry. Therefore, every day she is learning more and more from the international insurance market, maintaining relationships with the brokers and re-insurers. Now, this has become her hobby to launch newer insurance products in the insurance industry. On her personal initiative she had introduced in Bangladesh few useful insurance products like Hajj & Omrah Insurance, Health Insurance and Bankers Blanket Bond policy with the approval of Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA). 

Ms. Khanam is also internationally recognized as a trade finance specialist by the E-Business School of Ireland. She has been awarded the esteemed International Who’s Who of Professionals (USA) and also been featured in the 2009-2010 editions of the Madison Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals. 

She is a life member of Dhaka University Alumni Association and Bangladesh Economic Association. Being dedicated to charity works, she is also a member of Bangladesh Overseas Ladies Organization (BOLO) U.K., which helps the financially insolvent meritorious students of Bangladesh to provide them educational support. 

Her work has taken her to several countries including the U.K., the USA, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bahrain, Sri Lanka and India etc.