Md. Jafar Sadeque Chowdhury

Md. Jafar Sadeque Chowdhury is the Additional Managing Director and Chief Distribution Officer of MetLife Bangladesh. Jafar leads all intermediated-distribution channels in Bangladesh including agency, bancassurance and employee benefits.

Jafar joined MetLife in August 1996 as a Sales Manager. After that, he was promoted to Deputy Agency Director in Bangladesh in January 2002. In April 2005, he moved to Pakistan as Agency Director Pakistan and served 2 years in Pakistan operations with a remarkable growth record. Rewarding his remarkable achievements, MetLife Bangladesh appointed him as Agency Director Bangladesh in April 2007. As a successor for his hard work and dedication towards building a winning team, management promoted him to Head of the Agency, South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan) in April 2013.

Prior to joining MetLife, he has a long service experience in national and international markets with Naf Corporation and Unidev Limited – to name a few.

Jafar became a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI) in 2001. Academically, Jafar completed his Master of Social Science in 1990 from Jahangirnagar University where he also completed a Bachelor of Social Science in 1988.