Mohammed Humayun Kabir FCA, former President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), has been appointed President of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) for 2026.

Probin Kumar Jha of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal will serve as Vice-President.

Kabir brings over 45 years of experience across accounting, finance, business, and industry. He began his career at a chartered accountancy firm in February 1981, later moving to a financial institution until June 1988, before assuming senior leadership roles in business and industry.

Highlighting his professional and public contributions, Kabir received the Poribesh Padak (environment award) from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in 2010, and was recognised as a commercially important person (CIP–export) for nine years by the Ministry of Commerce.

From March 2012 to June 2025, Kabir also served as a facilitator of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) at Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue. He was an elected Director of the Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2021 to 2023, and advised the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry across nearly three decades as panel adviser and committee chair.

SAFA, the apex professional accountancy body in South Asia, represents more than 500,000 members from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It brings together 11 chartered accountancy and cost and management accountancy institutes, serving as a network partner of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).

“The appointment of Mohammed Humayun Kabir as SAFA President will strengthen professional standards and cross-border collaboration across the region,” SAFA noted in a statement.

Explore the full overview of SAFA’s 2026 leadership strategy and regional accountancy initiatives following Kabir’s appointment in the complete story.

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