Mr. Arifur Rahman is the Director and COO of Emerging Credit Rating Limited. He has been working in the Finance world for over 20 years having experience in both local and multinational companies. He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK. He obtained BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University and BSc Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Prior to joining ECRL, Mr. Rahman worked in Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co., an independent correspondent firm to Deloitte, Touche & Tohmatsu as Senior Manager. He also worked in the senior Management roles in various accountancy firms and organizations in London, UK. Over his long career Mr. Rahman has closely worked with reputed multinationals such as Unilever Bangladesh Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Bata Shoe Company Limited, Singer Bangladesh Limited and local business groups such as Walton, Transcom, STS, Labib etc.