Prior to this promotion, he was the Deputy Managing Director of the bank and performed his duty as the Head of Corporate Banking, Human Resources Division, Information Technology Division, Law & Recovery Division, Merchant Banking Division, Credit Card Division, AML Division and Public Relation Division.

Dr. Haider Ali started his banking career as a Probationary Officer with IBBL in the year 1984. He obtained his B. Sc. (Hons) and M. Sc. degrees from the University of Dhaka. He also obtained his MBA degree major in Marketing and Management from the London Institute of Technology and Research (LITR), London, UK. He has completed Diplomaed Associate of the Institute of Bankers' Bangladesh (DAIBB). He obtained Ph.D degree from American World University, USA on “The Role of Marketing on Financial Performance in showing differences between the Traditional and Islamic Banking in the context of Bangladesh”. He has attended many training programs and seminars home and abroad.

He was born in 1957 in a respectable Muslim family in Manikganj district.