Kathmandu. Sunil Kumar Pokhrel has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Civil Bank Limited. A meeting of the bank's 345th board of directors on Thursday appointed Pokhrel as CEO for four years.

 He was appointed as the Deputy CEO of Civil Bank on June 20, 2019.

The Board of Directors has appointed Pokhrel as the Chief Executive with effect from July 3. Pokharel, who entered the banking service in 1991, has worked at the Asian Green Development Bank in Myanmar through NIC, Nabil, Standard Chartered Bank.

Due to his long experience of working in domestic and foreign banks, he is considered by many as a banker with good knowledge and experience in foreign banking. He has worked in a foreign bank for three years.