Dhaka, June 4 -- The government has picked accountant and seasoned corporate professional Masud Khan to head the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) as part of a move to give the capital market regulator "a fresh look".

He has been joined by three newly appointed commissioners.

Masud had been serving as chairman of Unilever Consumer Care since April 2019. He also worked as chief advisor to the board of Crown Cement Group.

Among the new commissioners, Nafeez Al Tarik had been managing director of Dhaka Bank Securities, while Nahid Mahtab is a Supreme Court lawyer and Tanwir Habib Rahman was finance director at ASA International.

On Thursday, Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, who was appointed as BSEC chairman during the interi...