Shippingresearch king-pin Riaz Khan is leaving the lender next month, it revealedtoday.

Khanis exiting only a week after it emerged Dagfinn Lunde, the bank’s shippingboss, will retire at the end of this year.

Itis not clear if Khan will enter the payroll elsewhere or focus on his owncompany, Tavlon Commercial Enterprises.

Khan,who shuns the limelight some of his peers have enjoyed, set up DVB’s researchdepartment 12 years ago.