The members are Fazle Hasan Abed, chairperson of Brac, Abul Ahsan, former secretary general of Saarc, Dr Anisuzzman of Dhaka University, Samson H Chowdhury, chairman of Square Group, Maj Gen (retd) Moinul Hossain Chow-dhury, former adviser to the caretaker government, Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, vice chancellor of Brac University, Syed Manzur Elahi, chairman of Apex Tannery, Prof Hasan Azizul Huq of Rajshahi University, M Mujibul Huq, former cabinet secretary, Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Dr Mahmuda Islam of Dhaka University, Mahmudul Islam, former attorney general, Prof Jamal Nazrul Islam of Chittagong University, Laila Rahman Kabir, former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dr Iqbal Mahmud, former vice chancellor of Buet, Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud of Dhaka University, Latifur Rahman, president of the MCCI, Barrister Raja Devasish Roy, chairperson of Chakma Chief and Hill Tracts NGO Forum, Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, president of Bishwa Shahitya Kendra, ASM Shahjahan, former adviser to the caretaker government, M Syeduzzaman, chairman of the Bank Asia and Prof Muhammad Yunus, managing director of the Grameen Bank Limited.