Karim becomes independent director of Eastland Ins

Md Abdul Karim, former principal secretary to the prime minister, has recently been appointed as an independent director of Eastland Insurance Company.

Karim has 43 years of experience in the field of administration, foreign service and in secretariat level highest positions in the regulatory and revenue-related ministries or divisions of the government as well as development and corporate sectors, said a press release.

He is the executive director of UCEP Bangladesh, chairman of IPDC Finance Ltd, advisory board member of the Asian University for Women, Chattogram and secretary general of the Southeast Asian Cooperation Foundation, Dhaka.

He previously served as a secretary to the ministry of home affairs, commerce, fisheries and livestock, finance (internal resources division) and communications (bridges division) before becoming the principal secretary.

He was an economic counselor of the Bangladesh embassy in Brussels, chairman of Eastern Refinery Ltd and Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd, president of Bangladesh Scouts, managing director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation and a senior adviser of Brac.

Karim studied at the University of Chittagong and the University of Birmingham in the UK.