Saiful Islam new MCCI president
Md Saiful Islam has been elected the president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) for the year 2022.
The members of the board of directors of the chamber unanimously elected Islam at the first meeting of the new board on December 5 and it was confirmed at the 117th annual general meeting of the MCCI yesterday.
The MCCI board also
elected Kamran T Rahman as its senior vice-president and Habibullah N Karim its vice-president for 2022.
A leading entrepreneur and a commercially important person (CIP) since 1998, Islam is the managing director of Picard Bangladesh Ltd. He has 35 years of business experience in various fields such as shipbuilding, leather goods manufacturing, dredging and hospitality.
He is also the president of the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh and a director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Islam served the Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry as its president from 2008-2012.
Kamran T Rahman is a leading entrepreneur in the jute and tea sectors. He is the chairman and managing director of Pubali Jute Mills Ltd and Kapna Tea Company Ltd.
He was the president of Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) in 2007-2009 and 2017-2021 and a vice-president of the MCCI in 2013.
Rahman was a member (employers' group) of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation, Geneva for three terms.
Habibullah N Karim is the managing director and CEO of Technohaven Company Ltd. He was the president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services in 2008-2009 and 2002-2003.
He was the vice-president of the BEF during 2019-2021. Karim is also the immediate past chairman of the International Blockchain Olympiad as well as the co-founder and coordinator of Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh.
The other members of the board of directors are: Syed Tareque Md Ali, managing director of Modern Industries (BD) Ltd; Naser Ezaz Bijoy, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bangladesh; Tapan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Pharmaceuticals; Uzma Chowdhury, director of Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd; Arif Dowla, managing director of Advanced Chemical Industries Ltd; Rubaiyat Jamil, managing director of ICE Technologies Ltd; Nihad Kabir, senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates; Anis A Khan, director of W&W Grains Corporation; Adeeb Hossain Khan, senior partner of Rahman Rahman Huq; Golam Mainuddin, chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd; Hasan Mahmood, partner of MJ Abedin & Co; Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd; and Simeen Rahman, group CEO of Transcom Group.
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