Shams Mahmud new DCCI president

Shams Mahmud has been elected president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) for 2020.

Besides, NKA Mobin and Mohammad Bashiruddin were respectively elected senior vice president and vice president.

The new board of directors took over charge at the 58th annual general meeting of the chamber at its auditorium yesterday, said the chamber in a statement.

The newly elected directors are Arman Haque, Md Shahid Hossain, Md Zia Uddin, Monowar Hossain, and Shamsuzzoha Chowdhury. Mahmud is a leading entrepreneur in the textile and readymade garment sector in Bangladesh. He is the managing director of Shasha Denims, Shasha Garments, Shasha Spinning and Shasha Textiles.

He is a director of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association and the Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the vice-president of the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

He received national gold export trophies in 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 and won the highest export award by the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association in 2010-11.

Mobin is the managing director of Emerging Credit Rating Ltd, vice president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and a director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Bashiruddin is involved in food and bakery business, agribusiness, real estate development, import and restaurant chain.

He is the managing director of Capital Agro Aqua Enterprise, Capital Siraj Centre Shopping Mall, and Canary and Digital Agro Industries. He is a director of Capital Confectionery, Capital Consortium and Bamboo Castle Fast Food Shop.