Nihad Kabir joins BUILD as chairman

Nihad Kabir, president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has joined the Buisness Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) as the chairman of the trustee board for 2017.

Kabir replaced Syed Nasim Manzur, who served BUILD as chairman in 2016, according to a statement.

Kabir is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and a director and shareholder of Kedarpur Tea Co Ltd. She is a director of Brac Bank, Infrastructure Development Company, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, bKash, and an independent director of Square Pharmaceuticals and Apex Footwear.

BUILD is a public private dialogue platform sponsored by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The platform provides secretarial support to the private sector development policy co-ordination committee at the Prime Minister's Office.