Mahbub Jamil appointed head of reconstituted Biman board

The government yesterday reconstituted the Biman board of directors and appointed Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Mahbub Jamil as its head to bring efficiency and dynamism in the activities of the national flag carrier.
The other members of the 10-member board are: civil aviation and tourism secretary, secretary of the finance division, director of Dhaka University Institute of Business Administration, Editor of The Bangladesh Monitor Kazi Wahidul Alam, President of International Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bangladesh Mahbubur Rahman, assistant chief of air force (operation and training), engineer-in-chief of Bangladesh Army, and President of Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Waliur Rahman Bhuiyan.
Biman's managing director and chief executive officer is also a member of the board as he automatically becomes a board member.
The previous Biman board comprised secretaries of the Cabinet Division and the ministries of energy, commerce, finance, civil aviation and foreign affairs.
The board failed to gather pace in their work due to negligence of a number of its members, Biman high officials told The Daily Star last night. Reconstitution of the Biman board was necessary to run the national flag carrier smoothly and efficiently, they added.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on July 31 started its journey anew as a public limited company (PLC) named Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd with the signing of an agreement between Biman and the government.
The government took the initiative to turn Biman, a huge loss-making concern, into a PLC to make it a healthy commercial venture.