MA Kashem has been unanimously elected as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Southeast Bank Limited in its 636th board meeting held recently.
Kashem is the founder chairman and director of Southeast Bank Limited.
He is also the member North South University Trust and founder life-member of North South University Foundation. He has served four times as its chairman and was also chairman of NSU Foundation's Endowment Committee several times.
Kashem is the former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex body of all the business communities of Bangladesh.
He was the Chairman of Arbitration Tribunal of FBCCI. He is the past Chairman of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) which represented all Private Universities of the country.
Kashem was a member of Board of Trustees of Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh, the leading producer of herbal medicines in the sub-continent for over 17 (seventeen years.
He was the President of SAHIC Trust (Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children), the only voluntary organization rendering health care assistance of the ear, nose and throat services to destitute and poor patients.
Kashem is an eminent industrialist, renowned patron of education, distinguished philanthropist and an active social worker. He was the winner of “President Export Trophy Award” for the year 1982- 83 and 1983-84 for excellent export performance.
He also got "CR Das Gold” Medal for excellent contribution in Industrial sector in the year 1995. He was awarded the "Highest Tax Payer-2011" and also in 2016-2017 by National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Recently, he has been awarded “Abu Rushd Memorial” Award for promoting higher Education.
Kashem was the leader of 20-member FBCCI Trade delegation to Far Eastern Countries in the year 1986.
He was also the leader of 5-member government delegations to the UK, the USA and Canada sponsored by the UNDP in 1987 and leader of 12 members Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) government of Bangladesh delegations to EEC countries in 1985.
