Md Saiful Islam has been re-elected as the president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) for 2023.
The members of the Board of Directors unanimously re-elected him at the first meeting of the new board held on Sunday, which was earlier confirmed at the 118th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the MCCI on Wednesday.
A leading entrepreneur and commercially important person (CIP) since 1998, Saiful is the managing director of Picard Bangladesh Ltd, according to a press release.
He is also the director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI), and ex-president of Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) during 2015-2017, 2017-2019, 2019-2020 and 2021.
Saiful also served Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BGCCI) during 2008-2012, he served impeccably as the Vice-President of Association of Export Oriented Shipbuilding Industries of Bangladesh (AEOSIB) and MCCI itself in 2021.
Meanwhile, Kamran T Rahman has been re-elected as the senior vice-president of the MCCI for 2023. Rahman is a leading entrepreneur in the jute and tea sectors of Bangladesh. He is the chairman and managing director of Pubali Jute Mills Ltd and the Kapna Tea Company Ltd.
He was the president of Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF) in 2007-2009 and 2017-2021 and the vice-president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) in 2013.
Besides, Habibullah N Karim has been re-elected as the Vice-President of the MCCI for the same period. Karim is the managing director and CEO of Technohaven Company Limited. He was also the president of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) in 2008-2009 and 2002-2003.
The other Members of the board of directors are – Tanvir Ahmed, managing director, Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd; Syed Tareque Md Ali, managing director of Modern Industries (BD) Ltd; Mohammad Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Ltd; Tapan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd; Uzma Chowdhury, director of Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd; Dr Arif Dowla, managing director of Advanced Chemical Industries Ltd; Nihad Kabir, senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates; Anis A Khan, director of W&W Grains Corporation; Adeeb Hossain Khan, FCA, senior partner of Rahman Rahman Huq; Golam Mainuddin, chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd; Hasan Mahmood, FCA, partner of MJ Abedin & Co; Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd; and Simeen Rahman, Managing Director of Transcraft Ltd.
