Md Arif Al Islam, the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Summit Communications, has recently been elected as the first Bangladeshi member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Global Council.
ACCA is the UK-based world's largest accountancy body with 2,41,000 members and 5,42,000 students worldwide, read a press release.
Arif became a qualified ACCA in 1999 and since then has been playing an ACCA brand ambassadorship role.
He was the founding chair of the Members Advisory Committee in Bangladesh and continues to contribute to the development of the ACCA community in Bangladesh.
"Bangladesh is on the path to becoming a middle-income nation, so we must promote ourselves on a variety of international platforms. In the corporate field, ACCAs are very well placed and they hold the commitment and capability to contribute to the development of businesses in all sectors," Arif said.
Arif co-founded Summit Communications 12 years ago. Along with Summit Group, under his direction and entrepreneurial acumen, the company became Bangladesh's first integrated telecom infrastructure provider with a fibre network, tower, and internet gateway.
He was deputy CEO and CFO of Grameenphone Ltd. He played an instrumental role in the growth, technology adaptation and strategy formulation of the operator.
Arif started his career 28 years ago in public practice in the UK and later became a senior manager at KPMG prior to joining Grameenphone Ltd.
