Nihad Kabir joins BUILD as chairperson

Nihad Kabir, a senior advocate and a former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), has taken over as the chairperson of the trustee board of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) for 2022-23.

She succeeded Abul Kasem Khan, a former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), BUILD said in a statement.

Abul Kasem Khan will continue as a nominated trustee board member from DCCI, while Syed Mohammad Tanvir, Director, Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) is a nominated trustee board member from CCCI for the years 2022-2023.

In addition to the new trustees, the trustee board for 2022 includes Md. Saiful Islam, president of MCCI; Rizwan Rahman, president of DCCI; and Mahbubul Alam, president of CCCI; Farooq Ahmed, secretary general of MCCI; Afsarul Arifeen, secretary general of DCCI; and Engr. Mohd. Faruque, secretary of CCCI. Ferdaus Ara Begum, CEO of BUILD, is in the trustee board as the member secretary.

BUILD is a public-private dialogue platform formed by DCCI, MCCI and CCCI. It has provided secretarial support to the Private Sector Development Policy Coordination Committee headed by the Principal Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) since 2011.

Nihad Kabir is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is a senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad and Associates, one of the country’s most prominent law firms. Aside from her role as an independent director on the board of Square Textiles Limited, Kabir also serves as a director of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL).