Anis Ud Dowla new MCCI chief
December 16, 2009 00:00:00
FE Report
Chairman of ACI Group of Companies, Anis Ud Dowla, has been elected president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Tuesday for 2010.
The new committee of the chamber elected Mr Anis, who has investments in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, insurance, motor vehicles, food, agriculture equipments and seeds etc, as president during its first meeting in the capital, a MCCI statement said.
This is his fourth term in the top post of the country's oldest and most representative trade organisation, established in 1904.
Mr Anis, one of the most successful entrepreneurs, was president of MCCI in 1977, 1978 and 1995. He was also the president of Bangladesh Employers' Federation for the term 2003-2005.
Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited, has been re-elected as the vice president.
The other elected members are- Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed, MD & chief executive officer of Agrani Bank Ltd, Syed Tareque Md Ali, MD of Kushtia Cold Storage Ltd, Abdul Hafiz Choudhury, senior partner of Rahman Rahman Huq, Anjan Chowdhury, MD of Square Consumer Products Ltd, Amjad Khan Chowdhury, MD of Agriculture Marketing Company Ltd, M Azizul Huq, MD of GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Ltd, AKM Rafiqul Islam, MD & CEO of Pragati Insurance Ltd, Nihad Kabir, senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates, Anis A Khan, MD and CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd, Golam Mainuddin, chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd and Mamun Rashid, MD and Country Officer of Citibank N.A.