Tech-entrepreneur Habibullah N. Karim and Group CEO of Transcom Limited Simeen Rahman have been elected Senior Vice President and Vice President respectively of the country's oldest chamber.
The members of the board of directors unanimously elected them at the first meeting of the new board held on Sunday last, which was confirmed at the 119th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the MCCI held on Thursday.
President-elect Kamran Tanvirur Rahman, an entrepreneur in the jute and tea sectors, is the Chairman and Managing Director of the Kapna Tea Company Limited and Pubali Jute Mills Limited. He is also the Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) for 2023-2025.
Senior Vice-President Habibullah N. 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. He was the Vice-President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation in 2019-2021.
Vice-President Simeen Rahman is a Bangladeshi business personality and the Group CEO of Transcom Limited, one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the country. She is a board member of all companies under Transcom Group and presides over them with operational and management control.
Transcom Limited is also a major stakeholder in Mediaworld Limited (Publishers of the country's leading English language newspaper - The Daily Star), Reliance Insurance Limited, National Housing Finance PLC, IDLC Finance Limited and Pubali Bank PLC.
The other Members of the board of directors are: Syed Tareque Md. Ali, Managing Director, Modern Industries (BD) Ltd; Tanvir Ahmed, Managing Director, Sheltech (Pvt.) Limited; Mohammad Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Ltd.; Tapan Chowdhury, Managing Director, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited; Uzma Chowdhury, Director, Agricultural Marketing Company Limited; Dr. Arif Dowla, Managing Director, Advanced Chemical Industries Limited; Md. Saiful Islam, Managing Director, Picard Bangladesh Limited; Ardashir Kabir, Managing Partner, Sathgao Tea Estate; Anis A. Khan, Director, W and W Grains Corporation; Adeeb Hossain Khan, Senior Partner of Rahman Rahman Huq; Golam Mainuddin, Chairman, British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited; and Hasan Mahmood, FCA, Partner of M.J. Abedin and Co.
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