Rizwan Rahman to lead DCCI as President for ‘21

Rizwan Rahman, Managing Director of ETBL Securities & Exchange Ltd., has been elected President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) for the year 2021.

NKA Mobin, FCS, FCA has been re-elected Senior Vice President and Monowar Hossain elected Vice President for the term.

The new Board of Directors took over charge at the 59th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of DCCI held in its auditorium using digital platform Zoom on Tuesday.

The newly-elected Directors are Golam Zilani, Hossain A Sikder, Khairul Majid Mahmud, M.A. Rashid Shah Shamrat and Nasiruddin A. Ferdous.

Newly-elected DCCI President Rizwan Rahman, in his wide-ranging business career, heads several segments of ETBL Holdings Ltd., a renowned local conglomerate doing business in diverse areas like financial services, dredging infrastructure, commodities trade, cold storage, furniture, print media, etc.

He is a Director of Eastland Insurance Company Ltd. and the Daily Financial Express. He has been remaining engaged with DCCI in different capacities since 2006 to contribute to the private sector development, upon completion of his higher education from the UK.

In the diverse career of Mr. Rizwan, he also served as the Director of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI), Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BPCCI) and as the Former Vice President of Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DBCCI) for the improvement of multilateral trade and investment relation.

Re-elected Senior Vice President N K A Mobin, FCS, FCA is the Managing Director & CEO of Emerging Credit Rating Ltd. and has been engaged in credit rating of corporate business houses, banks and financial institutions and insurance business since 2009. He completed his BBA and MBA in Finance from the University of Dhaka. He completed his triple EMBA from Stockholm Business School, Sweden, National University of Singapore and INSEAD in France.

He is currently the Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Institute of Chartered Secretaries Bangladesh (ICSB).

He is also one of the government's nominated directors in the board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd. since 2016. He is also the board member of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd., Mobil Jamuna Bangladesh Ltd. and Shasha Denims Ltd. His expertise covers top management leadership, financial management and project management skill, ERP solution and company secretarial practices.

Newly elected Vice President Monowar Hossain is the proprietor of Monowar Trading, from Old Dhaka, specialised in export and import with different countries. He is also involved in business of importing reconditioned vehicles from Japan. He previously served DCCI as the Director for the term of 2020. He completed his graduation in Business from Dhaka. Mr. Hossain is also a Member of Uttara Club Ltd.